International Women’s Commission
For a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace
Membership in the International Women’s Commission for an Israeli-Palestinian peace is on an individual and voluntary basis. Commission members do not represent other organizations they are affiliated with.
Chair
Inés Alberdi
UNIFEM Executive Director
Honorary co-chairs
President
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,
Prime Minister Helen Clark,
Honorary Members
Micheline Calmy-Rey
- Head of the
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (
Ingibjörg Sólrún
Gísladóttir - Minister for Foreign Affairs (
Noeleen Heyzer
- Executive
Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Carin Jämtin – former Minister for
International Development Cooperation (
Laurette Onkelinx
–
Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health (
Leire Pajín
Iraola - State Secretary for International Cooperation (
Patrizia Sentinelli
–
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (
Gloria Steinem – activist and writer (
Jody Williams – founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (USA)
Palestinian Members
Mayada Abbasi – Palestinian Ambassador,
Brazil
Wafa' Abdel-Rahman – Executive Director, Filastiniyat Organization
Tahani Abu-Daqqa – Women’s Activist and Community Development Advisor
Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas – Executive Director, Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counselling
Hanan Ashrawi – Palestinian Legislative Council Member and President of Miftah
Annan Attiri
- Director,
Naila
Ayesh – Executive Director, Women's
Samia Bamieh – Ambassador,
Former Head of European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Siham Barghouthi – Chairperson, Society of Women's Action
Hania Bitar – Director, Pyalara (a youth organization)
Nebras Bseisso – Director,
Palestinian Banking Association,
Leila Chahid
– Palestinian Ambassador,
Samar Hawash –
Salwa Hdeib – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Women’s Affairs
Lama Hourani – Gaza Coordinator, Palestinian Working Women Society for Development
May Kaileh – Palestinian Ambassador, Chile
Zahira Kamal – Director, Women’s Center for Studies and Research; Former Minister of Women’s Affairs
Amal Khreisheh – Executive Director, Palestinian Working Women Society for Development
Israeli Members
Sarai
Aharoni - Feminist Activist at Isha l'isha-Haifa Feminist
Centre; PhD Candidate in Gender Studies,
Colette Avital - Member of Knesset, Labor Party; Deputy Speaker of the Knesset;
Naomi Chazan - Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (emerita) and Head of the School of Government and Society, the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo; Former Member of Knesset, Meretz Party; Former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
Naava
Eisin - Director, The Archives of Jewish
Education,
Roberta Fahn Schoffman - CEO, MindSet Strategic Consulting
Zehava Galon – Member of Knesset, Meretz-Yahad Party; Chairperson, Knesset Committee on the Trafficking in Women
Galia Golan – Professor of Government, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (emerita) and Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlyia; Peace Now Executive Board; Meretz – Yahad Executive Board
Nurit Haghagh - Director, Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit Movement
Shlomit
Lir – Editor of a Mizrahi Feminist Anthology;
computer engineer; PhD candidate
Eti Livni – Former Member of Knesset, Shinui Party; Former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
Talia Livni
- Advocate, President of Na'amat
Molly Malekar - Director, Bat Shalom of the Jerusalem Link organization
Ghaida Rinaiwi - UNDP/UNOPS Consultant for the project in Israel "Future Vision-Palestinians in Israel", board member of women against violence, Mobadara-Arab Center for Emergency and Siyasat Center for law&Policy
Anat Saragusti - CEO of Agenda -
Shahira
Shalabi - Feminist activist, organizational
consultant at Shatil the
Aida Touma-Sliman – Executive Director, Women Against Violence organization
International Members
Feride Acar -
former Chair (2003-2005) and member (1997-2005) of the UN CEDAW Committee (
Phoebe
Asiyo
– former Member of Parliament and Chair of the Women’s Political Caucus (
Sylvia Borren – former Executive Director, Oxfam Novib (
Frene Ginwala -
former Speaker of the National Assembly (
Ana Gomes – Member, European
Parliament (
Antigoni Karali-Dimitriadi
- Vice President Socialist International Women (
Karen
Koning AbuZayd – Commissioner General, United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for
Luisa Morgantini - Vice President, European Parliament (Italy)
Jessica Neuwirth
– President, Equality Now (
Simone Susskind - President,
Actions in the Mediterranean (