Yak's video: Dr Wendy Lambourne recounting her meeting with Dr Lydia Wanja Gitau

Dr. Lydia Wanja Gitau (Kenya) is a graduate of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney. She was the recipient of the 2014–2015 IPRA Foundation’s Dorothy M. Senesh Graduate Fellowship, and the 2014 Postgraduate Teaching Fellowship of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney. Her employment history includes lecturing at Kenya Methodist University and counselling at Jomo Kenyatta University in Kenya. She has been a part-time lecturer and tutor at University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She is currently working at the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS). She lives in Sydney with her husband and two children. This book is a revised version of Lydia’s Ph.D. thesis. She is interested in examining the post-conflict interventions that have potential to support long-lasting peace in the African Region and beyond, with a particular focus on trauma-sensitive interventions.