Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born Screen Actors Guild and AACTA Award-nominated actress and renowned activist. Her TV and film credits, most notably, include the Lord of the Rings series, How I Met Your Mother, Homeland, Counterpart, and Hotel Mumbai. Boniadi has partnered with Amnesty International since 2008 to campaign for the rights of disenfranchised populations…
Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, became chairperson of the World Movement for Democracy Steering Committee in 2022. Rappler is the top digital news site leading the fight for press freedom in the Philippines. Maria’s courage and work on disinformation and ‘fake news’ culminated in being awarded the…
Damon Wilson is President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an independent, nonprofit, grant-making foundation supporting freedom around the world. Prior to joining the Endowment, he helped transform the Atlantic Council into a leading global think tank as its executive vice president. Previously, Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and…
The World Movement for Democracy is pleased to welcome Jose Ramos-Horta, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and former president of Timor-Leste (East Timor), as new Chairperson of its Steering Committee. During the 24 year occupation of his country by Indonesia, Ramos-Horta worked in exile as a leading voice of the East Timorese independence movement,…