Akiko Horiba

Senior Non-Resident Fellow

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Akiko Horiba is Program Director of the Asia Peace Initiative Department in the Sasakawa Peace Foundation with a focus on Southern Thailand, women’s political participation in Asia, and strengthening civil society networks in Southeast Asia. She has more than a decade of field research and on-the-ground peacebuilding experience in Southeast Asian countries, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Previously, Akiko worked as a policy secretary in the Japanese House of Representatives and was directly involved in promoting the WPS agenda because of her experience working in conflict areas and conviction that the role of women in conflict areas is increasing and women are the leaders of peace and reconstruction. She received a PhD in Area Studies (Indonesia, conflict analysis) from Sophia University, Japan and a Master of theological studies at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Massachusetts, USA.