ABDIA MOHAMUD's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

My Pastoralist background.
Pastoralists of my home town always engage in violent conflict and being a woman i feel I stand a better chance in conflict resolution and peace building.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

I am a Field Monitor with CEWARN(Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism) based in my home town of Isiolo-Kenya.CEWARN is a unit in IGAD.
I am a Community Facilitator in matters of Peace and Secretary to the District Women Peace Forum-Isiolo.
I have also worked with Pastoralists Communication Initiative based in Ethiopia.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Pastoralists Areas of Kenya and Ethiopia.

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

KENYA-

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

CEWARN(Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism)-CEWARN is a Unit in IGAD

How many years professional experience do you have ?

3-5

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.cewarn.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.pastoralists.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Civil Society, Conflict Resolution

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Just Completed Research on Pastoralists Livelihood(Raising Voice-Securing Livelihood.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

Contributed to Sept.2009 Monthly CEWARN e-bulletin.
Raising Voice-Securing Livelihood in Pastoralists areas of Ethiopia