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Practitioners and Faith-Inspired Development
"What is the role of faith in your work?" This series of more than 200 interviews, made possible through the support of the Henry R. Luce Foundation, asks this fundamental question of leaders in the development field. The assembled in-depth conversations with activists and policy specialists...
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> Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed> Mohammed Abu-Nimer
> Agnes Abuom
> Swami Agnivesh
> Diane Aker
> Milton Amayun
> Wisdom Shelter Ameku
> Husnul Amin
> Hady Amr
> Joan Anderson
> Agnes Appiah
> R. Scott Appleby
> Luis Arancibia
> Mona Atia
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> Oscar Azmitia
> Roksana Bahramitash
> Douglas Balfour
> Kingsley Bangwell
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> Noureddine Benmalek
> Ela Bhatt
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> Andrea Blanch
> Welmoet Boender
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> Virginia M. Bouvier
> Phil Bowden
> Barrett Brenton
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> Denise Coghlan
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> Visaka Dharmadasa
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> Joyce Dubensky
> Haidy Ear-Dupuy
> Aicha Ech-Channa
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> Scilla Elworthy
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> Olcott Gunasekera
> Peter Gyallay-Pap
> Francis Halder
> Michiel Hardon
> Muhammed Haron
> Susan Hayward
> Heng Cheng
> Qamar-ul Huda
> Samia Huq
> Adam Hutchinson
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> Ari Johnson
> Thomas Laird Jones
> Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
> Musimbi Kanyoro
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> Azza Karam
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> Lyn Lusi
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> Ruth Messinger
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> Abdul Mukti
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> Zilda Arns Neumann
> William O'Keefe
> Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
> Olusegun Obasanjo
> Filiz Odabas-Geldiay
> Jacqueline Moturi Ogega
> Ted Olbrich
> Dele Olowu
> Manal Omar
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> Lim Teck Ghee
> Schuyler Thorup
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> Farida Vahedi
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> Corina Villacorta
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> C.M. Yogi
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> Hasan Ali Yurtsever
> Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf
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> Gerrie ter Haar
> Lisette van der Wel
Visaka Dharmadasa
Visaka Dharmadasa is the Founder and Chair of the Association of War Affected Women and Parents of Servicemen Missing in Action. Ms. Dharmadasa educates soldiers and community leaders about international standards of conduct of war specifically to raise awareness about the importance of combatants’ identification tags and treatment of prisoners of war. She is a member of Women Waging Peace as well as of the global advisory council of Women Thrive World Wide. She was awarded the prestigious Humanitarian award for 2006 by the Inter Action of Washington DC, an NGO consortium comprises of 160 non - governmental organizations. In coordination with the “1000 Peace Women across the Globe” movement, she was nominated for a collective Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. Visaka holds a degree in negotiations and mediation skills from the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, and in women and security from Harvard University.
INTERVIEWS
A Discussion with Visaka Dharmadasa, Chairperson of the Association of War Affected Women
November 26, 2010
Background: During this exchange with Michael Bodakowski and Katherine Marshall in November of 2010, Visaka Dharmadasa discusses her work to build sustainable peace in Sri Lanka. She recounts how she came to establish the organizations Parents of Servicemen Missing in Action and the Association...