Maja LADIC Assistant at the Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, and PhD candidate of Developmental studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. Her research interests are human rights, the protection of the minorities, ethnic discrimination, ethnic conflicts, social inclusion/exclusion, gender equality, development and international development cooperation. A doctoral candidate in developmental studies, her work focuses on the gender dimension of the development strategies of “developing countries”. Since 2009 she has been involved in development projects in Rwanda, where she travelled several times. Contact: [email protected]