Elahe amani biography of abraham
Engagement of religious and cultural leaders, challenges and opportunities in promoting gender equality and empowerment of rural women.
Abraham Owoseni, Ph.D..
Elahe Amani learned about conflict resolution and mediation in 1990, through CSUF Certificate Program of “Managing Multicultural Work Environments”. She completed formal mediation training through Pepperdine School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution in 1991 and promptly joined the Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA) and published a book review on “Mediation Across Cultures” in SCMA newsletter.
In 1992-93 after the Los Angeles riots, Elahe conducted sessions of community mediation between Korean and African Americans in Town Hall settings through a program organized by the Los Angeles City Attorney Office. In 2006 Elahe did a presentation at SCMA Salon on “Gender and Mediation” and presented on the panel in the affinity discussion at SCMA’s annual conference at Pepperdine University on “Culture and Mediation.”
Elahe has provided several trainings on “Sexual Harassment” particularly building on a cross-cultural perspective.
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