Teresa Yates

Teresa Yates is the Executive Director at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR).

Ms Yates' extensive legal career spans strategic litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and policy reform. She has led key structural design frameworks for the South African Department of Land Affairs, advocating for marginalised communities, women's land rights, and disability integration.  She has served as gender justice coordinator with Oxfam in Tanzania, the South African government, and Nkuzi Development Association, a South African land organisation focusing specifically on farm workers, land rights, and land reform.