Bineta Diop

Ms Bineta Diop has more than 35 years of experience in women human rights issues and has led peace building initiatives and conducted teams to observe elections and has facilitated women peace dialogue in Africa. She has played a key role in the adoption of many instruments and programmes for women in Africa. Ms Diop is also the Founder and Chair of the Board of Femmes Africa Solidarité, an NGO created in 1996. Currently she is acting as Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Before this she has co-chaired the civil society advisory group to the UN on Security Council Resolution 1325 and was a member of the African Union Commission of Enquiry on South Sudan. Ms Diop has served on many international executive and advisory boards, such as ICRC and Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, and has co-chaired the 2014World Economic Forum on Africa. She has received numerous awards, including Knighted of the French Legion d'Honneur (2013) and the Jacques Chirac Foundation Award (2013). She has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Her education in International Relations and Diplomacy spans across Doctor Honoris Causa, UN University for Peace, Costa Rica and Middlesex University in UK.

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