Birhan Gebrekirstos Mezgbo is a research assistant at the World Peace Foundation, a graduate student at the Friedman School at Tufts University, specializing in Humanitarian Affairs, Human Security, and Gender Intersectionality, and a human rights advocate. She is a fellow at DW Akademie and leads the “She Heals, We Heal” project in Tigray. Additionally, Birhan is the founder of the Fetli radio program which advocates for the healing of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) survivors. She co-authored Tearing the Body, Breaking the Spirit (Independently published, May 10, 2023), a book documenting sexual and gender-based violence during the war in Tigray, Ethiopia. Before these roles, Birhan was an academic staff member at Mekelle University.
Birhan Gebrekristos Mezgebu
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