Shadi Rouhshahbaz is a young Iranian peacebuilder and researcher. A UNAOC Young Peacebuilder Fellow and a One Young World Peace Ambassador, she is the founder of PeaceMentors, the co-coordinator of the YPS Research Network and the Regional Coordinator of MENA at the United Network of Young Peacebuilders. She holds a DJMA in International Development (minor in Migration and Mediation) from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Paul-Valéry University Montpellier III.

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