Vivianna Rodriguez Carreon

Vivianna is a PhD candidate at CPACS. Her research interests cover women survivors of war and their experiences during the aftermath of violent conflict. Currently her research area is gender and conflict, focusing on women’s empowerment and development through agencies within a peacebuilding framework for political participation after conflict. She is working on a case study which covers both East Timor and Peru.

She holds a Masters Degree from the Pontif'cia Universidade Católica de São Paulo in Brazil. Through life stories she investigated human rights violations during the civil war of Peru between the years of 1980 to 2000. She focused the study on people she considered the most vulnerable, which were mainly poor rural children and women who were both victims during the conflict. These people experienced direct physical, psychological and structural violence. This project was based on field research and the CVR report. The paper was recommended for publication by the Examination Committee. It is available here in Portuguese.

Vivianna has also worked for Amnesty International (2005) as a Refugee Case worker with her research covering several countries such as Sri Lanka, India and Colombia. She also completed an internship program through Oxfam within the Youth Parliament working within the research area and advocacy program dealing with Spanish speakers. Her research is available here in French.

Vivianna has been involved with CPACS and the Sydney Peace Foundation since 2006. As an executive member of the NSW Human Rights Education Committee and the Schools Peace Initiative she has contributed her time through volunteering and conducting research, helping to organise programmes and events like the Sydney Peace Prize and giving unconditional advice and support to SPF Interns.

Scholarships
APA Scholar 2009-2010 (Australian Postgraduate Award) (Australia)
CNPq Scholar 2004-2006 (National Council for Research and Development) (Brazil)

Conferences papers and publications
Presentation: invitation to speak about my project: “Women’s association as empowerment for political participation”. MLC High School. Sydney. 17 November 2008

Publication: “Passage of Conflict: What encouraged me to research conflict and peace building?”, PeaceWrites, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney – Issue 1, 2008, p13

International Conference Paper Presentation – ANU Scholarship: “Empowering Women for Political Participation in Post Conflict: Comparing Peru and East Timor”, Asia Pacific Week, Australian National University – Canberra, January 2008

International Conference Paper Presentation: “Women’s association as empowerment for political participation within a post conflict environment (case study: Rural Peru)”, Paper presentation, Global Peace Forum, Tomorrow People Organization – Cairo, April 2008