Board of Directors | Women's Learning Partnership

Madhavi Sunder

WLP Board Chair, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs

Sunder (USA) is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs at Georgetown University.

Mahnaz Afkhami

WLP President Emerita (Iran/USA)

Afkhami (Iran/USA) is Founder and President Emerita of Women’s Learning Partnership, and former Minister for Women’s Affairs in Iran.

Hafsat Abiola

President, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy

Abiola (Nigeria) is Founder and President of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND).

Jasmine Begum

Director of Legal, Corporate & Government Affairs for ASEAN

Begum (Malaysia) is the Director of Legal, Corporate & Government Affairs for ASEAN and New Markets since 2010.

Rothna Begum

Former Legal Advocacy Director at the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Waging Justice for Women initiative, current Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Soukeina Bouraoui

Executive Director of the Center for Arab Women Training and Research

Bouraoui (Tunisia) is the Executive Director of the Center for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR), which is a regional NGO working across 22 Arab countries, and Iran.

Nadereh Chamlou

former Senior Advisor at the World Bank, current Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and International Development Advisor

Chamlou (USA) is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s empowerME initiative and an international development advisor.

Susan Deller Ross

Professor of International and Comparative Law on Women’s Human Rights at Georgetown University School of Law

Deller Ross (USA) teaches International and Comparative Law on Women’s Human Rights at Georgetown University School of Law.

Fancy Sinantha

Founder/Director of The Dot & The Line

Sinantha (UK) is currently Founder/Director of a social impact start-up consultancy called The Dot & The Line, where she maintains a portfolio of work focused on social justice.

Marcela Suazo

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative for Malaysia and as the Country Director for UNFPA Thailand

Suazo (Honduras) serves as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative for Malaysia and as the Country Director for UNFPA Thailand.

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund

Board Member Emerita

Edelman (USA) is Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF).

Thoraya Obaid

Former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund

Board Member Emerita

Obaid (Saudi Arabia) is former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Jacqueline Pitanguy

Founder and Director, WLP Brazil/Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informação e Ação (CEPIA)

Board Member Emerita

Pitanguy (Brazil) is Founder and Director of WLP Brazil/Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informação e Ação (CEPIA), and a political scientist.