Fatima Medani was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025.
Fatima Medani is from Sudan and is based in the USA. She is a Strategic Governance and Policy Advocate with 9 years of cross-sectoral experience advancing youth engagement, feminist movement resilience, and grassroots peacebuilding.
Ejimole Fidelia Onwuekwe was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025. She also served as an IPB Council member for the 2019–2022 term.
Ejimole Fidelia Onwuekwe is based in Imo State, Nigeria. She is a retired nurse and the founder of the World Youth Peace Organization, an NGO established to help empower youth.
Ahmad Bakdad was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025, after working with IPB as Assistant Coordinator.
He is from Syria, he is committed to promoting child rights and gender equality, and supporting vulnerable communities, particularly children and women. Dedicated Safeguarding & Protection practitioner and project manager, specialized in capacity building and policy development for child protection & safeguarding, investigations, humanitarian aid, and community-based protection initiatives.
Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Law and legal practice authorization. With 7+ years of national and international professional humanitarian, Community development, advocacy, global campaigns, and peace-building experiences.
Amani Aruri was re-elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025, after serving a first term from 2022.
Amani has developed skills and capacities in the fields of social transformation, community activism, human rights, peace and security, advocacy, national dialogue and peace mediation to advance gender equality, economic wellbeing, social justice and human rights agendas at the national, regional and global levels.
Eskil Grav was re-elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025, after serving a first term from 2022.
He is a board member of the Norwegian Peace Association (Norges Fredslag), and has been a member of the IPB family since 2020 when he started as an assistant coordinator at the Berlin office. He has a background in the fields of peacebuilding and disarmament. He has past experience working in community and peacebuilding activities in both Tanzania and Lebanon, and has a background in Human Security Theory. He is currently working with the Norwegian Peace Association on issues of peace, disarmament, and non-violent conflict resolution. The main focus being on controlling arms trade, increasing transparency, and ensuring compliance with international obligations, alongside general anti-war advocacy and education
Baroness Dayon Ako-Adounvo was re-elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025, after serving a first term from 2022.
She has a background in biology and sales & business organization, airport operations and marketing. She is the founder and leader of the International Education Connect Agency which supports capacity building for the socio-economic development in Ghana and Sub-Saharan regions and promotes vocational skills exchange to foster peace and unity among the youth. Furthermore, she is founder and leader of the Feeding Hands Ministry & Zoes Trust, a non-government organization that supports villages in Ghana with food, water, and clothes.
Tord Björk was re-elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025, after serving a first term from 2022. Continue reading “Tord Björk – Council Member”
Tyson Smith Berry Jr. was re-elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025, after serving a first term from 2022.
Tyson Smith Berry Jr. is a Liberian peace activist, humanitarian, and social development professional who currently serves as the Executive Director of 4Kids International Inc. He has more than 17 years of experience in humanitarian and social development, with expertise in education, child protection, peacebuilding, governance, youth empowerment, and community development.
Tyson is also a Council Member of the International Peace Bureau (IPB), where he has represented the organization in South Sudan. In Juba, he participated in the conference “From Conflict to Beloved Communities: A Series of International Gatherings on Peace, Justice and Nonviolence.” He also represented IPB and spoke on “Climate Change & Common Security: Challenges and Solutions in Africa and the World at Large,” participating in workshops and seminars addressing climate change, peace, justice, and common security.
His professional expertise includes program development and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, demography, organizational programming, and NGO compliance. His academic and professional development also includes a Diploma in Climate Governance, Diplomacy and Negotiations Leadership from the AGNES Centre of Excellence for Climate Research and Leadership in Kenya.
Tyson is an alumnus of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and represented Liberia in Cape Town, South Africa, during the YALI Alumni Trade Fair, participating in activities focused on leadership, networking, entrepreneurship, and economic opportunities for African young leaders.
As a peace activist, Tyson is particularly interested in peacebuilding, human rights, democratic governance, climate governance, youth participation, and community development. He has also contributed to public discourse on democratic governance in Liberia through research and writing.
Yurii Sheliazhenko was re-elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025, after serving a first term from 2022.
Yurii is the Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, board member at the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection, and at the World BEYOND War. Furthermore, he was lecturer and research associate at the Faculty of Law, KROK University in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he defended his PhD dissertation in law in December 2021. He also obtained master’s degree in law in 2016 as well as a master’s degree in Mediation and Conflict Management in 2021. Yurii authored tens of scholarly articles, taught courses in constitutional and human rights, comparative and international law, legal theory and history. Also, he is public intellectual, blogger, and human rights defender.
Annette Brownlie was elected as an IPB Council member in 2025, after serving as an IPB Board member for the 2022–2025 term.
She has been very actively involved in the peace movement for over 40 years. She participated in the People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND), a movement which developed during the last nuclear threat peak in early 1980, as well as in the climate movement in the early 1990’s-1995. She has further been a co-convener of Just Peace Qld from 2001-2015.
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