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2003 Cape Town FellowsAugustina Aforo-YeboahGhana
Zuaibatu Ann-Marie BrowneSierra Leone
Rev. Luciano Chanhelela ChianequeAngola
Sophearith ChoungCambodia
Simao Cacumba Morais FariaAngola
Aziz Ahmed HakimiAfghanistan
Helena Manuela Ferreira IgrejaMozambique
Didace KanyuguBurundi
Yvonne MahlungeZimbabwe
Wellington MbofanaZimbabwe
Damien Mbikyo MulingaDemocractic Republic of the Congo
Nomsangaphi Regina NdukuSouth Africa
Pierre-Claver NsengiyumvaBurundi
Phakama NtshongwanaSouth Africa
Ana Paula Sequeira Pa Cruz PinaTimor-Leste
Farishta SakhiAfghanistan
Edward Joseph SamSierra Leone
Natalia Hera SetiawatiIndonesia
Naw Paw Wah ThumlaBurma
Dorus WakumIndonesia
U Htain WinBurma
Maria Rosa XavierTimor-Leste
Nansata Saliah YakubuGhana
Mounirath YinCambodia
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Augustina Aforo-Yeboah (Ghana) has been an award-winning journalist for 16 years, focusing on the human rights of women and children in Ghana. She is the national coordinator of the human rights NGO Ghanalert, and the acting features editor of Ghana's second-largest newspaper, The Ghanaian Times.
Zuaibatu Ann-Marie Browne (Sierra Leone) is a founding member of the University of Sierra Leone 50-50 groups, which advocate a higher level of participation by women in politics. She has volunteered with the Gender Ministry, as well as the Post-conflict Reintegration Initiative for Development and Empowerment, working with ex-combatants on issues including gender-based violence and the truth commission and Special Court. She is the current executive secretary of the 50-50 group in Sierra Leone.
Rev. Luciano Chanhelela Chianeque (Angola) is a theologian from Seminário Emanuel Unido do Huambo, Angola. He holds graduate degrees in theology from the University of Durban Westville. He has presented various papers on social and political issues in Angola. Rev. Chianeque's publications include A Biblical Mandate for Social Change and the Angolan Conflict, Creation of Knowledge in Africa in the Face of Globalization, African Theology in the Face of Globalisation, and Commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy. He is currently the executive director of Alfalit-Angola.
Sophearith Choung (Cambodia) has worked to track Khmer Rouge human rights abuses through his work at the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam). Mr. Choung worked for DC-Cam's monthly magazine, Searching for the Truth, for more than three years and also spent eight months on a project designed to promote the accountability of the Center. He is currently spearheading a new initiative, the Victims of Torture project, which seeks to further document the human rights violations of the Khmer Rouge and to assist the victims and perpetrators of these abuses in coping with their enduring trauma.
Simao Cacumba Morais Faria (Angola) began working in 1998 at Club UNESCO in Kilamba, Angola, where he provided alternative education to displaced children in one of the poorest areas of the city. He is a founder of the Association for Reintegration of Youth/Children in Social Community Life and a member of the Network of African Peace-Builders.
Aziz Ahmed Hakimi (Afghanistan) is director of The Killid Media Group (TKMG), a media company established and operated by Afghan professionals. TKMG produces a popular 24-hour talk radio show, publishes a weekly newspaper and two weekly magazines, and operates a communication and advertising agency. Prior to joining TKMG, Mr. Hakimi served as the deputy director of the Policy Management Unit at the Office of the President of the Islamic Transitional Administration of Afghanistan, an agency created to formulate a range of policies related to Afghanistan's domestic and international affairs. Previously, he directed the public information and civic education work of the Constitution Commission of Afghanistan and the Constitutional Loya Jirga (Grand Council). A committed human rights activist, Mr. Hakimi served with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, where he worked to promote human rights within and outside the UN system and was instrumental in the creation of Afghanistan's first independent Human Rights Commission. Mr. Hakimi is currently a 2004-2005 Chevening Scholar working toward his post-graduate degree in International Relations at King’s College London.
Helena Manuela Ferreira Igreja (Mozambique) is currently in the process of publishing her graduate thesis, "The Analysis of the Fundamental Right in the 1990 Mozambican Constitution," which explores the State under Samora Machel (1933-1986), the first president of the Republic of Mozambique. She has worked for the NGO Associacao Esperanca Para Todos, and as a field researcher with the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa.
Didace Kanyugu (Burundi) holds a law degree from the University of Burundi. He is a member of the Burundian Human Rights League ITEKA, Christian Action Against Torture, and the UNESCO Club, and is also a regular participant in seminars on conflict resolution, human rights, and transitional justice.
Yvonne Mahlunge (Zimbabwe) embarked on her path as a human rights lawyer and political activist at the University of Zimbabwe. Following law school, Yvonne joined the prestigious law firm of Winterton, Holmes, and Hill and became its first female partner. She is a founding member of several human rights NGOs in Zimbabwe, including the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers' Association and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. She served on the boards of these two organizations and also on the boards of the Zimbabwe Special Olympics and National Constitutional Assembly. Ms. Mahlunge co-founded the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, and served on the Interim Executive committee. In addition to being elected to the national executive in January 2000, she led the prosecution in the disciplinary committee, led the evidence gathering of the Presidential Election Petition, sat on the legal committee, and chaired the Transitional Technical Committee. On completion of her fellowship she was awarded a Chevening Scholarship to study for an MSc in Globalisation and Development at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London.
Wellington Mbofana (Zimbabwe) is national director of the Civic Education Network Trust. He sits on several boards, including the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Peace Project, and Zimbabwe Election Support Network. Mr. Mbofana's strong interest in issues of justice and liberation theology has led him to joining organizations like the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, ZimRights, Southern Africa Human Rights Foundation, and others, where he assumed various leadership positions. In addition to studying business at Mutare Technical College and broadcasting in Zimbabwe and Scotland, Mr. Mbofana completed nondegree studies in Development Cooperation and International Exchange in Japan and trained with the Institute of Personnel management in Zimbabwe. In 2000, he was chief writer and editor of Flee and Flair, the PACE-NET Zimbabwe Parliamentary Election report.
Damien Mbikyo Mulinga (Democractic Republic of the Congo) directs the Institute of Human Rights Education for Peace Promotion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has also done graduate work in Comparative Education at Makerere University in Uganda, where he has written a thesis on education and the use of corporal punishment.
Nomsangaphi Regina Nduku (South Africa) is an educator in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Her work has put her in direct contact with the injustices suffered by those living in rural areas, which has formed the basis of her commitment to expand her experience to the areas of justice and human rights.
Pierre-Claver Nsengiyumva (Burundi) is the assistant project manager in the Peace Building Program at Care International in Burundi. He was previously a humanitarian worker with the UN World Food Programme and has been a freelance Great Lakes Region political analyst for Radio Publique Africaine, a private local radio station in Burundi.
Phakama Ntshongwana (South Africa) worked for the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission for three years and was part of a Human Rights Commission team conducting research on chronic poverty in the rural Eastern Cape region. She holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Bath, England, and has researched post-apartheid land reform and generic drug availability in South Africa.
Ana Paula Sequeira Pa Cruz Pina (Timor-Leste) has worked for the United Nations in Timor-Leste on human rights education, advocacy, and civil society development. A founder of two NGOs in Timor-Leste, she has coordinated women's groups and voter education and most recently served as a district representative on Timor-Leste's National Council.
Farishta Sakhi (Afghanistan) is currently working for the Joint Electoral Management Body as a co-regional coordinator for the western zone and serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Women's Association for Social Services. Previously, Ms. Sakhi, who holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce, was a civil/political affairs assistant for the United Nations Assistant Mission to Afghanistan.
Edward Joseph Sam (Sierra Leone) is currently a commissioner with the National Commission for Democracy and Human Rights and responsible for the Eastern Region of Sierra Leone. He holds a BA in Geography and Sociology from the University of Sierra Leone and an MA in Adult Education from the University of Ghana. In collaboration with the University of Sierra Leone Research and Documentation Services, he contributed to investigating the antecedents of the rebel war in Sierra Leone. He has produced booklets on human rights; peace; democracy; voter education; and free, fair and nonviolent elections. He co-authored the book, Civic Education for Adult Learners. He was recently contracted by the World Conference on Religion and Peace to facilitate training program in human rights and conflict management for women in Cote d'Ivoîre, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. He also participated in the first Commonwealth Human Rights Forum in Abuja that drafted the communiqué on human rights for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
Natalia Hera Setiawati (Indonesia) received her law degree from Brawijaya University in Indonesia where she completed a thesis on gender segregation in the workplace. Ms. Setiawati worked as the assistant Human Rights Program manager of the TIFA foundation in Indonesia, and is currently the program coordinator for the Vereignte Evangelische Mission (United Evangelical Mission) in Germany.
Naw Paw Wah Thumla (Burma) started working with youth and women's organizations in Thailand after finishing her high school education in Burma. She completed a diplomacy course through Earth Rights International in Southeast Asia, where she focused on human rights, transitional justice, and constitution issues. She has also worked for the Initiative for International Dialogue in the Philippines.
Dorus Wakum (Indonesia) is a human rights activist committed to promoting safeguards against government abuses in Indonesia. A graduate of the Teacher Training and Education College in North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, as well as the Institute of Science and Technology, he has worked as a teacher and a member of the Papuan division of the human rights NGO, Kontras.
U Htain Win (Burma) is a professor emeritus at the Department of International Relations at Dagon University and the National Defense College, both in Yangon, Burma. He is also a member of several academic institutions, including the Myanmar Academy of Science, the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and the Myanmar New Century Resource Center.
Maria Rosa Xavier (Timor-Leste) contributed to the East Timorese people's struggle for independence through her participation in the student movement, Clandestine, and her assistance in organizing voter education. A social/political science major at East Timor University, she has studied conflict resolution, student movements, and the role of NGOs and the UN in Cambodia.
Nansata Saliah Yakubu (Ghana) is a program officer with the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), where she is directly involved in the CDD's program on the National Reconciliation Commission. She holds degrees in religion and international affairs from the University of Ghana, and has written a thesis on the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Mounirath Yin (Cambodia) has served as a program assistant to the Cambodian Court Training Project, which works closely with the Ministry of Justice, and as a legal assistant with Legal Aid of Cambodia. He most recently headed the legislative development program of a local NGO and is a member of a criminal code working group at the Ministry of Justice.
