Pagpati'ut - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
holds a PhD in Political Science,
specializing on security sector reform and development, peace studies,
small arms and gun-violence, gender, and social movements.
She is currently the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Pax Christi -Pilipinas,
and also a member of the Board of Demokraxxia, a think tank aimed at
promoting the values and ideals of democracy. She sits in the steering
committee of the Philippine Action Network to Control Arms (PhilANCA),
a local group that advocates for stricter gun-control and lobbies for the
passage of an international Arms Trade Treaty.
She is part of the International Board of the International Peace Research
Association Foundation (IPRAF), and serves as convener of the Gender
Peace Research Association (IPRA).
She currently sits as Independent Observer in the Government Monitoring
Committee on CARHRIHL (Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for
between the Govt of the Philippine (GPh) and the Nat’l Democratic Front
(NDF).
Dr. Oreta is Asst. Professor on Political Science at the Ateneo de Manila
is a graduate of BA Public
Administration from the National College of Public Administration and
Governance of the University of the Philippines-Diliman. She has served
in the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) in various capacities since 2005. She has been awarded
a Plaque of Merit by the Chief of Staff, AFP for her contribution in the
crafting of the AFP’s Internal Peace and Security Plan Bayanihan which
sets the strategic direction of the AFP. She currently serves as consultant
Group on Security Sector Reform of the Ateneo de Manila Univeristy
- Department of Political Science. Her research delves into the peace
process, national security, gender and development in the military, and
security sector reform.