Gina Dias

Programme Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa

Nairobi

Gina Dias is a senior development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding professional with over 15 years of international experience working in diverse and complex contexts across Asia, Africa, and Europe. In her current role as Regional Programme Manager for Africa at the Peacemakers Network (Secretariat hosted by Finn Church Aid), Gina oversees the development and implementation of peacebuilding and conflict transformation initiatives together with Network members across the continent. She is responsible for securing funding, designing, and implementing multi-year and multi-country projects aimed at preventing conflict and violent extremism, advancing interfaith dialogue, fostering positive reconciliation, and enhancing social cohesion and inclusivity. She currently manages a regional portfolio that includes programmes and projects in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia), West Africa and the Sahel, Central Africa (CAR), and Southern Africa (Mozambique). Gina has extensive experience designing and facilitating high-level peace mediation efforts through events, conferences, workshops, trainings, and meetings with government stakeholders, religious and traditional actors, and the international community. Prior to her tenure with the Peacemakers Network and Finn Church Aid, Gina worked with the joint office of CAFOD, SCIAF, and Trocaire (CST) in Ethiopia, as well as Plan International and Oxfam in India. Gina holds a Bachelor’s in Politics from the University of Pune, India, and a Master’s in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.