Zainab Bangura formerly served as the Chairperson of the World Movement for Democracy’s Steering Committee. From 2012 to 2017, she served as the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. She was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Sierra Leone…

Oraib Al-Rantawi is the founder and director of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies. He is also a frequent commentator and analyst on television and has produced his own show “Qadaya wa Ahdath” (Issues and Events). From 1978 to 1993, Rantawi worked as a journalist covering a wide range of topics, including the…

Maryam Al-Khawaja is a Special Adviser on Advocacy with the Gulf Center for Human Rights, which she previously co-directed. She was formerly the acting President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, and is a prominent activist for human rights and democracy in Bahrain. Al-Khawaja is very active on Twitter; as of March 2018, she…

Rinsola Abiola is the female youth representative of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressive Congress (APC), the political party of current Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Having joined the APC in 2013, she helped establish the APC Young Women Forum, of which she is currently the secretary. Abiola also owns a PR and Corporate…