Dr. Aishath Rafiyya has over 18 years of management and administrative experience in various capacities such as banking, diplomacy, social activism, women’s empowerment, business, tourism and NGO management. Rafiyya holds a doctorate degree in Politics & International Relations, Master’s in Business Administration, and a Master’s in Information Technology. Rafiyya currently holds multiple positions at various institutions in the Maldives and abroad. She is a Director at the Sun Siyam Group of Companies, Founding Member & Deputy Leader of the political party Maldives Development Alliance (MDA), Director of the Global Peace Institute (GPI), and an elected Member at Women Development Committee (WDC) of Male’ City Council. Rafiyya is also the Founding President of the Regional Alliance for Fostering Youth (RAFY) – the first international NGO established in the Maldives. She has been involved in peacebuilding missions for a decade and has been contributing to National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) Maldives as a consultant, contributor to UNDP Maldives and is an invited expert from to UNODC events on preventing and countering violent extremism. She has founded several platforms for young people to be involved in the global peacebuilding mission such as the Global Peace Ambassadors Program, Global Teens Peace Summit, Global Youth Peace Summit, Girls Peace Talk show, Maldives Youth Peace Summit among others.

Participant in: February/March 2021 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes