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Hannah Forster

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Geographical Region
Africa

Hannah Forster

Hannah Forster is the Executive Director of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS), a pan-African human rights NGO based in Banjul, The Gambia.

Hannah is a human rights, governance, gender and conflict transformation expert and has engaged with the African and International Human Rights Systems and Mechanisms for over three decades. As a trained mediator, she has designed and implemented projects on women, youth, peace and security, especially for civil society, particularly on UNSCR 1325 (Women, Peace, and Security) and 2250 (Youth, Peace and Security). She possesses varied experience in community mediation and election observation mediation. Her human rights and gender activism within civil society spanned the same period. She is a member of the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa coordinated by the UNOWAS, and the Women's Forum on Peace and Security in Guinea Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia.

A graduate from the University of Ghana, Legon; Loughborough Technical College and Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, as well as from the Scuola Superieur Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. She holds a MA in Human Rights and Conflict Management.

Experience of mediation
National, Regional, Community
Context expertise
Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, The Gambia, Senegal
Languages
English, Wolof
Technical Skill
Working with civil society, Working with women, Working with youth, Establishing or advising state peace ministries, Violence prevention interventions, Engaging religious communities on social cohesion, Gender budgeting and gender markers, Large scale logistics, Policy formation support, Drafting agreements, Alternative dispute resolution, Inclusive process design techniques, Multi-track processes, Problem solving workshops, Conflict analysis, Political economy analysis
Thematic Knowledge
Elections and referendums, Gender-based violence, Gender inclusion and perspectives, International human rights and humanitarian law, Restorative justice, Transitional justice, Women, peace and security, Youth, peace and security