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Emiko Noma

Editor - Women PeaceMakers Program, Distinguished Lecture Series

nomae@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-7812
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Emiko Noma, M.S., is editor at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ), where she works primarily on the Women PeaceMakers Program and the Distinguished Lecture Series.

At the IPJ, Noma has also served as interim program coordinator and peace writer for the Women PeaceMakers Program, documenting the stories of Sister Pauline Acayo of Uganda (2005) and Svetlana Kijevcanin of Serbia (2006).

In early 2006, Noma traveled to Uganda as part of the institute's Uganda Project and was an international observer to the presidential and parliamentary elections. In 2008, she joined the IPJ’s film partner Sun & Moon Vision Productions in Cameroon to document on film the work of Woman PeaceMaker Susan Tenjoh-Okwen for the documentary “Rhythms to Peace,” part of the Women PeaceMakers Documentary Series.

Noma received a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution, with emphases in non-violent social change and international conflict resolution, from Portland State University, and has undergraduate degrees in English and Religious Studies.