Ms. Corina Eichenberger-Walther MP
Parliament:
Swiss Parliament
Political Party:
Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei Schweiz Ms. Eichenberger-Walther is a Swiss politician from the Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei Schweiz (FDP). A lawyer by training Ms. Eichenberger-Walther was an active member in the legislature of the canton of Aargau from 1993-2007 and from 2005-2006 was President of the Advisory Committee.
Dr. Hazim El-Nasser
Parliament:
Jordan’s House of Representatives
Political Party:
Independent Dr. Nasser holds a Bachelors and a Masters degree from University of Jordan and a PhD in Water Resources Management from Technical University of Munich and Wuerzburg University. Between 1991 and 1996, Dr. Nasser earned a higher diploma from Harvard University in Water and Environmental Economics.
In 2001, Dr. Nasser was appointed Minister of Water and Irrigation and in 2003, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Water and Irrigation until 2005. Between 2005 and 2007, Dr. Nasser worked as a water and irrigation consultant for several major international development agencies working on development projects in Palestine and Iraq.
Dr. Nasser has more than 60 publications in international journals on water and the environment and agriculture infrastructure. He also holds several honorary distinctions from Jordan and France. Recently, in 2009, he published a book " Management of Scarce Water Resources: A Middle Eastern Experience" by Witpress, UK.
Ms. Safura Elkhani MP
Parliament:
Afghan Lower House Ms. Elkhani was born on 1978 in the Bamyan province and graduated from the faculty of agriculture of Kabul University. She worked as a head teacher in the Deh Sorkh high school (Bamyan) for two years.
During the transitional terms of the Afghan government, she was elected as a representative of the Bamyan province for the emergency Loya Jerga. She then joined UNCHR in Bamyan and worked for two years as a field assistant. Ms. Elkhani also worked as a human rights assistant in the UNAMA office in Bamyan, where she worked for one and half years, specifically in the field of women rights.
In 2005, she nominated herself as a candidate for the Lower House of Afghanistan, and was elected to the Afghan Parliament.
Ms. Asha Hagi Elmi MP
Parliament:
Transitional Federal Parliament of the Republic of Somalia Ms. Elmi was selected to the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of the Republic of Somalia on August 29, 2004, and will serve until 2009. She is also the founder of Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC), created in 1992 during the height of the Somali Civil War. Ms. Elmi has been acknowledged internationally for her activism against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Somalia and in other areas of Africa. She frequently travels to college campuses and universities around the world giving speeches about the political conditions in Somalia, FGM, and the resulting effects on Somali women.
Mr. Gareth Evans
Mr. Evans spent 21 years in Australian politics, 13 of them as a Cabinet Minister. As a Foreign Minister he was best known internationally for his role in developing the UN peace plan for Cambodia, helping conclude the Chemical Weapons Convention, and helping initiate the new Asia Pacific regional economic and security architecture. Mr. Evans was President and CEO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group from 2000 to 2009. Since 2008, Mr. Evans has been Co-Chair of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, a joint initiative of the Australian and Japanese governments
