Lejla Hasandedic-Dapo
United Religions Initiative (URI) Europe Liaison Officer, board member of European Interfaith Youth Network (EIYN), Religions for Peace
Mirian Akuaba De-Souza is a 26-year-old young lady and a Ghanaian born – Togolese. She had her secondary education at Mawuli Senior High School in Ho-Ghana. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (major) with Sociology from the University of Ghana (2016). She also holds a Certificate in Traditional Governance And Community Development from the African Centre for Traditional Governance And Community Development in collaboration with Twafoman Development Association. She wishes to undertake her master’s degree in Applied Human Rights very soon.
Mirian is the Youth Coordinator for Ghana Conference of Religions for Peace (GCRP), Ghana- affiliate of Religions for Peace International, where she is responsible for coordinating the activities of all the nine component bodies of the Ghana Conference of Religions for Peace both locally and internationally.
She is highly passionate about issues affecting the vulnerable, especially children and the aged. She is more curious and very aflame when dealing with these issues. Mirian worked with the Commission on Human Rights And Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) at the Research Department during her national service. She also had internships with the Department of Social Welfare and More Hope For Disabled Foundation (a social group for persons living with disability).
Currently, she is the Executive Director for Souza Royals Enterprise, which specializes in Event Planning and Decor and supply of general goods and services. She is also the founder of Organization for Livelihood Empowerment-Africa, a non-profit organization which seeks to enhance livelihoods among rural African communities that would positively impact their lives and their families out of poverty. She owns a reading club in her neighborhood, Oyarifa called Creative Readers Initiative (CSI). Mirian is the Vice Director, Club Administration of Rotaract Club of Adenta-Central. She is also the treasurer at CHARICARE Social Services Foundation, an organization that supports the needy in society and lastly, a member of NeedBe Foundation, a non-profit organization.
She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Christian Daughter’s Association (CDA) and The Seat of Wisdom Catholic Youth.
She aspires to be an international expert in human rights. Mirian is an advocate for volunteerism. She believes this has helped her develop a strong support system and build her self-confidence over these years. Her highest point of achievement was when she witnessed the abuse of a child, rescued and sent her to the department of Social Welfare, and later reunited her with her families.
United Religions Initiative (URI) Europe Liaison Officer, board member of European Interfaith Youth Network (EIYN), Religions for Peace
Member executive board, Religions for Peace Italy
Chairperson, RfP European Women of Faith Network
Community Engagement Senior Coordinator, Adyan Foundation
Deputy Coordinator, International Youth Committee
Junior Researcher, Hartford Seminary-Interreligious Relations
Member, International Youth Committee
Archbishop of Abuja, Archdiocese of Abuja
Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Youth Representative, Ghana Conference of Religions for Peace
Member, International Youth Committee
Founding Director and President, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, Germany
President, Divine Shakti Foundation
Secretary-General, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance
Professor of Islamic Studies and Education, George-August University Göttingen
Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
Director for Cultural Relations Policy and Deputy Head of the Directorate-General for Culture and Communication at the Federal Foreign Office
Chief of Cabinet and Spokesperson to the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC)
Director, Argao Center for Psychological Services
Coordinator, Religions for Peace International Youth Committee
President, Kina8at Together
Elder from the Anicinape (Algonquin) tradition
Metropolitan of France, Ecumenical Patriarchate Religions for Peace
Professor of Spiritual Care at the Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies
Chairmanship of the Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society
Inter-Religious Council of Peru – Religions for Peace, Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
Bishop Emeritus President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College
Co-President, Religions for Peace
UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
Homer G. Angelo & Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair & Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis
School of Law
International Director, Department of Interreligious Affairs in the American Jewish Committee
Co-President, Religions for Peace
Representative of Thailand to the ASEAN Women of Peace Registry; Human Rights and Peace Studies, Faculty, Mahidol University; Secretary-General, Religions for Peace Interreligious Council of Thailand; Member, RfP International Women’s Coordinating Committee
Journalist, Filmmaker, War Reporter, Human Rights Activist,
Founder, Hawar Help and German Dream
Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of the Church of Sweden
Co-Presiden, Religions for Peace
Former Chairperson, Evangelical Church of Germany
Co-President, Religions for Peace
Nun of the Daughters of Mother Mary of Mercy; Co-Chair Nigerian & African Women of Faith Network
Executive Director Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP)
Chair, Religions for Peace International Women’s Coordinating Committee
Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Minister of State for International Cultural Policy at the Foreign Office, Germany
President-Designate, Rissho Kosei-Kai, Co-Moderator, Religions for Peace, Buddhist, Japan