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Cate Buchanan

Cate Buchanan

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Countries of Expertise

Myanmar/Burma | Thailand

Specialties

  • Addiction/Drugs/Drug Policy
  • Child Soldiers
  • Climate-Related Issues
  • Coercive Population Control
  • Document Authentication
  • Ethnic Discrimination/Persecution
  • Forced Conscription
  • Forced Marriage
  • Gang-Related Violence/Non-State Actors
  • Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/Domestic Violence/Family Violence
  • Government/State Actor Persecution
  • Healthcare Access/Health Systems Capacity
  • Journalist Persecution
  • LGBTQ
  • Likelihood Of Destitution/Homelessness
  • Political Persecution
  • Prison Conditions
  • Religious Discrimination/Persecution
  • Risk Of Retaliation
  • Safe Internal Relocation
  • Sexual Abuse/Assault
  • Specialized Medical Services
  • Sufficiency Of Protection
  • Torture
  • Trafficking

About Cate Buchanan

Cate Buchanan specializes in conflict analysis, mediation, and process design. Country foci in 2026 are Burma/Myanmar and Thailand. Previously, from 2015-17, she was Senior Adviser to the Nyein (Shalom) Foundation Myanmar supporting national dialogues, ceasefire implementation, and peace negotiations. In 2018/19 she was a member of the UN Mediation Support Unit’s Standby Team of Experts. In 2020/21 she was a Senior Adviser to the Office of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen. Over 2021 to the present Cate is Conflict Adviser to the Myanmar Livelihoods and Food Security Fund. From 2001-2013, she was a Programme Manager and Senior Adviser with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Cate also manages a peace coaching process in Myanmar, is a Senior Adviser to European Institute for Peace, UN Women Afghanistan and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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