H.E. Bineta Diop

An unflinching advocate for Women’s’ leadership in peace efforts, Mme Bineta Diop is since 2014, the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security. She is the Founder and Chair of the Board of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), an international NGO created in 1996, that seeks to foster, strengthen and promote the leadership role of women in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Africa, Ms. Diop has led numerous programmes to enhance women’s participation in peace processes.

Through her leadership in civil society, the Special Envoy contributed in the shaping of Africa’s gender normative frameworks, such as the Maputo Protocol on Women’s Rights, the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA), the UN Resolution 1325 on WPS, and the AU Gender Parity Decision. She led the setting up of the Gender is My Agenda Campaign Network (GIMAC).

Ms. Diop studied Management in France and Public Relations and Communication in Switzerland. She received an Honorary Doctorates from the United Nations-mandated University for Peace in 2012 and the University of Middlesex in London, UK, in 2014.

Ms. Diop received numerous honours and awards. In 2011 Time Magazine declared her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.