The following is a list of the members of the inaugural class of World Fellows and their countries of origin:
A prominent leader in Ghana's National Reform Party, Arthur, 36, championed efforts to make government services available to women, children and other marginalized populations. Arthur has also spearheaded the development of training programs focused on issues ranging from wildfire prevention to community organizing.
Boza, a 39-year-old attorney, has helped to reform the way Peru handles its fiscal affairs. A dedicated advocate of responsible government, Boza developed and implemented major anti-corruption efforts and other reform programs during her country's difficult democratic transition. She headed Peru's consumer protection and market liberalization agencies. Boza is also a pioneering educator who helped modernize the training process for all Peru's public officials.
A dean of the Law School of Zhongshan University, the leading institution of legal education in southern China, Cai, 41, is transforming legal teaching and the practice of law in China. Collaborating with faculty from American universities and across China, Cai recently launched a clinical law program, a novel approach to legal education in China. She also directs the law school's international affairs and graduate students program.
A prominent businessman, Damdelen, 50, leads the Turkish Cypriot business community's efforts to promote resolution of the Cyprus conflict and to normalize relations between Turkey and Greece. As a director of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce, he works to educate the people of his community about the benefits of European Union accession and supports conflict resolution training and other activities that seek to advance integration of Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
A board member of the Kyrgyz Republic National Bank, Djoumataev, 33, played a critical role in the significant structural and regulatory changes made to the Kyrgyz financial system, especially the banking sector, during his country's shift from a centrally planned Soviet system to a market-based economy. In addition to his work with the national banking system, Djoumataev was instrumental in developing a network of agricultural banks to provide credits and loans to the Kyrgyz agricultural sector.
Gain, 40, directs a nonprofit environmental and human rights organization in Bangladesh. He combines investigative journalism with a systematic pursuit of policy change. He played a key role in developing the first "election watch," policing local and national races. His books and articles have addressed topics from remedial reforestation to forging NGO-business partnerships.
Economist, farmer and activist, Gala-Sinha, 43, works for social change in some of the poorest and most drought-stricken areas of rural India. She founded and is currently the president of a micro-enterprise development bank, promoting property ownership and training for women. The bank is the first in its region to provide life, accident and hospitalization insurance for women and sponsors training in animal husbandry, organic farming and veterinary medicine. The bank has its origins in cooperatives organized by Gala-Sinha to assist women in raising goats, selling vegetables and weaving. In addition, Gala-Sinha works on behalf of landless laborers for property and water rights. She has succeeded in changing government policy and law regarding property rights for women.
Hogan, 37, former top aide to the head of the United Nations Environment Program, now serves as a senior official in the Canadian Environment Ministry. Working at the international level within the United Nations and as a Canadian public servant, she has participated in international meetings and negotiations devoted to global environmental problems, assessing trends, building multilateral cooperation and helping to build capacity in developing countries. She has also made contributions to Canada's science and technology policy and worked with the private sector on socially responsible partnerships and education programs.
Trained as a doctor in Pakistan, Mistry, 43, first worked as an obstetrics clinician in the slums of Karachi. After observing firsthand how unethical health practitioners thrived on the ignorance of the poor, she dedicated her professional career to community health and disease prevention. She joined a charitable health service as a specialist in health education and developed new programs in the management of childhood illness and diabetes, mental and reproductive health, and tuberculosis control. In addition to her current work as manager of the AGA Health Service, Mistry edits a health newsletter and collaborates with the World Health Organization and other nongovernmental organizations.
Musa, 45, anchors a popular weekly radio program that tackles such controversial issues as human rights abuse, democracy, rule of law and the role of the media in Cameroon. He has already served several stints in jail for his fair and accurate reporting. He also launched a popular television program that brings together influential personalities to discuss current issues. He manages a news service made up of some 100 journalists and works to advance freedom for the press in his country through new information and communication technologies.
Perez-Kakabadse, 30, economic adviser to the president of Ecuador, played a pivotal role in the stabilization and recovery of his country's economy during the late 1990s. A former top official in the Ministry of Finance, Perez helped lead Ecuador through its financial crisis by enacting a program of dollarization, a highly controversial and ultimately successful endeavor to slow inflation and achieve economic stability. He currently heads a program of continuing structural reforms for the country.
Pinto da Costa, 60, served as a minister and chief of staff to the president of Sao Tome & Principe. He helped guide the country's transition to democracy. Trained in science, agricultural economics and agronomy, he has now begun a second career as head of a nongovernmental organization committed to sustainable development. His organization works on biodiversity research and preservation, investment strategies and planning with a particular focus on how oil development might be undertaken to promote economic prosperity and environmental protection.
Sandoval, 28, the undersecretary of international relations for Mexico's left-wing opposition political party, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), is working to shape the party's foreign policy. Under his guidance, the PRD is forming alliances with parties in other countries and developing new foundations for Mexico's foreign policy. Prior to his international role, he served in the Mexican government as chief of the economic staff in the Federalism Commission and adviser to the speaker of the house. He has authored books and articles on Mexico's transition to democracy.
As founder and executive director of one of Brazil's most important nongovernmental organizations, Silva, 48, plays a crucial role in building community organizations and civil society, especially in the context of resistance to military rule. Her activities focus on gender, violence and human rights as well as land security issues. Her organization is active in monitoring state and municipal government urban policy, working to protect children, youth and families in slums, monitoring orphanages and protecting urban squatters from being evicted and brutalized.
Tejan-Cole, 36, is a noted human rights lawyer and activist in Sierra Leone, a state that has been engulfed for the past 10 years in a civil war marked by mutilation, rape and the massacre of innocent civilians. As the lead partner in one of the country's largest law firms, Tejan-Cole works both privately and through nongovernmental organizations towards building a culture of respect for human rights and civil liberties. In addition to defending clients in police stations and Sierra Leone's Supreme Court, he has set up a human rights clinic at the University of Sierra Leone, where he teaches international law.
Wygnanski, 38, an active participant in the Solidarity movement that toppled Poland's communist regime, is executive director of a nongovernmental organization that is helping to build Polish civil society. Regarded as a brilliant strategist and thinker on assistance to societies that are undergoing major social, political and economic transitions, Wygnanski has helped to strengthen and advise NGOs throughout eastern and central Europe.
Zhvania, 39, a high-ranking member of the Georgian Parliament, leads the pro-Western, democratic reform forces in the former Soviet Republic and is considered the second most influential public figure after current President Eduard Shevardnadze. A biologist by training, Zhvania is also the founder of Georgia's Green Party, a pro-environment party that drew into government some of Georgia's most talented young people, whom Zhvania has since appointed to manage and reform the ministries of finance, justice and tax revenue. A dedicated proponent of honesty in government, Zhvania voluntarily resigned as chair of the Parliament in November 2001 to force the dismissal of the interior minister on the basis of corruption charges.
Mayor of Prague since 1998, Kasl, 51, is responsible for the entire gamut of city stewardship, from transportation, tourism and security, to the development of foreign investment. Kasl, an architect, is widely known for introducing urban development and modern strategic planning to Prague. Since first being elected to the city council in 1990, Kasl has enjoyed immense popularity and is considering a run for a seat in the Czech senate.
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Emelia Arthur,
Ghana
Beatriz Boza,
Peru
Yanmin Cai,
China
Mustafa Damdelen,
Cyprus
Taalaibek Djoumataev,
Kyrgyz Republic
Philip Gain,
Bangladesh
Chetna Gala-Sinha,
India
Christine Hogan,
Canada
Rozina Mistry,
Pakistan
Adamu Musa,
Cameroon
Alonso Perez-Kakabadse,
Ecuador
Henrique Pinto da Costa,
Sao Tome & Principe
Amilcar Sandoval,
Mexico
Neide Silva,
Brazil
Abdul Tejan-Cole,
Sierra Leone
Jan Wygnanski,
Poland
Zurab Zhvania,
Republic of Georgia
Jan Kasl,
Czech Republic (Deferred to 2003)
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