Category: Peacebuilders

  • James Wuye

    James Wuye

    Country/region: Nigeria, Middle BeltConflict: Christian und Muslim groupsOrganisation: Interfaith Mediation Center (IMC)Field of work: Early warning systems to prevent religious violence; mediation

  • Liza Wilkinson

    Liza Wilkinson

    Country/region: Northern IrelandConflict: Protestant & Catholic groups, peacebuilding in Pakistan, Balkans, Afghanistan and SudanOrganisation: TIDES Trainings & ConsultancyField of work: Dialogues, conflict resolution, peace with social justice training, family and community work

  • Karen Volker

    Karen Volker

    Country/region: USAConflict: Urban ViolenceOrganisation: Cure ViolenceField of work: Human rights, prevention of violence

  • Ousmane Diadé Touré

    Ousmane Diadé Touré

    Country/region: MaliConflict: Civil WarOrganisation: Studio TamaniField of work: Media for tolerance

  • Goce Todoroski

    Goce Todoroski

    Country/region: MacedoniaConflict: Armed conflict in 2001, inter-ethnic conflict to the present dayOrganisation: Center for Civic InitiativeField of work: Inter-ethnic youth work

  • Nava Sonnenschein

    Nava Sonnenschein

    Country/region: IsraelConflict: Israeli-Palestinian conflictOrganisation:School for Peace, Neve Shalom/Wahat al-SalamField of work: Encounter groupsntion

  • Boris Somé

    Boris Somé

    Country/region: Burkina FasoConflict: Ethnic conflictsOrganisation: West Africa Network for PeacebuildingField of work: Early Warning Systems, conflict analysis and prevention

  • Renas Sino

    Renas Sino

    Country/region: SyriaConflict: Civil warOrganisation: TevinField of work: Think tank for Kurdish affairs, conflict resolution, dialogue

  • Sima Samar

    Sima Samar

    Country/region: AfghanistanConflict: Civil warOrganisation: Afghan Independent Human Rights CommissionField of work: Human rights

  • Henry Ramirez Soler

    Henry Ramirez Soler

    Country/region: ColombiaConflict: Socio-political armed conflictOrganisation: Corporacion Claretiana Norman Perez Bello / PROCLADE INTERNACIONALField of work: Human rights, peace education, political advocacy before the UN, mediation and accompaniment to victims, follow-up to peace agreements.

  • Mossarat Quadeem

    Mossarat Quadeem

    Country/region: PakistanConflict: (Religious) radicalizationOrganisation: Paiman Alumni TrustField of work: De-Radicalization, strenthening of women in peace processes

  • Nedžad Novalić

    Nedžad Novalić

    Country/region: Western Balkan (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia)Conflict: Ethnic conflictOrganisation: Centre for Nonviolent ActionField of work: Postwar reconciliation, peacebuilding education, memorialization

  • Landry Ninteretse

    Landry Ninteretse

    Country/region: BurundiConflict: Civil warOrganisation: Action for Peace and Development (APD)Field of work: Dialogues, conflict resolution, trauma work, street children, environmental protection

  • Dieudonné Munyankiko

    Dieudonné Munyankiko

    Country/region: RwandaConflict: Civil war, genocideOrganisation: Association Modeste et Innocent (AMI)Field of work: Reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis

  • Mary Montague

    Mary Montague

    Country/region: Northern IrelandConflict: Organisation: Tides TrainingField of work: Mediation and training

  • Babloo Loitongbam

    Babloo Loitongbam

    Country/region: India (federal state of Manipur in the northeast region)Conflict: Human rights violations by the Army; armed rebel groupsOrganisation: Human Rights AlertField of work: Human rights; civil rights

  • Dipujjal Khisa

    Dipujjal Khisa

    Country/region: Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), BangladeshConflict: Ethnic conflictsOrganisation: Maleya FoundationField of work: Indigenous Peoples Rights, Non-violent conflict transformation, Indigenous peoples’ self-determined development, Women empowerment.

  • Edgar Khachatryan

    Edgar Khachatryan

    Country/region:  Armenia and the South CaucasusConflict: The Nagorny-Karabakh conflict, military conflicts with Azerbaijan for over 20 years and simmering conflicts in the Caucasus regionOrganisation: NGO Peace DialogueField of work: Human rights & democracy building, youth work, peace promotion measures, prevention of violence, changes to gender roles, work for women’s rights, gender-sensitive peace work, stabilisation and reconstruction

  • Olga Karatch

    Olga Karatch

    Country/region:  BelarusConflict: Hibrid wars, military and violence conflicts in Eastern EuropeOrganisation: Nash DomField of work: Democratisation, civil rights, human rights, poverty alleviation, politics, support for disadvantaged groups

  • Moses John

    Moses John

    Country/region:  South SudanConflict: Civil war between North and South SudanOrganisation: Organization for Nonviolence and Development (ONAD)Field of work: Training in non-violence; workshops on trauma work; inter-religious dialogue between Muslims & Christians