Global Working Group

Africa
Gladys Mbuyah Luku, Country Vice President, Federation of Women Lawyers Cameroon, Cameroon
Marie Nyombo Zaina, Director, National Network for the Defense of Women’s Rights, DRC
Dr. Morissanda Kouyaté, Cofounder, The Inter-African Committee On Traditional Practices, Ethiopia
Charity Binka, Executive Director, Women Media and Change, Ghana
Ruth Anyango Aura, Chairperson, Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya, Kenya
Gaby Razafindrakoto, Coordinator, Federation for the Promotion of Women and Children, Madagascar
Obioma Nwaorgu, President, Global Health Awareness Research Foundation, Nigeria
Eleanor Nwadinobi, President, Widows Development Organization, Nigeria
Kamilia Kura, Founder/Director, Nuba Women for Education and Development, Sudan
Alice Nenneh James, Regional Manager, ActionAid Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Yeabu Tholley, Statistician, Statistics Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Sabrina Mahtani, Executive Director, AdvocAid, Sierra Leone
Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan, Founder, Elman Peace and Human Rights Center, Somalia
Bonita Meyersfeld, Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, South Africa
Karen Stefiszyn, Program Manager, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Anyieth D’Awol, Cofounder, Citizens for Peace and Justice, South Sudan
Reem Abbas, Researcher and former coordination committee member in the Sudanese Coalition in Civic and Political Groups (MANSAM)
Zahra Abdalmien Mohamed, Department Head, Ministry of Social Affairs, Sudan
Gcebile Ndlovu, Public Health Practitioner, Swaziland
Laura Nyirinkindi, Director, Pro Initiatives Agency, Uganda
Anne Gamurorwa, Executive Director, Communication for Development Foundation, Uganda
Martha Tholanah, Director, Community Livelihoods and Enterprise Development, Zimbabwe
Virginia Muwanigwa, Gender Expert, Zimbabwe
Ricky Nathanson, Founder, Trans* Research Education Advocacy and Training, Zimbabwe
Talent Jumo, Founder/Director, Katswe Sistahood, Zimbabwe

Asia
Manizha Naderi, Executive Director, Women for Afghan Women, Afghanistan
Azra Jafari, former Mayor, Nili, Afghanistan, Afghanistan
Saira Rahman Khan, Associate Professor, School of Law, BRAC University, Bangladesh
Ferdous Ara Begum, Gender Specialist, Former CEDAW Committee Member, Bangladesh
Taskin Fahmina, Gender Expert, Odhikar, Bangladesh
Sopheap Ros, Founder/Executive Director, Gender and Development for Cambodia, Cambodia
Xiying Wang, Associate Professor, School of Social Development, Beijing Normal University, China
Anne Scully-Hill, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Puja Kapai, Director, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Meera Khanna, Executive Vice President, Guild of Service, India
Angana Chatterji, Cochair, Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, University of California, Berkeley, India
Seemantinee Khot, Board Member, Paryay, India
Shafiqur Rahman Khan, Founder, Empower People, India
Keerty Nakray, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School, India
Munara Beknazarova, Director, Open Line, Kyrgyzstan
Enkhjargal Davaasuren, National Director, MonFemnet, Mongolia
Lily Thapa, Founding Chairperson,  Women for Human Rights & Lecturer, University of Nepal, Nepal
Simi Kamal, Chief of Party, Gender Equity Program, Aurat Foundation, Pakistan
Saad Rasool, Legal Expert, Faculty, Lahore University of Management and Sciences, Pakistan
Damcelle Torres-Cortes, Chairperson, WeDpro Board of Trustees, Philippines
Sheena Kanwar, Support Services Manager,  AWARE, Singapore
Azra Abdul Cader, Development Expert, The Asian Pacific Research and Resource Centre for Women, Sri Lanka
Dushiyanthani Pillai, Journalist, photojournalist, Sri Lanka
Suntariya Muanpawong, Chief Judge, Supreme Court of Thailand, Thailand
Nadejda Atayeva, President, Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, Uzbekistan
Zainab Ali Khan, Gender and Research Specialist, Pakistan

Europe
Albena Koycheva, Coordinator, Womens’ Human Rights Training Institute, Bulgaria
Sanja Sarnavka, President, Be Active Be Emancipate, Croatia
Martha Jean Baker, former Vice President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, England
Margaret Owen, Founder/Director, Widows for Peace through Democracy, England
Carol Mann, President FemAid and Women in War, France
Orit Sulitzeanu, Executive Director, Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, Israel
Lois Herman, Founder/Coordinator, The Women’s UN Report Network, Italy
Medea Khmelidze, Program Manager, Georgian Harm Reduction Network, Lithuania
Ronagh McQuigg, Lecturer, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska, Senior Researcher, Poznan Human Rights Centre, Poland
Mo Hume, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Violeta Momcilovic, Gender Expert, Serbia
Sandra Johansson, Women’s Rights Coordinator, Alianza por la Solidaridad, Spain
Sagrario Monedero, Gender Expert, Spain
Angela Hefti, Associate Director, Lucerne Academy for Human Rights Implementation, Switzerland
Jackie Jones, President, European Women Lawyers Association, UK

Latin America and the Caribbean
Viola van Bogaert, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Aruba, Aruba
Silvia Vega, Gender Expert, Instituto de Formación Femenina Integral, Bolivia
Maria De Lourdes Alcantara, Expert, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Brazil
Rodrigo Jimenez, Director, Fundación Justicio y Género, Costa Rica
Yasmín Silvia Portales Machado, Activist, Writer, Cuba
Alina Ramirez, Gender Expert, Dominican Republic
Sandra López, Coordinator, Gamma Foundation, Ecuador
America Romualdo, Director, Las Dignas, El Salvador
Claudia Herrmannsdorfer – Practitioner, El Salvador
Jocie Philistin, Executive Director, Kofaviv, Haiti
Alejandra Ancheita, Founder/Executive Director, The Project of Economic, Social, and
Cultural Rights, Mexico
Reyna Rodriguez Palacios, National Coordinator, Network of Women Against Violence, Nicaragua
Francisco Rivera, Founding Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Santa Clara Law School, USA/Latin America
Jolene Romain, Trinidad and Tobago

The Middle East and North Africa
Ghada Hammam, Country Program Manager, Diakonia, Egypt
Hassan Khani, Founder, International Peace Foundation for Culture Promotion of Human Rights Observance, Iran
Asmaa Al Ameen, Iraq
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Chair, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Afaf Jabiri, Founder, Jordanian Women’s Union Aid Centre and Shelter, Jordan
Nabila Hamza, President, Foundation for the Future, Jordan
Jinan Usta, President, Lebanese Society of Family Medicine, Lebanon
Dr. Alaa Murabit, Ashoka Fellow, Founder, Voice of Libyan Women, Libya
Stephanie Willman Bordat, Practitioner, Morocco
Saida Kouzzi, Founding Partner, Mobilizing for Rights Associates, Morocco
Fadoua Bakhadda, Executive Director, The Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale, Morocco
Fatima Sadiqi, Scholar, Gender Expert, Writer, Morocco
Hala Aldosari, Founder/Director, Aminah, Middle East/USA
Khedija Arfaoui, Founding Member, Associationdes Femmes Tunisienne, Tunisia

North America
Vidya Sri, Honorary Chair of the Global Working Group, United States
Yolanda Muñoz Gonzalez, Gender and Disabilities Rights Expert, Canada
Jo-Anne Dusel, Coordinator, Provincial Association of Transition Houses & Services of Saskatchewan, Canada
Laurie Tannous, Attorney and Expert in Human Trafficking, Canada
Jeanne Sarson, Founder, Persons Against Non-State Torture, Canada
Lise Martin, Director, Canadian Network of Women’s Shelters, Canada
Megan Walker, Executive Director, London Abused Women’s Centre, Canada
Peg Hacskaylo, Executive Director, District Alliance for Safe Housing, USA
Denise Kindschi Gosselin, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Western New England
University, USA
Cris Sullivan, Director, Research Consortium on GBV, Michigan State University, USA
Lindsay Robertson, Founding Director, International Human Rights Clinic, University of Oklahoma, USA
Judy Lear, Former National Chair, Gray Panthers, USA
David L. Richards, Cofounder, CIRI Human Rights Data Project, USA
Denise Scotto, Founding Chair, New York State Bar Association International Section’s Women’s Rights Committee, USA
Ratchneewan Ross, Director, International Initiatives, Kent State College of Nursing, USA
Conchita Sarnoff, Executive Director, Alliance to Rescue Victims of Trafficking, USA
David Wofford, Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships, Meridian, USA
Stephanie Kennedy, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut School of Social Work, USA

Oceania
Dorinda Cox, Director, Inspire Change, Australia
Margie Charlesworth, Board Member, Australian Women Against Violence Alliances, Australia
Annie Cossins, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia
Amy Barrow, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Australia
Natalie Wade, Chairperson, Australian Lawyer’s for Human Rights’ Disability Rights
Subcommittee, Australia
Ruby Awa, Founding Member, Women’s Rights Action Movement, Fiji
Vandhna Narayan, Director, Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, Fiji
Tevita Seruilumi, VAW Expert, Attorney, Fiji
Hazel Hape, Indigenous Expert, New Zealand
Caroline Herewini, Executive Director, Te Whare Tiaki Wahine Refuge, New Zealand
Petra Butler, Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Jackie Blue, Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, New Zealand
Savina Nongebatu, Manager, People with Disabilities Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
Truffy Maginnis, Project Worker, Health and Community Services Commissioner’s Office, Australia

Expert Committee Members for treaty content

TYPES OF VIOLENCE: Simi Kamal, Pakistan; Zainab Ali Khan, Pakistan; Ghada Hammam, Egypt; Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska, Poland; Virginia Muwanigwa, Zimbabwe; Tanyi Christian, Cameroon; Cristina Ricci, Australia; Uuree Uuriintsolmon, Mongolia; Sopheap Ros, Cambodia; Sheena Kanwar, Singapore; Adolf Awuku Bekoe, Ghana; Valerie Khan, Pakistan; Pei Yuxin, China; Taskin Fahmina, Bangladesh; Monica McWilliams, Ireland; Jeanne Sarson, Canada; Peg Hacskaylo, USA; Dr. Denise Kindschi Gosselin, USA; Khedija Arfaoui, Tunisia; Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska, Poland; Kelly Jones, Burundi / USA; Angela Hefti, Switzerland; Hauwa Shekarau, Nigeria; Anyieth D’Awol, South Sudan; Manizha Naderi, Afghanistan; Virginia Muwanigwa, Zimbabwe; Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Nigeria; Joanna Smętek, Poland; Gaby Razafindrakoto, Madagascar; Reena Tandon, Canada; Laurie Tannous, Canada; Tanyi Christian, Cameroon; Jo-Anne Dusel, Canada; Shawn MacDonald, USA; Michal Sela, Israel; Orit Sulitzeanu, Israel; Carolyn Rodehau, USA; David Wofford, USA.

VULNERABLE GROUPS: Violeta Momcilovic, Serbia;  Alice Nenneh James, Sierra Leone; Debbie Gross, Israel; Reem Abbas, Sudan; Stephanie Baric , USA ; Zainab Umu Kamara, Sierra Leone; Sandra Johansson, Spain; Reem Abbas, Sudan; Heidi Guldbaek, Australia; Caroline Herewini, New Zealand; Hazel Hape, New Zealand; Ruth Howlett, New Zealand; Anne Todd, New Zealand; Dorinda Cox, Australia; Kelly Stoner, USA; Kamilia Kura, Sudan; Kabann Kabananukye, Uganda; Yolanda Munoz Gonzalez, Canada; Martha Jean Baker, England; Martha Tholanah, Zimbabwe; Gcebile Ndlovu, Swaziland; Talent Jumo, Zimbabwe; Ricky Nathanson, Zimbabwe; Erika Castellanos, Belize; Miriam Banda/Kateka, Zambia; Truffy Maginnis, Adelaide; Margie Charlesworth, Australia; Savina Nongebatu, Solomon Islands; Yolanda Munoz Gonzalez, Canada; Stephanie Ortoleva, USA; Cristina Ricci, Australia.

LIFE STAGES: Obioma Nwaorgu, Nigeria; Azra Abdul Cader, Sri Lanka; Munara Beknazarova, Kyrgyzstan; Fadoua Bakhadda, Morocco; Anu Radha, India; Safeer Ullah Khan, Pakistan; Keerty Nakray, India; Stephanie Kennedy, USA; Margaret Owen, England; Judy Lear, USA; Patricia Brownell, USA; Eleanor Nwadinobi, Nigeria; Helen Hamlin, USA; Meera Khanna, India; Lois Herman, Italy; Asmaa Al Ameen, Iraq; Heather Ibraham-Leathers, USA; Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, Nigeria; Aabha Chaudhury, India; Sara Winkowski, USA; Ferdous Ara Begum, Bangladesh.

IMPLEMENTATION: Francisco Rivera, USA/Latin America; Ronagh McQuigg, Ireland; Stephanie Willman Bordat, Morocco; Laura Nyirinkindi, Uganda; Gulnara Mammadova, Azerbaijan; Vanessa Bettinson, UK; Shazia Choudhry, UK; Rhona Modesto San Pedro, Philippines; Amy Barrow, Hong Kong; Petra Butler, New Zealand; Tevita Seruilumi, Fiji; Claire Hammerton, Australia; Felicity Gerry, Australia; Karen Willis, Australia; Joyce Hewett, Jamaica; Natalie Wade, Australia; Dinah Adiko, Ghana; David L. Richards, USA; Cristina Ricci, Australia.

PREVENTION: Gladys Mbuyah Luku, Cameroon; Medea Khmelidze, Georgia; Margaret Nwagbo, Nigeria; Manisha Desai, USA; Zynab Binta Senesie, Sierra Leone; Lu Pin, China; Vanessa Coria, Mexico; Suntariya Muanpawong, Thailand; Hala Aldosari, Middle East/USA; Susan Harris Rimmer, Australia; Lisa Hoffman, USA; Sisi Liu, Hong Kong; Ann-Marie Loebel, Australia; Heidi Guldbaek, Australia.

Core Platform Committee
Sara Andrews, USA; Ruth Anyango Aura, Kenya; Stephanie Willman Bordat, Morocco; Susan Burke, USA; Petra Butler, New Zealand; Mari Davtyan, Russia; Angela Hefti, Switzerland; Jackie Jones, UK; Saira Rahman Khan, Bangladesh; Morissanda Kouyaté, Ethiopia; Albena Koycheva, Bulgaria; Ronagh McQuigg, Northern Ireland; Stephanie Ortoleva, USA; Francisco Rivera, USA/Latin America and the Caribbean; Anne Scully-Hill, Denmark; Tevita Seruilumi, Fiji.

Volunteer Research & Admin Team
Abir Ahmed, India; Lindsay Apperson, USA; Carla Benton, USA; Karolina Deuth, USA; Taylor Dutch, USA; Veronique Fourment, USA; Arianna Frontera, Italy; Maria Gargano, USA; Sasha Grossman, USA; Meredith Gusky, USA; Yogitra Jothi, UK; Anna Nikoltchev, France; Maria Pachon, USA; Arianna Stefencavage, USA; Caitlin Stone, Australia; Maddalena Zarcone, USA; Virginia Slutu, USA/France; Kennedy Avery, USA; Katerina Hazimihalis, USA; Tatyana Roberts, USA; Iris Kuqi, Albania; Tatyana Roberts, USA; Amy Brittan, USA; Margarita Belozerova, USA/Russia.