ICDR Directory of Women Experts
The Directory of Women Experts/Speakers is an initiative of the Working Group on Women, Democracy, Human Rights, Peace and Security (WDHRS), one of the working groups of International Coalition for Democratic Renewal. The aim of this initiative is to ensure a fair number of women speakers, panelists, leaders and experts as equal partners to male counterparts by providing a database of female representatives from different fields such as: democracy, politics, human rights, accountability and governance. The creation of this database follows up on the Call to Pledge Gender Equality issued in November 2020 by the Working Group calling for a commitment to equal women's representation. This database should be used as a practical tool to meet the requirements of this document.
Send your recommendations for women experts to: registration@forum2000.cz
If you would like to contact one of the experts below, write to the ICDR Secretariat (veronika.skoupa@forum2000.cz) and we will put you in touch.
Memory Kadau
Director, Adult Rape Clinic (AC), Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Africa
Nyaradzo Mashayamombe
Founding Executive Director, Tag a Life International (TaLI), Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Africa
Glanis Changachirere
Director, Institute for Young Women Development
, Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Africa
Irena Kalhousová
Head, Herzl Center of Israel Studies, Czechia
Regional focus: Middle East, Central Europe
Kateřina Králová
Associate Professor, Charles University in Prague, Czechia
Regional focus: Greece, Central and South-East Europe
Gulnara Shahinian
Chair, Democracy Today, Armenia
Regional focus: Europe, Caucasus, Africa
Edipcia Dubón
Coordinator, Diálogo de Mujeres por la Democracia, Nicaragua
Regional focus: Central America
Joy Namunoga
Advocacy Officer, ActionAid International, Uganda
Regional focus: East Africa, USA
Violeta Granera
Leader, Blue and White National Unity, Nicaragua
Annemarie Sancar
Network and Programme Manager, PeaceWomen Across the Globe, Switzerland
Rudo Chigudu
PhD Candidate, University of Pretoria, Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Africa
Maria Malomalo
Director, Mwana Pwo, Angola
Regional focus: Southern Africa
Perry Aritua
Director, Women's Democracy Network-Uganda, Uganda
Regional focus: Africa
Irina Ghaplanyan
Former Deputy Minister of Environment
, Armenia
Regional focus: Europe, USA
Armine Ishkanian
Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Armenia
Regional focus: Europe, United Kingdom
Viktora Avakova
Programs Director, UMCOR-NGO, Armenia
Regional focus: Armenia, Europe
Luisa del Turco
Director, Centro Sudi Difesa Civile, Italy
Regional focus: Europe, Italy
Heidi Meinzolt
Europe Regional Representative, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Germany
Regional focus: Europe, OSCE area
Cristiana Chamorro
Director, Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua
Lucía Pineda
Director, 100% noticias
, Nicaragua
Lucy Valenti
President, Nicaraguan Chamber of Tourism
Tolekan Ismailova
Director, Human Rights Movement: Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan
Regional focus: Kyrgyzstan
Tinotenda Chihera
Youth and Gender Advocate, Institute for Young Women Development, Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Africa
Sandra Zenda
Program Coordinator, Institute for Young Women Development, Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Africa
Jana Soukupová
Founder and CEO, Youth, Speak Up!, Czechia
Regional focus: Czechia
Cecilia Chimbiri
National Youth Vice Chair, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly, Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Africa
Maryam Garba Usman
Executive Director, Center for Advocacy in Gender and Social Inclusion (CAGSI), Nigeria
Iveta Radičová
Former Prime Minister
, Slovakia
Regional focus: European Union
Jana Hybášková
Special Representative, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czechia
Regional focus: Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa
Petra Moravcová
Product Marketing Manager, AVAST, Czechia
Baia Pataraia
Executive Director, union 'Sapari', Georgia
Maiko Ichihara
Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Neelam Deo
Ambassador (ret.), Indian Foreign Service, India
Regional focus: USA, South Asia
Eileen Donahoe
Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University, USA
Leyla Yunus
Director , Institute for Peace and Democracy, Azerbaijan
Regional focus: Caucasus
Sook Jong Lee
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Regional focus: South Korea, Japan, East Asian countries
Sonja Biserko
President, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, Serbia