Chantal de Jonge Oudraat

Chantal de Jonge Oudraat is an expert in a variety of fields including women and gender in international relations, peace and security, and arms control and disarmament. Since 2013, Ms. De Jonge Oudraat has served as President of Women in International Security, an organization dedicated to furthering the leadership and professional development of women in international peace and security. Prior to, Ms. De Jonge Oudraat was the Founder and Executive director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute North America. Ms. De Jonge Oudraat has also held positions as Senior Advisor to the US Institute of Peace’s Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, associate vice president and director of the U.S. Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program, and held a senior position at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva. At our event, we are honored to have Ms. De Jonge Oudraat give the opening keynote address.