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Miriam Labanue

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Geographical Region
The Pacific and Australasia

Miriam Labanue

Miriam Labanue serves as a mediation and peacebuilding trainer in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea in the Pacific Region. She focuses on building bridges and engaging with emerging leaders and youths in remote rural areas. She also undertakes counselling and peer to peer dialogue with the conflicting parties, mostly targeting women and girls who are victims of the violence. Recently, she has been mediating unresolved issues in the local communities of Bougainville, specifically in the Konnou where communities are still experiencing conflict. Prior to becoming a mediator Miriam was a social worker.

Context expertise
Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, Pacific
Experience of mediation
Community
Languages
Bislama, English
Technical Skill
Working with civil society, Working with women, Working with youth, Establishing or advising state peace ministries, Violence prevention interventions, Working with youth involved in extremist groups, Financing peace negotiations, Gender budgeting and gender markers, Drafting agreements, Alternative dispute resolution, Working with armed groups, Inclusive process design techniques, Problem solving workshops, Conflict analysis, Gender sensitive analysis techniques
Thematic Knowledge
Gender-based violence, Conflict-related sexual violence, Gender inclusion and perspectives, Restorative justice, Self-determination, Women, peace and security, Youth, peace and security