Dear Friends, welcome to my online home!

As an award-winning author, mediator, practitioner in identity-based armed conflict and prevention of genocide,  this website brings together material from the countries and communities I have worked with for decades.

I have mediated identity-based armed conflicts involving ethnic, racial, religious, and national groups, often in contexts where women have been excluded from formal peace negotiations.  I have often highlighted the essential role of women in conflict transformation, reconciliation, and sustainable peace.

My work examines the intersections of identity, history, power, and justice, and how divided societies can co-exist.  Central to this work is a sustained commitment to bridge-building across deeply divided communities. I have worked in the difficult spaces between groups separated by history, violence, and competing narratives, where trust has often been broken and dialogue is not self-evident. In these contexts, bridge-building is not a metaphor but a practice.

It is the deliberate creation of human connection where none is assumed to exist. It requires entering contested emotional and political landscapes, listening across profound differences, and holding space for stories that are often in tension with one another. At its core, this work does not seek to erase division, but to make relationship across division possible by transforming how people see one another, and opening pathways toward recognition, coexistence, and, where possible, reconciliation.

I also collaborate with, educators, organizations, and communities to teach mediation, storytelling, and community-based peacebuilding.

This approach emphasizes local agency and cultural and historical context, viewing peace as an ongoing, negotiated process shaped by those most directly affected.
While many conventional approaches to conflict transformation assume dialogue based on shared facts and rational interests, identity-based conflicts are often shaped by contested narratives, emotion, and resistance to engagement. Working within these realities has been central to my practice and my contribution to complex peace processes.
This is a living archive that will continue to expand with material from the past, present, and future.

Thank you for taking the time to explore this website !