{"id":11256,"date":"2025-11-05T09:17:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=11256"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:15:29","slug":"jean-marie-ishimwe","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/jean-marie-ishimwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Marie Ishimwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Ishimwe\u2019s journey is deeply rooted in his own experiences as a refugee in Kenya. Having faced numerous challenges in his early education\u2014including a language barrier, difficulty affording school fees, and the lack of refugee identity documents\u2014he understands firsthand the hardships endured by refugees and their families, particularly regarding the lack of identity documentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">With over five years of experience in the humanitarian sector, Ishimwe has been actively promoting refugee leadership and advocating for inclusive refugee policies and systems. A journalist by training, he holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Nairobi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Prior to joining R-SEAT, he served as the Executive Director of Youth Voices Community (YVC) since 2019, guiding the organization in advancing refugee advocacy, particularly in the areas of socio-economic inclusion and self-reliance in Kenya. Through The Future With Wakimbizi campaign, he has also been a strong advocate for refugee economic inclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">He currently serves as the East Africa Regional Lead for Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table (R-SEAT), where he is responsible for promoting the institutionalization of meaningful refugee participation and leadership at the state level in the East Africa region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<section class=\"content-wrapper content-wrapper--shortcode\"><div class=\"u-post-reload\"><div class=\"news news--archive u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--archive\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2025\/event-report-unhcr-at-75\/\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Friday, December 12, 2025<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Event Report &#8211; UNHCR at 75: Challenges and Opportunities<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/FwUxmajpzKc &nbsp; On 26 November 2025, LERRN in partnership with the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN), hosted a webinar titled \u201cUNHCR at 75: Challenges and Opportunities.\u201d The webinar was moderated by Liliana Jubilut, co-chair of GAIN. 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