Betty Bigombe

Betty Bigombe is an internationally recognised, award-winning expert in conflict resolution, armed conflict mediation, and post-conflict peacemaking and rehabilitation. Her areas of expertise include: peacebuilding, mediator, negotiator and trainer of senior mediators, in-person mediation, reconciling fractured communities involving grassroots women, and demobilising and reintegrating ex-combatants. Betty initiated programmes that promote peace and reconciliation in war zones, refugee camps, and violent conflicts. She develops solutions and strategies that promote long-term goals, while also achieving immediate priorities.

Colombia, Uganda, Liberia, Nigeria, South Sudan

Regional, Community, International, National

Acholi, Japanese, English, French, Swahili

Working with armed groups, Working with governments who are conflict parties, Working with IDPs, refugees and returnees, Working with women, Establishing or advising state peace ministries, Violence prevention interventions, Working with youth involved in extremist groups, Drafting agreements, Alternative dispute resolution, Indigenous groups' traditional practices, Multi-track processes, Shuttle diplomacy, Conflict analysis, Gender sensitive analysis techniques

Security arrangements, Transitional justice, Women, peace and security, Ceasefires, Conflict-related sexual violence, Youth, peace and security, Elections and referendums, Power-sharing arrangements

Geographical Region

Betty Bigombe

Context expertise

Experience of mediation

Languages

Technical Skill

Thematic Knowledge