Unarmed Civilians Protecting Civilians in South Sudan

"Tiffany Easthom serves as the Country Director for Nonviolent Peaceforce's peacekeeping project in South Sudan. Her work in South Sudan has included the return and protection of child soldiers, working with women on protective strategies for gender based violence, direct protection for refugees and IDPS, inter-communal violence reduction, and, the implementation of conflict early warning early response systems. Prior to becoming NP's Country Director in South Sudan, Tiffany served as Country Director at NP's Sri Lanka project as well as Country Director for Peace Brigades International in Indonesia. Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) engaged in the creation of a large-scale unarmed peacekeeping force, composed of specially trained civilians. The mission of NP is to promote, develop and implement unarmed civilian peacekeeping as a tool for reducing violence and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict. "