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

Born in North-East conflict zones, and now an activist to stop oppression and raise voice for the voiceless

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

Humanitarian and Social Activist.

She has worked with NGO settings for approx. five years on various social issues of Street & Working Children, Intellectually Challenged Children, Displacement & Relocation, Communal Conflict, Migration, Refugees, and Women

Apart from NGO sector, she has taught post-graduate students in Department of Social Work, Delhi University, India. At present, she's engaged with Participatory Research In Asia as Program Officer on Gender Mainstreaming focusing on South Asian Women's Political leadership, Gender Budgeting, Gender Policy in Inst etc.

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

North-East regions of India, India, Burma etc

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

India

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

Program Officer- Gender Mainstreaming, Participatory Research In Asia

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.pria.org

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

http://avaaz.org

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

http://International Rescue Committee

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

Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Development, Education, Environment, Gender, Internally Displaced, Humanitarian Relief, Refugees

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Communication, Evaluation, Fundraising, Monitoring, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Research, Qualitative Skills

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

Gender Mainstreaming, Women in armed conflict and nationalist movements for self-determination, war widows, rape victims of armed conflict, women combatants, Refugee women, Migration, Gender-Budgeting, Gender Policy in Inst, Women's Political leadership, Child marriage, South Asian Women etc