IAS: Challenges of the Return Process in Post Conflict Northern Uganda

The Institute of African Studies (IAS) presents Evelyne Achan, one of nine human rights leaders currently in residence at Columbia University with the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP), talking about her role within these organizations.

Evelyne Achan, Field Coordinator, CARE International (Gulu, Uganda), Co-Founder for Charity for Rural Development and Vice Chairperson of the Great Lakes Center for Conflict Resolution, is one of nine human rights leaders currently in residence at Columbia University with the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at the Center for the Study of Human Rights. 

Evalyne is a field coordinator with the A Stake in Our Future project at CARE International in Uganda. The project was designed to build the capacity of the government to implement peacebuilding projects modeled on the framework of the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) designed for Northern Uganda. By monitoring implementation of the PRDP, the project also aims to empower communities in the Amuru and Pader districts of Northern Uganda to hold their government accountable for the transparent and efficient provision of goods and services. Prior to her appointment as a field coordinator, Evalyne worked for five years as a team leader/program officer for the Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development on issues of conflict, good governance, civic education, sexual and gender-based violence, and human rights programming and protection. Evalyne holds a Bachelor of Law (2001) from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and a diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building from the School for International Training in Vermont (2006).