Yael Patir (Guest)
Yael Patir joined ICSR as an Atkin Fellow in Spring 2011. Yael is an Israeli from Tel Aviv. Since 2006 she has worked at an Israeli based NGO - the Shimon Peres Center for Peace where she serves as Director of the Civil Leadership Department, overseeing cross-border peacebuilding programmes that engage a wide range of civil society figures, including Palestinian and Israeli young political leaders. Yael took part in the establishment of the Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum, a network of some 100 Palestinian and Israeli peace and dialogue organisations, and has served as the Israeli Coordinator since the Forum’s inception in January 2006.
Prior to this, Yael worked at Tel Aviv University’s School of Social Sciences as a Teaching Assistant in the Political Science Faculty, as well as Research Assistant for the Harold Hartog School for Government and Policy, with a focus on local authorities. Yael completed a specialised mediation course for political and civil society leaders and facilitation of dialogue between groups in conflict. She is an elected delegate to the Israeli party “Meretz” convention, and an elected member of the “Meretz” Young Council.
Yael holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Anthropology, and Political Science from Tel Aviv University.
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