Ukpeme Akpan Okon (NIGERIA/USA)
Ukpeme Akpan Okon is the author of award-winning The Values String: A book on Transitional Life, Compelling Fulfillment, and Profound Peace.A lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, speaker, Ambassador for Peace and facilitator, she is the Executive Secretary of Mediators & Advocates of Peace (LAMPAIX), Founder of Guild of Adjudicators in Nigeria (GAIN) and the Pioneer Coordinator of Justice, Development and Peace Commission of the Catholic Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles Parish, Abuja, Nigeria.
She is the Convener of The Peace Agenda, a platform for strategizing sustainable agenda and action for peace, as well as the organizer ofThe Peace Agenda Summit. Ukpeme is a member of Women, Peace and Security Network, as well as other peace-focused organizations. She is the National Director — Administration of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) U.S.A. Branch. A trailblazer, Ukpeme has held other leadership positions.
Ukpeme has served on the Zero Draft sub-committee of Non-Governmental Organization / United Nations Convention on the Status of Women. She is a Rotarian, a member of other organizations and a multi-awardee musician known as UkpEmem. She has served as rapporteur on various assignments, and was a panelist at a High Level event of the United Nations General Assembly — Mobilizing Generation Zero Hunger.
