Betty Bigombe

Biographical Information
Betty Bigombe "is former chief mediator to the northern Uganda peace process. She has tirelessly played the role of peace advocate and advisor to the warring factions and been a voice to the international community for the people of Northern Uganda. From 2004-2006, as chief mediator she arranged the first ever face-to-face meeting between the Ugandan government and the LRA, which led to the Juba peace process. Bigombe was named “Uganda’s Woman of the Year” in 1994 for her efforts as a Ugandan government minister to broker peace and has received numerous international awards since then, from the UN, Tannenbaum Center, and others. She holds a master’s degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has been a Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, as well as Senior Social Scientist at the World Bank."


 * Advisory Board, Grassroots Reconciliation Group