Mediators

Ayat Mohamed

Categories: Arabic, Dialogue, English, French, Hybrid mediation, Hybrid Mediation, Inclusive Peace Processes, Mediation, Mediation, Middle East, Peace Processes
Location: Egypt
Geographical expertise: Middle East, Syria
Topical expertise: hybrid mediation, mediation support, social dialogue, inclusive peace processes
Languages: Arabic, English, French (intermediate)

Ayat Mohamed is a Gender Analyst at the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria. She had previously worked on women and civil society inclusion in the Syrian political process with the Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution (NOREF). She is a strong proponent of women’s inclusion in political processes, mediation efforts and on all levels. Ms. Mohamed has experience in mediation support, social dialogue, inclusive peace processes. She has written on hybrid mediation and women in peace processes. She has experience working on Middle East contexts. Ms. Mohamed has an MA degree in political science, and speaks Arabic, English, and intermediate French.

Ayat Mohamed

Ayat Mohamed is a Gender Analyst at the Office of...

Magda Zenon

Categories: Active Listening, Communication, Connecting People, Cyprus, Dialogue, Eastern Mediterranean, English, Greek, Southern Africa
Location: Cyprus
Geographical expertise: Southern Africa & Eastern Mediterranean
Topical expertise: Active Listening, Dialogue, Connecting People, Communication Skills
Languages: English and Greek

Magda Zenon is a peace and human rights activist who brings with her a perspective formed within the contexts of having lived in apartheid South Africa, Greece, and now divided Cyprus. She is an active member of the local civil society with a focus on the integration of a gender perspective in peace processes. She has helped found several civil society organizations, including “Hands Across the Divide”, “the Gender Advisory Team”, and the Cyprus Women’s Lobby and is also a member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network and the Women Mediators of the Commonwealth network. She has helped organise a variety of events with multicultural women’s and youth groups, including two innovative events whose intention it was to broaden the base of active women on the island. The first was the ‘Pathways towards Sustainable Peace: Building UNSC Res 1325 on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Cyprus’ conference in 2017 that brought together over 50 local women to discuss women, peace and security. The second was the ‘Women in Peacebuilding and Mediation in Cyprus: Where we Are and Where to Next?’ workshop in 2018 that brought together a diverse group of women from throughout the island to assess the status of the women’s peacebuilding movement in Cyprus and analyse obstacles and challenges limiting women’s meaningful participation in formal peace-talks. Finally, she is a great believer in the power of storytelling and for over 6 years has hosted online conversations entitled kaleidHERscope with inspiring women from around the world about peacebuilding, gender-based violence and women’s participation in decision-making.

Magda Zenon

Magda Zenon is a peace and human rights activist who...