Dr Amrita Kapur Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Part I

Dr Amrita Kapur is Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF),  the world’s oldest feminist peace organisation, active in more than 40 countries. She leads the league’s global strategy and advocacy, advancing feminist peace, disarmament, and justice, and representing the organisation in high-level international forums. Dr Kapur has over 20 years’ experience with the United Nations and international NGOs in the transitional contexts, bridging peacebuilding, international criminal justice, and human rights law. She is recognised for her institutional gender leadership (UNRWA), gender peacebuilding and facilitation, deep expertise on sexual and gender- based violence, and for embedding gender perspectives into justice reform and peace processes. Her career also spans into the academic institutions. Her publications and policy work have shaped global debates on conflict-related sexual violence, accountability, and women’s leadership in peace and security.