Elizabeth Solomon started her working life as a journalist winning seven awards in print, radio and television and then spent almost 20 years in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding working in the field and at headquarters with the United Nations and other International Organizations, including Oxfam gaining broad experience in human rights, development and political affairs. Elizabeth is a certified mediator and her work in post conflict countries has focused on supporting local efforts to build resilient democratic national institutions, including in Kosovo, Bosnia, Somalia, Guyana, Cyprus and Sierra Leone.  Her academic work has been with the Institute for Social Studies in Den Haag, the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights in Utrecht and the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies. 

Elizabeth Solomon is a member of Women Mediators across the Commonwealth (WMC), a network hosted by Conciliation Resources which connects women with a broad range of mediation knowledge and experience.