Mira Kusumarini is the founder of EMPATIKU (My Empathy) Foundation, a civil society organisation focusing on mainstreaming empathy in the security and education sector addressing violent behaviour including violent extremism, and has been the Director since it was established in 2015.
In 2018, Mira was granted the N-PEACE Award from UNDP for her role in leading civil society movement to prevent violent extremism, promoting peace through dialogue and education. By working closely with ISIS affiliated children and women deportees and returnees for rehabilitation and reintegration, Mira is at the forefront of deradicalization and disengagement efforts. By building cooperation amongst civil society organisations and local governments, government ministries and institutions, the rehabilitation and reintegration model was tested applying the RR Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Safety and Security Protocols, improved capacity of the social workers and policy advocacy to ensure sustainability. Understanding that the community plays an important role in the social reintegration and thus preventing violent extremism, Mira is currently working with local communities and local Governments to boost community resilient capacity to develop community-based early warning system model. The model provides space for community members to detect and handle early cases at the community level, including facilitating restorative dialogues as part of the reintegration processes.
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