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Avila Kilmurray

Programme ExecutiveSocial Change Initiative

Biography

Dr. Avila Kilmurray has worked in Northern Ireland since 1975, in both the community and women's movements. She was appointed Women's Officer for the island of Ireland for United - the Union in 1989 and served on the Executive Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Avila also served as a Board member of the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland. From 1994-2014, Avila was CEO of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, managing EU PEACE Programme funding for the re-integration of political ex-prisoners, victims/survivors of violence and grassroots community projects.
Avila is currently supporting the work of SCI (Social Change Initiative) on peacebuilding and refugee/migrant rights initiatives. She has served on the Board of the International Fund for Ireland and is currently on the Board of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
Avila was a founder member of the Northern Ireland Coalition and on its negotiating team for the Good Friday Agreement.