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Ilwad Elman
Director of Programs and Development, Elman Peace Centre
Currently responsible for designing and overseeing the Elman Peace Centre's programs with a broad portfolio focus on human rights, gender, justice, protection of civilians, social entrepreneurship, and peace & security, Ilwad Elman also co-founded the first rape crisis centre in Somalia for survivors of sexual and gender based violence, designing interventions aimed at security sector reform to create an inclusive space for women in peace building, and developing programs for the disarmament and rehabilitation of child soldiers and adults defecting from armed groups for their socio-economic empowerment, rehabilitation and reintegration.
