Beginning at BICC / current duty
Elvan Isikozlu began her employment at BICC in 2006 as a Research Assistant on small arms and light weapons (SALW) control. She was promoted to a Researcher within the SALW team in 2007.
Key expertise
Her expertise lies in the thematic areas of SALW control, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DD&R), mine action and, more recently, in wartime rape and its post-conflict implications. Elvan Isikozlu also has expertise in the design and implementation of training modules and courses on aspects related to SALW control and DD&R.
(Academic) education / CV:
Elvan Isikozlu has an MA in International Relations (specializing on conflict analysis and conflict resolution) from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts & Science (BArts Sc) from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.
From 2001 to 2003, Elvan Isikozlu worked as a Program Manager at Junior Achievement of Central Ontario (JACO), a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. She was responsible for managing five high school programs and two middle school programs, and recruited and trained over 1,500 volunteers.
While completing her Masters degree, Elvan Isikozlu worked from 2004 to 2005 as part of the Mine Action Team at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). She specialized in Canada’s partnerships and contributions to mine action organizations around the world, and supported the Canadian Government’s efforts to universalize the Ottawa Convention banning landmines.
Since her employment at BICC, Elvan has worked in BICC’s capacity-building project for DD&R and SALW control in South Sudan (2006 to 2008). During this time, she led the coordination and delivery of six civil society workshops on SALW control in various sites across the region (Bor, Ayod, Yambio, Yei, Mayendit). Following this, Elvan was the project leader for a research study on wartime rape at BICC (November 2008 to May 2010), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). She conducted field research for this study in El Salvador and Bosnia & Herzegovina in February 2009.
Projects:
BICC-Publications:
- Kriegsvergewaltigung. Eine Typologie. W&F, Wissenschaft und Frieden – Dossier 67
- Towards a Typology of Wartime Rape
- Annual Report 2010
- Annual Report 2009
- Annual Report 2008
- SALW Control Training Manual for West Africa_Part2
- SALW Control Training Manual for West Africa_Part1
- TRESA - SALW Control Training Manual for West Africa
- BICC Comic book: The Adventures of Simon - A New Beginning in the New Sudan
- Changing the United Nations
- Annual Report 2007
- Marking and Tracing Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)_Trainer
- Marking and Tracing Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)_Trainee
- Communities Safe from Small Arms in Southern Sudan. A Handbook for Civil Society
- Marking and Tracing Small Arms and Light Weapons
- Services, Return, and Security in Four Countries in Southern Sudan
- Steps to becoming a conscious trainer—a train the trainer manual
- Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Transfer Controls_Trainer
- Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Transfer Controls_Trainee
- Reintegration Strategies for Ex-Combatants_Trainer
- Reintegration Strategies for Ex-Combatants_Trainee
- Management of SALW Weapons and Ammunition Destruction Programs_Trainer
- Management of SALW Weapons and Ammunition Destruction Programs_Trainee
- Global and Regional Agreements on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Control_Trainer
- Global and Regional Agreements on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Control_Trainee
- SALW and Development_Trainer
- SALW and Development_Trainee
- SALW Basics –Definitions_Trainer
- Civil Society Action on SALW Control_ Trainee
- Civil Society Action on SALW Control_Trainer
Other publications (selection):
Isikozlu, Elvan. 2011. “Kriegsvergewaltigung: Eine Typologie”. Dossier 67, Wissenschaft und Frieden, Vol. 2.
Isikozlu, Elvan and Ananda S. Millard. 2010. “Wartime Rape: Identifying Knowledge Gaps and their Implications”. S + F, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 35–41.
Ashkenazi, Michael, Elvan Isikozlu, Helen Radeke. 2008. SALW Control Training Manual for West Africa. Accra: KAIPTC.
Further publications (pdf)