Zed Xaba is the facilitator for the Southern African Hub. She is responsible for the instructional design cycle, from needs assessment, design, contextualization, and implementation of WomenLift Health Leadership Journey for mid-career Women in Health in Southern Africa.Zed has over 35 years’ experience in the design and facilitation of Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) interventions, Conflict Transformation, Women’s Leadership Programmes, Training of Trainers and Personal Mastery. Zed holds a Master's Degree in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change from the Process Work Institute in Portland Oregon (USA), a Postgraduate Teaching Diploma, and a Bachelor's Degree.  She is an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mediator, a CINERGY Conflict Coach, and a Diamond Power Index Coach. As a black woman who grew up under apartheid in South Africa, Zed is passionate about reconciliation and does this work on a pro bono basis in schools, universities and communities. In 2017, she recorded a TEDx Talk on Internalized Oppression and produced a mini docuseries on the same topic.

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