Ilwad elman biography of albert

Ilwad returned from Canada to Somalia in whilst the conflict still raged heavily and the majority of Mogadishu and South Central Regions of Somalia were lost to the control of the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group Al-Shabaab. She remained in Somalia ever since, co-founding the first rape crisis centre for survivors of sexual and gender based violence, designing interventions aimed at security sector reform to create an inclusive space for women in peace building, and developing programs for the disarmament and rehabilitation of child soldiers and adults defecting from armed groups for their socio-economic empowerment, rehabilitation and reintegration.

Beyond her duties at Elman Peace; Ilwad is an advocate for the Kofi Annan foundation’s latest initiative called Extremely Together, where she and 9 other youth leaders under the mentorship of Mr.

Kofi Annan are Preventing Violent Extremism by inspiring, engaging and empowering youth globally.

Ilwad additionally serves as the chair of the Child Protection Gender Based Violence Case Management Group in Mogadishu; is a founding member of the Advisory Committee for Researching Gender Based Violence Social Norms in Somalia and South Sudan, is a member of the international practitioners network for civilian casualty recording, as well as an expert in the Women Waging Peace Network for Inclusive Security.

She has served as the One Young World Ambassador to Somalia since ; completed President Barrack Obama’s flagship White House fellowship for Young African Leaders in and in the same year was appointed Youth Ambassador to Somalia for Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Ilwad briefed the UN Security Council on the Protection of Civilians debate in ; it was the first time a civil society representative was invited to speak on this issue before the Security Council, as well as the first time the annual thematic debate focused on women's empowerment and participation.

She later co-wrote the Youth Action Agenda on Countering Violent Extremism which was cited in the historic UN Security Council Resolution on youth, peace and security.

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August , Ilwad was appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon an expert advisor on Youth, Peace & Security and has been tasked to counsel a study to develop a strategy on UNSCR

Ilwad was honoured with the Gleitsman International Activist Award from Harvard University and the Right the Wrongs Award from Oxfam America.

In , Ilwad was named and honoured with the award for “Young African Woman of the Year ” and in she was a finalist of the Aurora Prize for awakening humanity. Past honourees of the awards she has received include her heroes Nobel Peace Laureates Nelson Mandela, Muhammed Yunus and Leymah Gbowee.

From the front lines of conflict and often in the face of extreme insecurities; Ilwad continues to innovate the advocacy efforts of Elman Peace.

Through the combined effect of the grass-root programmatic interventions she designs as well as her global advocacy; she has sparked national movements internally and garnered international attention externally to yield action towards durable solutions for the human suffering and protracted crisis in Somalia.