The Bangsamoro peace processes are replete of stories of how women and women’s agenda have contributed to conflict transformation. This presentation will provide a reflection and critique of how some of these have changed power and gender relations in the goal of achieving peace in the Bangsamoro.

Dr. Ayesah Uy Abubakar is an Associate Professor at the School of Business and Social Science (SBSS) at Al Bukhary International University (AIU). She is the Head of Programme of the Bachelors in Social Development Programme at SBSS-AIU. She teaches courses in the fields of development, human rights and IHL, peace and conflict studies among many others. In 2019, she published a book on Peacebuilding and Sustainable Human Development: The Pursuit of the Bangsamoro Right to Self Determination (Springer and UMS Press) and co-authored a chapter on “Mindanao” in a book called, Comparing Peace Process, edited by McGinty & Ozerdem (Routledge).

Dr. Ayesah is a recipient of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Presidential Award for her work on peacebuilding in Southeast Asia in 2014. She is among the three architects of a track 1.5 peacebuilding program called Consolidation for Peace for Southern Thailand, Aceh and Mindanao. The COP is a program by the Research & Education for Peace, Universiti Sains Malaysia (REPUSM), Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network (SEACSN) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) during the period of 2006-2014. Since 2018, Dr. Ayesah represents Malaysia at the ASEAN Women Peace Registry (AWPR) – a pool of practitioners in conflict resolution and peacebuilding organised by the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR).

Currently, Dr. Ayesah is a member of – among others – Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network (SEACSN), Southeast Asian Human Rights Network (SEAHRN) and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Southeast Asia. She is also a co-host in the Podcast, She Talks Peace.

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Bangsamoro Research and Legal Network (BRLN) is an association of networks of parliamentary professionals, scholars, researchers, legal practitioners, bill drafters, legislative professionals, civil society proponents, indigenous peoples’ advocates, and academics interested in developing a research-oriented culture, mostly concentrated on policymaking, legislation, and jurisprudence (legal scholarship), in addressing issues relevant to the Bangsamoro region.

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