Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Roundtable
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) scholars Yared Debebe Yetena, Sandra Tumwesigye , and Awet Halefom Kahsay. They highlight their research while in residence at the Wilson Center and discuss how collaboration with colleagues at the Center and in Washington D.C. has supported their projects. The SVNP is a continent-wide network of African policy, research and academic organizations that works with the Wilson Center’s Africa Program to bring African knowledge and perspectives to U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa.
Guests
Yared Debebe Yetena
Ph.D. Candidate in Peace and Security Studies, Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Sandra Tumwesigye
Advocacy and Partnerships Manager, Women's International Peace Centre
Awet Halefom Kahsay
Ph.D. Candidate in Peace and Security Studies, Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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