Category: Peacebuilders

  • Moses John

    Moses John

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

  • Cheryl Hendricks

    Cheryl Hendricks

    Country/region: South Africa
    Conflict: Post-conflict Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Mediation, Stakeholder Dialogues
    Organisation: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
    Field of work: Peacebuilding/ Transitional Justice/ Reconciliation/Women Peace and Security/ Preventing Violent Extremism

  • Monika Hauser

    Monika Hauser

    Country/region: Germany
    Conflict: Sexualised violence in conflicts
    Organisation: medica mondiale
    Field of work: Women´s rights

  • Lian Gogali

    Lian Gogali

    Country/region: Indonesia
    Conflict: Ethnic-religious conflicts
    Organisation: Institut Mosintuwu
    Field of work: Reconciliation, interreligious dialogue, empowerment for women, women on development

  • Miguel Alvarez Gandara

    Miguel Alvarez Gandara

    Country/region: Mexico
    Conflict: Ethnic conflict, structural violence
    Organisation: Servicios y Asesoría para la Paz (SERAPAZ)
    Field of work: Human rights, Peace Education, Positive Conflict Transformation

  • Anna Ferreira

    Anna Ferreira

    Country/region: Venezuela
    Conflict: Violent innerstate conflict
    Organisation: El Círculo and Venezuelan Civic Forum
    Field of work: Women´s rights; youth engagement

  • Assaad Chaftari

    Assaad Chaftari

    Country/region: Lebanon
    Conflict: Civil war
    Organisation: Fighters for Peace / Initiatives of Change Lebanon
    Field of work: Reconciliation, non-violent conflict resolution, Preach for personal change…and the rest, mainly by trying to reach ex-fighters, youth and politicians

  • John Carson

    John Carson

    Country/region: Northern Ireland
    Conflict: Religious and Political Conflicts
    Organisation: TIDES Training
    Field of work: Mediation and Conflict Resolution; Working with ex-combatant groups on Conflict Resolution; Restorative Practice. Training groups in Mediation and Conflict Resolution

  • Hania Bitar

    Hania Bitar

    Country/region: Palestine
    Conflict: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Organisation: Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA)
    Field of work: Empowerment of young Palestinians through specialized youth media and peer-to-peer-groups, human rights, women rights, leadership

  • Mariam Barandia

    Mariam Barandia

    Country/region: Philippines
    Conflict: Religious conflict
    Organisation: IKapamagogopa Incorporated
    Field of work: Reconciliation Muslims / Christians in Mindanao

  • Muhammad Ashafa

    Muhammad Ashafa

    Country/region: Nigeria, Middle Belt
    Conflict: Christian and Muslim Groups
    Organisation: Interfaith Mediation Center (IMC)
    Field of work: Early warning systems to prevent religious violence; mediationlegal issues

  • Suzan Aref

    Suzan Aref

    Country/region: Iraq
    Conflict: Civil War
    Organisation: Women Empowerment Organization (WEO)
    Field of work: Help and education for refugees, establishing shelters for battered women, education, support on legal issues

  • Rajaa Altalli

    Rajaa Altalli

    Country/region: Syria
    Conflict: Civil war
    Organisation: Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria
    Field of work: Supporting civil society and those working for peace; Syrian refugee camps in Turkey

  • Halima Adan

    Halima Adan

    Country/region: Somalia
    Conflict: Civil War
    Organisation: Save Somali Women and Children
    Field of work: Women’s rights, democratic development, mediation, leadership

  • Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan

    Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan

    Country/region: Kenya (Northern region)
    Conflict: Ethnic conflict
    Organisation: Horn of Africa Development Initiative (HODI)
    Field of work: Mediation, women’s rights