Legawork Assefa is a Senior Coordinator at the Peace and Security Division at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Her professional work experiences include four years of managing army demobilization and reintegration programs in Ethiopia, four years of managing regional development programs in Ethiopia with Action Aid International, and more than 15 years of coordinating the implementation of the Africa Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) in the Horn of Africa with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Notable professional achievements include successful implementation of the demobilization and reintegration of ex-soldier’s funded by the World Bank, and managing the establishment of the Regional Mediation Support Unit, and the Regional Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development program within IGAD.
She holds two Masters Degrees, including an MA in International Relations, and an MA in “Managing Peace and Security in Africa”, both from Addis Ababa University. Legawork additionally has several international diplomas including in “leadership and development studies” from Indian Institute of Development Studies, India, and “Peace and security studies in Africa” from Uppsala University, Sweden.
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- Armed conflict (causes, dynamics, prevention)
- Armed groups and armed conflict
- DDR planning
- DDR processes, programming and support
- DDR-related tools
- Demobilization and reinsertion
- International intervention
- Military roles and responsibilities
- National and local ownership
- Political and legal aspects of DDR
- Reintegration
- Terrorism, violent extremism and DDR
- Women, gender and DDR
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