Triveni Goswami's Page

What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

I have grown up in the Northeastern region of India ----- a region characterized by a distinct ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and in which there are more than160 Scheduled Tribes, both hills and plains. Since the last few decades, the region has experienced numerous insurgent movements and low intensity silent conflicts causing immense pain and suffering all around. Exposures to varying degrees of conflict in the region motivated me to focus and engage in activities revolving around peace and conflict resolution.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)

A Rotary Peace Fellow at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (Jan to ApriI, 2008 session), I have done my Masters in Psychology with specialization in Clinical Psychology. Since 2005, I have focused on researching issues relating to gender, peace and conflict studies as a Research Associate in the Centre for Peace Studies in Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development (OKDISCD), Guwahati, Assam, India. In 2006, I had the opportunity of working in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt as one among ten Fellows selected by UNESCO from 155 countries all over the world.

My academic research is supplemented by personal engagements at the grassroots level, which includes Peace Education amongst children, Pre-emptive Training in Peace Education and Right to Information Act imparted to trainers, visits to the various designated camps of the rebel outfits and creating awareness on notions of peace, non-violent action and constructive activities. I am also responsible for organizing contact programmes on these issues in the form of workshops and seminars.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise

Nagaland, India
Assam, India
Egypt
Nepal

What is your current country of residence?

India

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

Research Associate, Peace Studies, O.K.D.I.S.C.D, Guwahati, Assam. The area I'm currently working on is Gender and Peacebuilding

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.schizmsinthemirror.blogspot.com

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?

Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Development, Gender, Youth, Education, Civil Society, Psychosocial

Which are your primary skills areas?

Training, Program Design, Research

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

*Gender and Peacebuilding
* Women Rebels

If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications

1) Gender and Conflict Transformation: Nagaland and Egypt
Published by Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi (2007)

2)"Role of Women As Peace Builders With Special Reference to Nagaland"
Published by Peace Studies, Omeo Kuamr Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, Assam, India (2006)