Rama Mani

Dr. Rama Mani is an expert in international peace and security, a poet and performance artist. In 2013, Rama received the Peter Becker Peace Prize in Germany for the combined impact of her scholarship and practice in peace. Rama develo- ped Theatre of Transformation based on her 25 years of experience at both policy and grassroots level in peace-building, governance andl eadership. Rama’s transformative performances, seminars and teaching raise funds for the peace and solidarity missions she undertakes in countries in conflict, and the innovative humanitarian projects she supports directly. Rama is a Councilor of the World Future Council, and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s Centre for International Studies. With Prof. Jean Houston and Dr. Scilla Elworthy, Rama is the Co-Founder of ‘Rising Women, Rising World’. She serves on the Jury of the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ or the Right Livelyhood Award Foundation. Rama offers transformative seminars and teaching for leaders, policy makers, students and grassroots activists. She teaches policy makers at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, where she is an Associate Fellow. She also teaches MA in Transitional Justice at the Geneva Academy for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and at St. Gallen University, and is invited to teach at universities and institutes around the world. Rama was earlier Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (Sri Lanka). She was Africa Strategy Manager for Oxfam GB, working in war-zones across Africa. She was Director of the Global Peace and Security Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, and Senior External Relations Officer of the Commission on Global Governance. Since 1992, Rama has partnered with and advised Uni- ted Nations agencies. She has served on several international boards such as the Academic Council on the United Nations System or the Advisory Board of NATO Defence College.

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