Biography Narrative

Kathy is Program Manager of Phandeeyar Innovation Hub’s Tech for Peace Program. In 2019, she received a full scholarship from Open Society Foundation and is studying MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development studies at SOAS, University of London. She started her career as a lawyer and programme officer with a local non-governmental organization in Mandalay in 2013. She is actively involved in Peace and Human Rights projects. She worked as a program  trainer of the Institute for Political and Civic Education  (iPACE) on Human Rights, TOT for  civic education and organizational development in 2016. Since 2014, she has been actively involved in interreligious dialogue and interfaith programs in Mandalay.

She leads a social media fellowship program to empower CSO leaders to use social media more effectively, to reduce hate speech and disinformation among diverse communities. And also, she is working for a digital literacy program and social research to understand the digital culture in Myanmar and hate speech from 2016 to present. She is one of the alumni of Myanmar Young Leadership program at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.  Her favourite motto is “peace begins with a smile”.

Interreligious Activities and Initiatives

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