Class XX (2021-2023)

Amina Ahmed is a humanitarian professional with over 4 years of professional experience in designing and implementing humanitarian programs. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations (Peace and Conflict Studies Concentration).

Amina’s has held various leadership positions including as a member of the East African Community Youth Ambassadors Platform. Amina’s proactive leadership and engagement in youth development work has seen her selected to participate in youth forums on peace and democracy.

Amina is an adept writer who has published an article on Democracy and Good Governance in Africa focusing on the African Union Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and co-authored a book chapter on minority rights.

Amina is passionate about transformation of communities through education. She served in Tuwakuze Africa, a youth led education focused non-profit, as a Partnership and Strategy Coordinator, volunteering for the organization for over 3 years. She is sponsored by District 9212.

Megan is a fellow from the US interested in the gendered dynamics of armed conflict and their ability to inform gender-sensitive peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. Her primary areas of interest are combating sexual violence as a weapon of war and the inclusion of survivor-centered approaches in peace and reconciliation processes.

Meggie’s academic and professional background is in Global Health with particular focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV). Her experience in GBV commenced as a Minnesota state-certified Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor. She then worked with GBV in post-conflict settings within the East African context, completing an internship in Kampala, Uganda where she later conducted research on the accessibility of SRHR services for refugees. Most recently, Meggie became involved in Menstrual Health as a Project Manager, and later the Acting Co-Executive Director, in INGO WoMena Uganda. Her work within the organization focused on the provision of menstrual health support and reproductive solutions, such as the menstrual cup, in Uganda’s refugee settlements as well as in more rural contexts.Her sponsor district is 5950 (Orono, USA).

Bernabé Daniel is a Mexican fellow with interest in humanitarian aid, as well as peace building strategies to mitigate the violence refugees face on their forced displacement and local integration.

Daniel is a young professional who has volunteered and worked in humanitarian aid organisations focused on delivering relief to immigrants, refugees and internally displaced people. During his experience, he has been able to participate at different stages of humanitarian aid, from providing first hand humanitarian assistance, to participating in other activities related to research, funding, human rights advocacy and project management, the latter focused on the implementation of local integration programs for refugees in Mexico, most of them from Central and South America.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Monterrey Institute of Technology. His sponsor district is 4170.

Catalina Robayo is a Colombian fellow with acacemic experience in gender studies and transitional justice. Her interests are related to peacebuilding, transitional justice mechanisms, security and protection for human rights defenders.

Her field experience includes work in non-governmental organizations, humanitarian visits, trainings and reports on human rights. She also worked as a legislative advisor during the implementation of the Peace Agreement in the Colombian Congress, where she followed up on the Peace Commission and the victim's reparation policy commission.

She served as a volunteer in international organizations such as the International Center for Transitional Justice and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

She has a Bachelor's degree in political science from the Universidad Nacional and a law degree from the Universidad Santo Tomas, and is a specialist in human rights and IHL from the Universidad Externado. Her sponsor district is 2320.

Noha Yasser is a researcher from Egypt with experience in peace building, conflict resolution and social development. She has worked as consultant and researcher for international organisations focusing on topics such as sexual and gender-based violence, migration and refugees’ issues as well as education.

She has been in charge of designing, implementing and monitoring projects with grassroots organizations as well as national and international actors. Her experience also includes qualitative and quantitative methods, which have enabled her to produce high-quality research, studies and reports.

Noha gained strong conflict management and humanitarian skills respectively. She has become well versed in formulating goals, researching methods, analysing data, and generating detailed reports.

As a researcher, she contributed to knowledge generation on issues related to peace and development, which is accomplished through design of research on development issues in fragile environments, conducting operational research, and disseminating research analysis.

Noha has focused on assessing historical trends in warfare and violence, and has also increasingly analysed the comparative efficacy or failure of violent and nonviolent strategies. She is now looking for the next step in her career to promote peace and prevent conflict.

The Rotary Peace Fellowship is a perfect opportunity to take this step. Noha will contribute to this program by sharing her experiences with her colleagues to develop practical tools in promoting peace and preventing conflict. Her sponsor district is 2451.