Picture this: a community is divided over the proposed use of a local resource. Tensions run high, with each side feeling unheard and misunderstood. As a peacebuilder, you know that traditional negotiation tactics might not address the deep-rooted animosity behind this conflict. That’s where dialogue…
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About Me
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I am Dr. Sokfa John, a scholar-practitioner dedicated to empowering people to navigate conflict, build lasting solutions, transform their relationships and create a more peaceful environment for themselves and flourish. I help people learn about conflicts and how to resolve them. I also help them explore the opportunities conflicts present for moving from destructive to constructive relationships. I guide individuals, communities, and stakeholders through effective dialogue, mediation, and conflict resolution processes.
My Services
1. Conflict Navigation: Dialogue Facilitation, Mediation, Conflict Transformation, Conflict Coaching
2. Empowerment & Skill Development: Training in Appropriate/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Project Design & Development, Project Evaluation
3. Strategic Peacebuilding: Conflict Mapping & Analysis, Peace Programming, Localization strategy
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MY EXPERTISE
Expertise
● Digital Peacebuilding
● Bridging Divides: Intercultural & Interfaith Dialogues, Identity-Based Conflict Resolution
● Community & Global Solutions: Community Mediation, Ethnoreligious Dialogue & Mediation, National & International Peace Processes, Commercial Mediation
● Peace & Conflict Research
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Current Affiliation and Roles
CENTRE FOR MEDIATION -
Deputy Director and Program Director for mediation practice, Centre for Mediation in Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa - Co-leading efforts to radically rethink mediation and peacebuilding in Africa.
AFRICAN ROTARY MEDIATION COMMUNITY MEDIATION (ARCOM) -
Co-lead for Southern Africa, African Rotary Community Mediation (ARCoM) initiative, Mediators Beyond Borders International .
AFRICA MEDIATION ASSOCIATION (AMA) -
Deputy President and Chair of resource mobilization, Africa Mediation Association (AMA) - Championing the advancement of mediation across Africa.
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Mediation is a process for resolving disputes with the help of an impartial third party – the mediator – which helps parties to find a mutually satisfying solution. Here are expert definitions of mediation: “A process in which opponents move from fighting in the field,…