Tajyka Shabdanova

Tajyka Shabdanova

Sep 15, 2019

Tajyka Shabdanova

Shabdanova Tazhykan, President of the Foundation for Tolerance International (FTI). FTI is a non-governmental organisation in Kyrgyzstan and Regional Secretariat of GPPAC in Central Asia. Tazhykan performs the duties of Regional Representative of GPPAC in Central Asia. Ms. Shabdanova has graduated from Law Faculty and has a master degree. Tazhykan works on peace education, peacebuilding, conflict transformation and preventing violent extremism since 2004. She has experience of working with different actors at local, national and international levels, including governmental and non-governmental organizations, religious communities, media, global think-tank groups, etc. Ms. Shabdanova is an author and co-author of manuals, analytical papers, publications related to peacebuilding and peace education in Kyrgyzstan. She was a part of FTI team during a process of developing Infrastructure for Peace in Kyrgyzstan led by UNDP. 

Dr. Rajib Timalsina (Tribhuvan University)

Dr. Rajib Timalsina (Tribhuvan University)

Sep 15, 2019

Dr. Rajib Timalsina (Tribhuvan University)

Rajib Timalsina is an assistant professor of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies at Tribhuvan University (Nepal). He is phase co-investigator at Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP). Rajib leads Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) in Nepal which assesses literacy and numeracy for school-going age children. Rajib also serves as governing council member at International Peace Research Association (IPRA).

 



Dr. Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo (University of Rwanda)

Dr. Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo (University of Rwanda)

Sep 15, 2019

Dr. Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo (University of Rwanda)

  • MAP Role: Co-Investigator
  • Institution: University of Rwanda
  • Position: Lecturer, College of Education
  • Location: Rwanda
  • Website: https://ce.ur.ac.rw/

Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo is a Lecturer at the University of Rwanda, College of Education (UR-CE). He has completed a two-years Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education and Curriculum Studies at the University at Johannesburg (UJ) in South Africa. He holds a PhD in Education obtained from the University of the Witwatersrand – Wits (Johannesburg) in 2016. His doctoral dissertation is entitled: ‘Citizenship and values education in post-genocide Rwanda: An analysis of the Itorero training scheme for high school leavers’. His research area is political philosophy applied to education including issues, such as citizenship, values, and peace education with a focus on adolescents in conflict-affected communities. Nzahabwanayo is also Principle Investigator of a GCRF Global Engagement Network entitled ‘Building Cultures of Peace in Rwandan Schools’.

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Dr Kirrily Pells (UCL)

Dr Kirrily Pells (UCL)

Sep 15, 2019

Dr Kirrily Pells (UCL)

Kirrily Pells is Associate Professor of Childhood at University College London (UCL). Her research and teaching are in the field of childhood studies and her work concerns global childhoods and children’s rights especially in relation to violence, poverty and intersecting inequalities. Her current research focuses on: memories in childhood and intergenerational relations; participatory action research and arts-based approaches with children and youth for peacebuilding; and the intersections and dynamics between structural, symbolic and interpersonal violences in the lives of children and youth. Kirrily is also interested in the impact of policies and programmes on children’s lives and the relationships between research, policy and practice.

Dr Harla Sara Octarra (Atma Jaya Catholic University)

Dr Harla Sara Octarra (Atma Jaya Catholic University)

Sep 15, 2019

Dr Harla Sara Octarra (Atma Jaya Catholic University)

My name is Harla Sara Octarra. I am the MAP Network Plus Co-Investigator from Indonesia, who enjoys film and travelling. Since summer 2019 I have worked alongside Ananda, Kirrily, Rajib, Bishnu, Sylvestre, Eric, Tajyka and others to implement MAP project. In Indonesia, I have the honor of collaborating with adolescents in the city of Jakarta, youth facilitators, and researchers of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (AJCUI) to run MAP activities and enable MAP to grow in interest, network and to inform youth policy. MAP’s arts-based and participatory approaches are what interests me to take part in the project in the first place and will remain so until 2024.

I have a doctoral degree in Social Policy from the University of Edinburgh, UK where my research focused on Scottish children’s policy. I enjoy teaching my students at AJCUI about psychosocial intervention and public policy & human rights. I am also a consultant and resource person for the Government of Indonesia and local governments, specializing in child rights and protection. As a lead researcher, I have been working with UNICEF and other development partners in conducting studies to inform policies around youth rights and participation. I am now working to influence the country’s child participation policy using MAP approaches.

 

Dr. Eric Ndushabandi

Dr. Eric Ndushabandi

Sep 15, 2019

Dr. Eric Ndushabandi

  • MAP Role: Co-Investigator
  • Institution: Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP) | University of Rwanda
  • Position: Director | Associate Researcher
  • Location: Rwanda
  • Web profile: http://www.irdp.rw

Eric Ndushabandi is Director of the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace, IRDP is an independent think tank and peacebuilding organization that focuses on three areas of intervention: Peacebuilding and Peace Education, Governance, and Socio-economic Development. He also teaches Political Science at the University of Rwanda. Today IRDP is engaged in extensive work on community healing and social cohesion through community dialogue and Youth Clubs. His research encompasses memory policy in post conflict societies, democratization processes, public policy analysis, reconstruction (state-building and nation building perspectives), and conflict transformation. Eric is Co-I of AHRC GCRF Network Plus Changing the Story.

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Mr. Bishnu B Khatri (Human Rights Film Center)

Mr. Bishnu B Khatri (Human Rights Film Center)

Sep 15, 2019

Mr. Bishnu B Khatri (Human Rights Film Center)

Bishnu Khatri currently serves as Chairperson of Human Rights Film Center (HRFC). HRFC is one of the leading human rights organization in Nepal that uses different art forms including video as a tool for education and advocacy regarding social and development issues. 

Khatri has significant exposure on research, education, dialogue, public policy and evaluation. He has more than two decades of academic and professional experiences in the field of child, youth, gender, social inclusion and other different issues. He is practitioner of Arts-based Methods in research, projects and initiatives. He believes in meaningful participation of community. He has been engaging in Project Planning and Management (PPM). He has successfully managed numbers of projects and initiatives in cooperation with development partners, bi-lateral multilateral agencies, International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs), UN agencies, universities and many others. He is also Practitioner Lawyer since 2001. He has numbers of academic and development publications. Currently he is serving as Faculty of Master in International Cooperation and Development (MICD)/Mid-Western University of Nepal, Chairperson of Human Rights Film Center (HRFC), Board Member of Human Rights Film Network (HRFN) and Executive Director of BIPAN Foundation.

 

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