Global Peacebuilders Summit

Global Peacebuilders Summit

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

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Halima Adan
Country/region: Somalia
Conflict: Civil war
Organisation: Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC)
Field of work: Women's rights, democratic development, mediation, leadership

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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

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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

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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; mediation

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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Bal Kumari Gurung
Country/region: Nepal
Conflict: Social Conflicts (ethnic, gender and faith)
Organisation: United Mission to Nepal
Field of work: Local capacities for peace, trauma healing, interfaith peacebuilding, cross border initiatives, gender justice and community mediation

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

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Cheryl Hendricks
Country/region: South Africa
Organisation: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
Field of work: Peacebuilding / Transitional Justice/ Reconciliation/Women Peace and Security/ Preventing Violent Extremism

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Dishani Jayaweera
Country/region: Sri Lanka
Conflict: Civil war, primarily between Tamil group and the Singhalese-dominated Government
Organisation: Center for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
Field of work: Inter-religious dialogues; dialogues for young people of different demographic groups using photography

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Moses John
Country/region: South Sudan
Conflict: Civil war in South Sudan and tensions between S. Sudan and Sudan
Organisation: Organization for Nonviolence and Development (ONAD)
Field of work: Trainings in nonviolence, governance and human rights; workshops on trauma healing and reconciliation; Dialogue between Muslims & Christians, Pastoralists-Farmers and inter-ethnic.

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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

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Edgar Khachatryan
Country/region: Armenia and the South Caucasus
Conflict: The Nagorny-Karabakh conflict, military conflicts with Azerbaijan for over 20 years and simmering conflicts in the Caucasus region
Organisation: NGO Peace Dialogue
Field 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

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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.

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Babloo Loitongbam
Country/region: India (federal state of Manipur in the northeast region)
Conflict: Human rights violations by the Army; armed rebel groups
Organisation: Human Rights Alert
Field of work: Human rights; civil rights

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Mary Montague
Country/region: Northern Ireland
Conflict:
Organisation: Tides Training
Field of work: Mediation and training

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Dieudonné Munyankiko
Country/region: Rwanda
Conflict: Civil war, genocide
Organisation: Association Modeste et Innocent (AMI)
Field of work: Reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis

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Landry Ninteretse
Country/region: Burundi
Conflict: Civil war
Organisation: Action for Peace and Development (APD), Burundi
Field of work: Dialogues, conflict resolution, trauma work, street children, environmental protection

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Nedžad Novalić
Country/region: Western Balkan (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia)
Conflict: Ethnic conflict
Organisation: Centre for Nonviolent Action
Field of work: Postwar reconciliation, peacebuilding education, memorialization

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Mossarat Quadeem
Country/region: Pakistan
Conflict: (Religious) radicalization
Organisation: Paiman Alumni Trust
Field of work: De-Radicalization, strenthening of women in peace processes

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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.

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Sima Samar
Country/region: Afghanistan
Conflict: Civil war
Organisation: Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
Field of work: Human rights

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Renas Sino
Country/region: Syria
Conflict: 
Organisation: Tevin 
Field of work: Independent think tank for Kurdish affairs, conflict resolution, dialogue

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Boris Somé
Country/region: Burkina Faso
Conflict: Ethnic conflicts
Organisation: West Africa Network for Peacebuilding
Field of work: Early Warning Systems, conflict analysis and prevention

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Nava Sonnenschein
Country/region: Israel
Conflict: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Organisation: School for Peace, Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
Field of work: Encounter groups

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Goce Todoroski
Country/region: Macedonia
Conflict: Armed conflict in 2001, inter-ethnic conflict to the present day
Organisation: Center for Civic Initiative
Field of work: Inter-ethnic youth work

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Ousmane Diadié Touré
Country/region: Mali
Conflict: Civil War
Organisation: Studio Tamani
Field of work: Media for tolerance

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Karen Volker
Country/region: USA
Conflict: Urban violence
Organisation: Cure violence
Field of work: Human rights, prevention of violence

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

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James Wuye
Country/region: Nigeria, Middle Belt
Conflict: Christian und Muslim groups
Organisation: Interfaith Mediation Center (IMC)
Field of work: Early warning systems to prevent religious violence; mediation

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