Rumiko Seya

Ms. Seya is the President of Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (JCCP), an NGO specialised in peacebuilding, capacity building and gender mainstreaming, currently operating in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Turkey. In her previous carrier, she worked in post-conflict countries in Africa, Asia and Middle East including Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda etc as United Nations Peacekeeping mission, diplomat and NGO. She is specialised in Security Sector Reform, Community Security, Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of ex-combatants (DDR), Confidence Building, Capacity building. She worked also as an Election Observers in Indonesia, Rwanda and Afghanistan. She has been a lecturer / facilitator for the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) in Kenya, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC) in Ghana, UN/African Union peacekeeping missions and Japanese Ministry of Defense / Foreign Affairs / Finance. She was also a Research Fellow on Peacebuilding at Hiroshima University. She obtained BA in Policy Studies from Chuo University and then MA in Conflict Resolution from Bradford University. The Honors and Awards she received include; Edward Lynn Award Fund (UK, 2000), Akino Yutaka Research Fellowship (Japan, 2000), UN21 Award (United Nations, 2003), Nikkei Woman of the Year 2012 (Japan), AVON Award 2012 (Japan), International Leaders Programme (UK, 2015) etc.