Mariam Safi is the founding Director of the Organisation for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS), a leading think-tank in Afghanistan committed to strengthening democratic ideas and values through its policy-orientated research, training and advocacy programmes that aim to increase women’s participation and representation in policy discourse. In 2014, she was honoured by the Diplomatic Courier media network as one of their Top Global Women in 2014 for her contribution to the research community in Afghanistan. Her areas of interest and expertise include peace-building, human security and countering violence extremism and offering a grassroots and gendered perspective on issues effecting Afghanistan and the region of South Asia.

Participant in: August 2018 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes