Rina Amiri

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Rina Amiri, a native of Afghanistan, brings over seventeen years of experience advising and working with governments, the United Nations and nonprofit organizations. Currently she is an independent analyst and a senior research associate at the Institute for Successful Societies. Prior to joining ISS, Ms. Amiri served a two-year appointment as a member of the United Nation’s Mediation Standby Team. Before that, she served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. She also served as the Director of the Soros Foundation's Afghanistan and Regional Policy Initiative. At Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School, Ms. Amiri oversaw research and training programs for policy makers and grassroots activists from over twenty countries. Ms. Amiri has worked in conflict and post-conflict countries facing democratic transition and post-conflict recovery in Central and South Asia, East and West Africa, Western Europe and the Middle East.

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