GLOBAL PEACEBUILDERS NETWORK

The GPN is a growing network of active peacemakers from conflict regions. New members are accepted based on nominations decided by the GPN Advisory Board. The network is supported by the German Culture Counts Foundation.

Suzan Aref Portrait Peacebuilder
Peacebuilders

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

Hania Bitar Portrait Peacebuilder
Peacebuilders

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

John Carson
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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

Assaad Chaftari Portrait Peacebuilder
Peacebuilders

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

Cheryl Hendricks Portrait Peacebuilder
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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

Moses John Portrait Peacebuilder
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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

Olga Karatch Portrait Peacebuilder
Peacebuilders

Olga Karatch

Country/region:  Belarus
Conflict: Hibrid wars, military and violence conflicts in Eastern Europe
Organisation: Nash Dom
Field of work: Democratisation, civil rights, human rights, poverty alleviation, politics, support for disadvantaged groups

Dipujjal Khisa Portrait Peacebuilder
Peacebuilders

Dipujjal Khisa

Country/region: Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh
Conflict: Ethnic conflicts
Organisation: Maleya Foundation
Field of work: Indigenous Peoples Rights, Non-violent conflict transformation, Indigenous peoples’ self-determined development, Women empowerment.

Immaculate Mukasa
Peacebuilders

Immaculate Mukasa

Country/region: Uganda, East Africa
Conflict: Social conflict, structural violence
Organisation: Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women (MEMPROW)
Field of work: Empowerment of girls and young women, building their confidence, leadership, agency, and peer-peer groups, promotion of women’s rights, climate justice and violence-free communities

Henry Ramirez Soler Portrait Peacebuilder
Peacebuilders

Henry Ramirez Soler

Country/region: Colombia
Conflict: Socio-political armed conflict
Organisation: Corporacion Claretiana Norman Perez Bello / PROCLADE INTERNACIONAL
Field of work: Human rights, peace education, political advocacy before the UN, mediation and accompaniment to victims, follow-up to peace agreements.

Liza Wilkinson Portrait Peacebuilder
Peacebuilders

Liza Wilkinson

Country/region: Northern Ireland
Conflict: Protestant & Catholic groups, peacebuilding in Pakistan, Balkans, Afghanistan and Sudan
Organisation: TIDES Trainings & Consultancy
Field of work: Dialogues, conflict resolution, peace with social justice training, family and community work