Nov 14 - Day 4
Mass migration and social identity conflicts

Keynote

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Dickson Mugendi David Ntwiga, a native of Kenya, is well known for community development and humanitarian work. He served as President of the Rotary Club of Meru and the Rotary Kenya Country Office Board and Assistant Governor for the district that includes Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. He is the recipient of the Rotary Star President Award and the Women’s Human Rights Advocate Award for Africa and the founder of Solidarity International Trust (SIT) which helps women access start-up funds for income generating enterprises. Ntwiga is also the Director of Technology Partnership as well as the Solidarity Children’s Home. He represents three major US education institutions in Kenya and East Africa, including International Council for Education, Accreditation International (Ai) and the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA).

Internationally, Dickson Ntwiga served as the Executive Director for the National Catholic Commission on Migration (NCCM). He had served as the Director of legal and Social Services in the same organization previously. In partnership with the UNHCR Bangkok, Ntwiga founded the first refugee shelter in Bangkok in 1999. And as it became apparent that most migrants and refugees had difficulty accessing public schools owing to a language barrier, he initiated a scholarship program in partnership with international academic institutions in Thailand, including the American School of Bangkok, KINCAID International School, British Council, Siam University, and Assumption University. Additionally, he established seven schools for migrants’ children along the Thai-Myanmar border. To bring the work of the human rights movement closer to that of the refugee movement, he opted to serve as an advisor on the refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International Thailand in 2006 and attended the UNHCR’s Executive Committee Meetings in Geneva for 4 years, where he represented the NCCM as a Delegate. He served as a Voice Ambassador for Amnesty International in 2008.

Dickson has specialized in International Human Rights Law, and founded the “United Nations Human Rights Supporters” on LinkedIn which has more than 2000 members currently, most of whom work for international institutions with an interest in international development and human rights. He studied at Mahidol and Oxford Universities as well as studying Diplomacy courses at the University of New South Wales. He is the author of a book entitled “Protecting Domestic Violence Victims in U.S. Asylum Law” and a number of other academic papers.

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Dickson Mugendi David Ntwiga, a native of Kenya, is well known for community development and humanitarian work. He served as President of the Rotary Club of Meru and the Rotary Kenya Country Office Board and Assistant Governor for the district that includes Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. He is the recipient of the Rotary Star President Award and the Women’s Human Rights Advocate Award for Africa and the founder of Solidarity International Trust (SIT) which helps women access start-up funds for income generating enterprises. Ntwiga is also the Director of Technology Partnership as well as the Solidarity Children’s Home. He represents three major US education institutions in Kenya and East Africa, including International Council for Education, Accreditation International (Ai) and the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA).

Internationally, Dickson Ntwiga served as the Executive Director for the National Catholic Commission on Migration (NCCM). He had served as the Director of legal and Social Services in the same organization previously. In partnership with the UNHCR Bangkok, Ntwiga founded the first refugee shelter in Bangkok in 1999. And as it became apparent that most migrants and refugees had difficulty accessing public schools owing to a language barrier, he initiated a scholarship program in partnership with international academic institutions in Thailand, including the American School of Bangkok, KINCAID International School, British Council, Siam University, and Assumption University. Additionally, he established seven schools for migrants’ children along the Thai-Myanmar border. To bring the work of the human rights movement closer to that of the refugee movement, he opted to serve as an advisor on the refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International Thailand in 2006 and attended the UNHCR’s Executive Committee Meetings in Geneva for 4 years, where he represented the NCCM as a Delegate. He served as a Voice Ambassador for Amnesty International in 2008.

Dickson has specialized in International Human Rights Law, and founded the “United Nations Human Rights Supporters” on LinkedIn which has more than 2000 members currently, most of whom work for international institutions with an interest in international development and human rights. He studied at Mahidol and Oxford Universities as well as studying Diplomacy courses at the University of New South Wales. He is the author of a book entitled “Protecting Domestic Violence Victims in U.S. Asylum Law” and a number of other academic papers.

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