Peace Uwineza

Peace Uwineza is a Fulbright recipient, and a graduate of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University’s School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (2007). She is currently working as a Peace and Security Advisor to the East African Community’s Peace and Security Department. Previously, Uwineza worked as a Researcher at the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace), Rwanda (2001-2011), Rwanda’s National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (1999-2000); The Women in Transition Initiative (1997-1999) and the Women Waging Peace Project in Rwanda. Peace has authored: The Role of Women in Rwanda’s Peace-Building Process (Yaoundé, 2010), co-authored: Sustaining Women’s Gains in Rwanda: The Influence of Indigenous Culture and Post-Genocide Politics (Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2009), with Elizabeth Pearson, and Engendering Recovery: Rwanda (2011), with Vanessa Brown. Her research has also included the role of dialogue in resolving protracted conflicts and history as a major factor in the creation and perpetuation of conflict.