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Book Launch and Dialogue with Alice Nderitu
February 27, 2018 at 12:00 PM
| Location: | Global Centre for Pluralism 330 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON |
| Cost: | Free |
Bridging Ethnic Divides and Building Peace: Lessons from Kenya’s Experience
Moderated by Beth Woroniuk of the
Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada
When: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
Where: Global Centre for Pluralism, 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON
Please RSVP by Feb. 22nd, 2018 to alana.dunbar@pluralism.ca
In her book, Kenya, Bridging Ethnic Divides: A Commissioner’s Experience on Cohesion and Integration Alice Nderitu takes us behind the scenes to understand the efforts to build peace and cohesion between different ethnic and racial communities in Kenya. She has worked with elders, mediated between political leaders at the highest level and founded Uwiano Platform for Peace, an innovative conflict prevention tool after the violent crisis of 2007-2008 and leading up to Kenya’s 2013 general elections.
About Alice Nderitu
Alice Nderitu is a Senior Advisor with the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. She was the 2011 Transitional Justice Fellow of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, South Africa. She has been internationally recognized for her work in conflict prevention and for her innovative approach to mediation: Woman Peace Maker of the Year (2012) from the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice; the Global Pluralism Award (2017), by the Global Centre for Pluralism; and the Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue (2017-18) by the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Watch Alice’s story here.
This event is organized by the Global Centre for Pluralism and the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, as part of the proceedings for the Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue, recently awarded to Alice.