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Indonesia
Deisyi Batunan
Assistant Professor, Universitas Negeri Manado, Indonesia
Robert Budianto
Executive Director, ASEAN region India - Peru - Indonesia (IPI) Cross Border Initiative, Indonesia
Dani Dani
Consultant - Specialist, UNESCO-MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace & Sustainable Development), Indonesia/India
Nukila Evanty
Executive Director, RIGHTS, Asia Centre, Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
Nur Faridah
CEO and Co-Founder, Antler | Mama Talks, Indonesia
Heira Hardiyanti
Board of Director, Institute for Indonesia Cooperatives Development and Studies (ICDS), Indonesia
Rakhmat Hidayat
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Social Science Faculty, Tampere University, Finland/Indonesia
Kristan
Lecturer in Comparative Religion, Surya University, Indonesia
Dana Kristiawan
Lecturer, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Banyuwangi, Indonesia
Afthon Lubbi
Researcher, Center for the Study of Religion and Culture (CSRC) UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia
Ni Wayan Surya Mahayanti
Lecturer, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Indonesia
Melinda Martinus
Lead Researcher, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore/Indonesia
Mochamad Mustafa
Program Director, The Asia Foundation, Indonesia
Nurlia Dian Paramita
National coordinator, People's Voter Education Network, Indonesia
Misni Parjiati
Community Organiser, Lembaga Kajian Islam & Social/Center for Islamic Studies and Social Transformation, Indonesia
Rina Shahrullah
Senior Lecturer, Universitas Internasional Batam, Indonesia
Isti Toq'ah
Founder, PANDAI (Indonesia's Peace Education), Indonesia
Myanmar
Bosco Aung
Program Manager, Search for Common Ground, Myanmar
Ne Lynn Aung
Research Director, Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security, Myanmar
Peter Lian Biak Cin Thang
Program Coordinator (Youth and Interfaith Dialogue), Mercy Corps, Myanmar
Byar Myar Gay
Project Coordinator, ACTED, Myanmar
Arkar Hein
Program Specialist, United States Institute of Peace, Myanmar
Anastacia Howe
Managing Director, Conyat Create, Cambodia
Tin Maung Htwe
Research Fellow, Chinag Mai University, Thailand/Myanmar
Khong Khaing
Program Manager, Part-time Lecturer, Peace Studies Center, Myanmar Institute of Theology, Myanmar
Maw Maw Khaing
Founder and Educator, New Education, Myanmar
Mary Khine
Project Director, Jesuit Refugee Service-Myanmar, Myanmar
Aung Thura Ko Ko
Independent Researcher, Myanmar
Chaw Mueral Kyaw
Deputy Executive Director, RAFT Myanmar, Myanmar
Siusue Mark
Land and Natural Resources Advisor, Joint Peace Fund, Myanmar/United States of America
Win Min
Country Director, Forum of the Federations, Myanmar
Win Naing
Program Manager for Media and Communications, Search for Common Ground, Myanmar
Ah Bawk Nhkum
Education Coordinator, Myanmar Education Consortium, Myanmar
Min Nyan Shwe
Program Coordinator, RAFT Myanmar, Myanmar
Aung Naing Oo
Executive Director, Technical Secretariat Center, Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee, Myanmar
Wyne Wyne Pye
National Technical Expert, Environmental Conservation Department (Urban EbA Project), Myanmar
Ja Seng Ra
Gender Specialist, Joint Peace Fund, Myanmar
Sneha Roy
Consultant, Peaceful Myanmar Initiative, Myanmar/India
Aung Than Oo
Program Officer, Institute for Strategy and Policy, Myanmar
Pyae Phyo Thant
Joint-Permanent Secretary, National Unity Government, Myanmar
May Zin Thaw
Founder, Researchers' Republic, Myanmar
Bwe Thay
Deputy Chairperson, Victorian Multicultural Commission, Myanmar/Australia
Cho Zin Thet
Deputy Director of Capacity Building, Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP) Myanmar, Myanmar
Saw Chit Thet Tun
Technical Advisor, Peace Coordination Office, Myanmar
Thinn Thinn
Master's Candidate, University for Peace, Costa Rica/Myanmar
Cherry Tun
Researcher Tagaung Institute of Political Studies, Myanmar
Khine Thazin Wai
Programme Coordinator, Badeidha Moe Organization, Myanmar
Nepal
Jhabindra Pd. Adhikari
Coordinator, Pro Public (Forum for Protection of Public Interest), Nepal
Akanchhya Aryal
South Asia HRE Consultant, Amnesty International, Nepal
Subindra Bogati
Founder & CEO, Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative, Nepal
Anju Jha
President, Mandwi, Nepal
Salina Kafle
Executive Director Human Rights and Justice Centre, Nepal
Kamal Kandel
Program Manager, Initiatives of Change, Nepal
Rohit Karki
Senior Project Officer, Asia-Pacific Unit, DCAF-Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, Switzerland/Nepal
Surya Karki
Co-founder and Executive Director, United World Schools Nepal and Bloom Nepal School, Nepal
Pratik Karmacharya
Director of Advocacy, Freedom Studio, Nepal
Nishchhal Kharal
Executive Director, Freedom Studio, Nepal
Pratik Kunwar
Founder, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Nepal
Rajendra Mulmi
Regional Director-Asia, Search for Common Ground, Nepal
Mohit Pant
Juris Doctoral Candidate, University of Canberra, Australia/Nepal
Babu Ram Poudel
Program Manager, Pro Public, Nepal
Navaraj Pudasaini
Advocate, Federal Law Associates, Nepal
Rajendra Senchurey
Analyst / Information Officer, Policy Research Institute, Nepal
Biplabi Shrestha
Program Director, ARROW (Asian- Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women), Malaysia/Nepal
Bijay Shrestha
Program Director, Japan International Support Program, Nepal
Ankita Singh Rathour
Project Manager, Nepal Peace Building Initiative, Nepal
Trishna Thapa
Senior Program Officer, Nagarik Aawaz, Nepal
Gaurav Thapa
Co-Founder & Managing Director, FINLIT, Nepal
Nirmal Kumar Upreti
President, Forum for Nation Building, Nepal
Philippines
Aliah Adam
Director, SCCB Project, Philippines
Zoreen Agustin
Program Manager, Save the Children, Philippines
Andy Alegre
National Activation and Partnerships Lead, International Justice Mission, Philippines
Jerome Bactol
Program Policy Officer, Project Manager SBCCUN World Food Program, Philippines
Aurece Aubrey Bahala
Senior Program Manager, Institute for Autonomy and Governance, Philippines
Garie Briones
National Programme Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC), Philippines
Denise Rafaeli Cadorniga
Communications Officer, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philippines
Coline Esther Cardeno Rakidzija
Doctoral Researcher University of York, England/Philippines
Mellisa Dajay
Community Mobilizer, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Philippines
Ronald Del Castillo
Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Team Lead, UN World Food Programme's Philippines Country Office, Philippines
Haironesah Domado
Doctoral Student, George Mason University, U.S.A/ Philippines
Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba
Minister of the Interior and Local Government of Bangsamoro, Attorney General, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
Jovanie Espesor
Professor, Mindanao State University, General Santos, Philippines
Gelie Erika Esteban
Legal Management Division Chief, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippines
Bernadette Fernandez
Founding Member and Trustee, Teach Peace Build Peace Movement (TPBPM), Philippines
Mohammad Jamalul Giducos
Legal Consultant Bangsamoro Transition Authority, Philippines
Fredyl Hernandez
Artist-Teacher, Philippine Educational Theater Association, Philippine High School for the Arts, Philippines
Ma. Laurice Jamero
Climate Resilience Coordinator, Manila Observatory, Philippines
Khuzaimah Maranda
Executive Director, Thuma Ko Kapagingud Service Organization Inc., Philippines
Kara Medina
Gender and Disaster Resilience Specialist, Independent, Philippines
Rachel Pastores
Managing Counsel, Public Interest Law Center, Philippines
Angelica Querubin
Founder, Weaving Ecosystems, Philippines
Kate Alyzon Ramil
Vice President, YMCA Rinali of Laguna, Philippines
Razcel Jan Salvarita
Founder, Baryo Balangaw Creative Initiatives, Philippines
Jamila-Aisha Sanguila
Founder, Women Empowered to Act for Dialogue and Peace, Philippines
Angeli Monique Siladan
Project Development and Program Support Officer, International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Malaysia, Philippines
Lynnette Grace Tagalo
Project Officer, forum ZFD Civil Peace Service, Philippines
Ayessa Tin
Programme Analyst, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, Philippines
Ma. Erlinda Vila
Peace Program Officer V, Office Of The Presidential Adviser On Peace, Reconciliation And Unity, Philippines
Angel Marie Ysik
Development Professional and Master of Arts Degree Candidate, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Sri Lanka
Suchith Abeyewickreme
Trainer and Consultant, Arigatou International, Sri Lanka
Kamilas Alexsanther
Director, Pakalavan Media, Sri Lanka
Sanduni Ariyawansa
Deputy Director, Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, Sri Lanka
Harithra Chandrasehar
Development Practitioner, Sri Lanka
Prashan De Visser
President and Founder, Sri Lanka Unites, Sri Lanka
Weerakoon Mudiyanselage Kaushalya Dhananjani
Program Lead, Center for Development Research and Interventions, Sri Lanka
Manjula Dissanayake
Founder, Educate Lanka, United States/Sri Lanka
Sajeed Fahurdeen
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka
Bhavani Fonseka
Senior Researcher and Lawyer, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka
Darshatha Gamage
Peace Educator, Sri Lanka
Oshan Gunathilake
Consultant, Arigatou International, Sri Lanka
Kumaravadivel Guruparan
Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Law, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Zainab Hassen
CYPAN Coordinator, Commonwealth, Sri Lanka
Gayathri Sewwandi Heetiarachchi Gamage
Independent Trainer and Consultant, Sri Lanka
Asantha Samarajeewa Kalyananda
CEO, Third Shift Media, Sri Lanka
Nirmani Liyanage
Program Manager/ Researcher, Search for Common Ground, Sri Lanka
Thilina Madiwala
Co-Founder and Director, Social Transformative Action Network for Development, Australia/Sri Lanka
Mohamed Buhary Mahumood Lebbei
Executive Director, Eastern Social Development Foundation, Sri Lanka
Ahamed Sanoon Meera Mohideen
Executive Director, FrameOut, Sri Lanka
Mohamed Azad Mohamed Mustaffa
Program Director, Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum, Chief Editor, iVoice, Sri Lanka
Kokilavany Navalan
Managing Director, Possible Green Private Limited, Sri Lanka
Kishoth Navaretnarajah
Co-founder, Dreamspace Academy, Sri Lanka
Kasun Pathiraja
Country Coordinator, FHI360 , Sri Lanka
Sulochana Peiris
Freelance Documentary Maker and Writer, Sri Lanka
Selyna Peiris
Director of Business Development, Selyn, Sri Lanka
Nirasha Piyawadani
Journalist/Programme Producer, Center for Media & Information Literacy, Sri Lanka
Sarkara Velappan Priyanthi Sepalika
Senior Project Officer, National Peace Council, Sri Lanka
M C Rasmin
Deputy Chief of Party, IREX Sri Lanka Mission, Sri Lanka
Nishandeny Ratnam
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka
Lihini Ratwatte
Gender Specialist, UNDP, Sri Lanka
Johann Rebert
Deputy Country Representative, The Asia Foundation, Sri Lanka
Krystle Reid Wijesuriya
Co-CEO, We Are Team Rocket, Sri Lanka
Nilushika Sandamali
Senior Assistant Secretary Ministry of Education, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Dishani Senaratne
Founder/Project Director, Writing Doves, Sri Lanka
Shanmugapriyah Thiyagarajah
Deputy Director, Save the Children International, Sri Lanka
Kiruthika Thurairajah
Digital Peacebuilding Specialist, Search for Common Ground, Sri Lanka
Vijayanathan Thusandra Thusandra
Project Manager, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Anithra Varia
Development and Human Rights Specialist, Sri Lanka
Senel Wanniarachchi
Co-Founder and Director, Hashtag Generation, Sri Lanka
Salma Yusuf
Lawyer & Senior International Expert and Specialist Consultant on Peace and Conflict, Transitional Justice, Human Rights, Democratization, and Governance, Justice & Rule of Law, Sri Lanka
Thailand
Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij
Lecturer, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Thailand
Paul Chambers
Lecturer & Special Advisor, Center of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand
Maruf Chebueraheng
Director, Digital4Peace Foundation, Thailand
Jularat Damrongviteetham
Executive Assistant, Peace Resource Collaborative Foundation, Thailand
Ilham Hayeeyama
Consultant, Kenan Foundation Asia, Thailand
Nurainee Jangoe
Data analyst, Deep South Watch, Thailand
Jarunee Jarusruangchai
Founder, Young Good Governance, Thailand
Sofia Jeana
Deputy Chief of Party, HOPE Project, Kenan Foundation Asia, Thailand
Worrawan Jirathanapiwat
CEO & Co-founder, FN Educon Co., Ltd, Thailand
Nonglak Kaeophokha
Senior Program Officer, Spirit in Education Movement (SEM), Thailand
Anwar Koma
Head of the Turkish Studies Center, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Watcharapon Kukaewkasem
Social Worker/Founder, Freedom Restoration Project, Thailand
Pindarica Malyrojsiri
Project Manager, Peace Resource Collaborative, Thailand
Aliya Mudmarn
Child Protection Officer, UNICEF, Thailand
Padtheera Narkurairattana
Lecturer, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Ratawit Ouaprachanon
Project Manager, Peace Resource Collaborative Foundation, Thailand
Fareeda Panjor
Researcher and Lecturer, Center for Conflict Studies and Cultural Diversity, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Romadon Panjor
Editor & Curator, Deep South Watch, Thailand
Krittanan Pensirisomboon
University Lecturer and Researcher, Navamindradhiraj University, Thailand
Patporn Phoothong
Researcher, Education for Peace in Violence Conflict, Thailand
Chayanit Poonyarat
Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand
Panfun Pramojanee
Project Coordinator, Save the Children Thailand, Thailand
Prattana Samransuk
Assistant Consultant, Kenan Foundation Asia, Thailand
Nichan Singhaputargun
Lecturer, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
Anna Christi Suwardi
Lecturer, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
Wanweena Tangsathianraphap
Communication Specialist and Brand Strategist, Thailand
Phasiree Thanasin
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder,Wocation Co., Ltd., Thailand
Sudarat Tuntivivat
Lecturer & Researcher, Behavioral Science Research Institute, Thailand
Lalita Yawangsan
Senior Field Coordinator, Save the Children,Thailand
Rest of Southern and Southeastern Asia
Navras Aafreedi
Assistant Professor, Presidency University, India
Mustafa Aryan
Executive Director, Security, Gender & Development Institute, Canada/Afghanistan
Zam Bin Askandar
Professor of Peace Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Srinjoy Bose
Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia/India
Muhammad Bux
Founder and General Secretary, Sukaar Welfare Organization, Pakistan
Salam Dharejo
Country Coordinator for Pakistan, Terre des Hommes, Pakistan
Quy Dinh Thi Ngoc
Deputy Director - Christina Noble Children's Foundation
Raziq Fahim
Founding Director, College of Youth Activism and Development, Pakistan
Hang Hybunna
Head of Program and Partnership, Plan International, Cambodia
Noor Shahiwan bin Ismail
Founder and CEO, Suncrox Solar, Malaysia
Sameer Khan
Founder, Collective Pakistan, Pakistan
Suyheang Kry
Executive Director, Women Peace Makers Organization, Cambodia
Alex Wen Jie Lew
Strategy and Partnership, Environman, Thailand/Singapore
Khet Long
Co-Founder, Youth for Peace and Founder, Peace Institute of Cambodia, Cambodia
Penny Low
Founder and President, Social Innovation Park Ltd, Singapore
Irwan Malhotra
Co-Founder and Trustee, Givfunds Social Ventures, India
Sokkoeun Man
Executive Director, Youth for Peace Organization, Cambodia
Zaim Mohzani
Senior Director of External Relations, KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, Malaysia
Neha Nair
Director - Trust & Safety, Radix Web Solutions, India
Nga Nguyen Thi Hong
Senior Public and Community Engagement Coordinator, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam
Himanshu Panday
Co-founder, Dignity in Difference, India
Andrea Y. Park
Regional AI Skilling Advisor, Microsoft, Singapore/Korea/United States of America
Elaine Pratley
Founder, Peace Inc. and Peace Kitchen in Australia, Malaysia
Ayub Ayubi
Social Activist & Founder, Renaissance by Social Innovation, Pakistan
Chintan Raj
Program Lead, Bodoland Territorial Council's Development Program, India
Fareeda Shaikh
Community Consellor and Teacher, Pakistan
Sabrina Shumi
Program Officer for Monitoring and Evaluation, United Nation Population Fund, Bangladesh
Annu Singh
Community Institution and Gender Specialist, Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF), India
Sinath Sous
Grants Manager, Cambodian Living Arts, Cambodia
Sithen Sum
Executive Director/Film Educator, Sunflower Film Organization, Cambodia
Sadaf Taimur
Director of Sustainability & Circularity; Goodwill Industries International Inc., Canada/Pakistan
Geeta Vaishnavi
Founder & CEO, JK Arts Foundation, India
Shataakshi Verma
Founder, Art of Freedom in Kabul, India
Hamsa Vijayaraghavan
Chief Operating Officer, Migration & Asylum Project, India
Arjimand Wani
Fellow, Genocide Prevention Program, Holocaust Memorial Museum, India
Juan Wei
Senior Program Development Manager, Environment Program, Asia Foundation, United States of America/China
Rest of the World
Hassine Abassi
Former Secretary General, General Union of Tunisian Workers, Tunisia
Kaltumi Abdulazeez
Executive Director, Ladies Empowerment Goals and Support Initiatives (LEGASI), Nigeria
Rina Alluri
Assistant Professor, UNESCO Chairholder for Peace Studies, University of Innsbruck, Austria/Canada
Martha Musimbi Amadalo
Court Annexed Mediator , Lawyer, The Judiciary of Kenya, Kenya
Adolfo Arguello Vives
Finance Chair and Senior Evaluation Officer, National Evaluation Academy, Mexico
Dominik Balthasar
Director of Development Management, Asian Institute of Management, Philippines/Germany
Olga Barbasiewicz
Adjunct/Assistant Professor, SWPS University Warsaw, Poland
Minkyung Choi
Assistant Professor of Literacy, Montclair State University, Republic of Korea
Maeum Han
Soldier, Army, Republic of Korea
Brian Harding
Senior Expert for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S.A
Raymond Hyma
Ph.D. Student/Adviser, University of Otago / Women Peace Makers, New Zealand/Canada
Damola Johnson
Chief Operating Officer, African Development University, Niger/Nigeria
Samuel Karuita
Team Manager, Village Impact, Kenya
Saya Kiba
Associate Professor, Komatsu University, Japan
Seun Isaac Lawal
Principal Assistant Registrar, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria
Staci Martin
Fulbright Scholar, Rotary Peace Fellow, faculty member, Portland State University, United States of America
Joaquin Molina Martinez-Lozano
Senior Policy Adviser, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Belgium/Spain
Wyclife Ong“eta Mose
Lecturer/Executive Director, Kenyatta University/Oasis Peace Web Organisation, Kenya
Peter Mousaferiadis
Founder and CEO, Cultural Infusion, Australia
Yosuke Nagai
CEO, Accept International, Japan
Tali Nates
Founder and Director, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa
Mduduzi Ntuli
Educator & Development Head, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, South Africa
Krmanj Othman
Senior Legal Advisor for International Law, Ministry of Justice in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Iraq
Mohit Pant
Juris Doctoral Candidate, University of Canberra, Australia/Nepal
Risa Pieters
Deputy Director of Global Programs, Asia-Pacific, Obama Foundation, United States of America
Tshegofatso Ramatsetse
Operations Officer, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa
Astrid Reisinger Coracini
Director, Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Austria
Ignacio Rodriguez
Founder and Director, EPIX, Venezuela
Zoya Sardashti
Founder & Artistic Director Home Soil Projects, Iran/USA
Muzzamil Sheikh
SPARC Research Adviser for Somalia, Mercy Corps, Somalia
Roi Silberberg
Senior Program Director, School for Peace, Israel
Paul Sixpence
Coordinator for Governance and Human Rights Advocacy Projects, Centre Stage Media Arts Foundation, Zimbabwe
Ayako Kobayashi
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Ryoya Tasai
Project Manager, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Laos/Japan
Ugochukwu Stephen Ugwudi
Founder & Coordinator, Coalition of African Youths Against Terrorism, Nigeria
Takehiro Umemura
Program Director, The Nippon Foundation, Japan
Staff
Charles Ehrlich
Director, Peace and Justice, Salzburg Global, Austria
Ian Brown
Director, Development & Evaluation, Salzburg Global
Kateryna Anselmi
Program Manager, Peace and Justice, Salzburg Global, Austria / Ukraine
Edlira Kastrati
Program Manager, Peace and Justice, Salzburg Global, Austria
Maya Mizuno
Impact Fellow, Leadership Exchange Asia Project