Emma Cohen


Emma Cohen

Emma Cohen is a recent graduate from Wellesley College where she majored in Peace and Justice Studies with a concentration in the carceral state and minored in Environmental Studies. Passionate about conflict transformation and prison abolition, Emma has worked as a Mediation Assistant for the Dispute Resolution Center, volunteered for Restorative Justice Community Action, and tutored in a juvenile detention center through the Petey Greene Program. During undergrad, she participated in the Advocacy and Community Based Training Semester hosted by the University Network for Human Rights. As part of the program, she traveled to Nepal to meet with conflict victims and work with leading advocate Ram Bhandari. She is excited to continue working with Ram and his organization, NEFAD, on transitional justice through the Advocacy Project this summer.



01 Oct

Seeds of Revolution

As I get ready to leave Nepal, I have been reflecting on the work we’ve

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Posted Oct 01, 2025

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21 Sep

The Mountains are Always Ahead

The streets, empty just a week ago, have resumed their normal activity. Shops are open,

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Posted Sep 21, 2025

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11 Sep

No Future without Victims and Survivors

In my first blog I described the liveliness of Kathmandu, noting the “miraculous ballet of

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Posted Sep 11, 2025

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08 Sep

Memory, Resistance, and the Long Struggle: Victims Host Candlelight Vigil in Honor of the Disappeared

30 August; Kathmandu Around 5pm, people started to gather. They greeted one another — hands clasped,

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Posted Sep 08, 2025

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24 Aug

Glimpses of Green: Promising Project Developments

Tuesday, 19 August; Kathmandu The day started with a team meeting at Coffee Talk (a

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Posted Aug 24, 2025

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04 Aug

“Peace is Not Enough” — A Conversation with Prem Bayak

17 July; Kailali District After a long and bumpy drive and walk across the Chisapani

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Posted Aug 04, 2025

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25 Jul

Beginning Stitches: A New Chapter in AP’s Collaboration with Bardiya Embroiderers

On July 15, our first day in Bardiya, we met with a group of embroiderers

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Posted Jul 25, 2025

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19 Jul

Journey to the Pond of Hope

Niranjan Chaudhary grew up listening to dinner table conversations about justice. His father, schoolteacher Sagunlal

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Posted Jul 19, 2025

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16 Jul

A Place of Conscience

“This is a place of conscience,” Ram always says of Bardiya. It’s true. Bardiya District,

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Posted Jul 16, 2025

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12 Jul

Namaste – An Introduction to Ram and our Project

The first time I met Ram Bhandari in person was in January, in the lobby

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Posted Jul 12, 2025

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