Councillor Biographies
Dr. Rama Mani, Advisor, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, New York, Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Rama Mani worked as the Executive Director for the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Sri Lanka and the Director of the New Issues in Security Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. She is currently on sabbatical leave till 2009 to dedicate herself to writing, publication and teaching, and to pursue her particular interest in the role of culture, art and spirituality in conflict transformation. Dr Mani holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Cambridge, and a Masters of International Affairs from the John Hopkins University. She has devoted her life to the pursuit of peace, justice and human security through her work as a scholar, activist and policy analyst. She worked previously for Oxfam (GB) as Conflict Policy Coordinator and Africa Strategy Manager based in Ethiopia and Uganda, as Senior Strategy Advisor to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue/Geneva and as the Senior External Relations Officer for the Commission on Global Governance/Geneva. She has provided policy analysis, strategic advice and teaching in the areas of justice and peace-building in several African countries, Afghanistan, Nepal and Guatemala. Among other honorary positions, she serves on the Board of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect/New York, of the International Journal of Transitional Justice/Cape Town and Berkeley and of the International Peace Institute/Egypt. She is the author of scholarly articles and books on peace, justice, terrorism and democracy, and lectures widely in English and French to international audiences.
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