Chair
Since 1993, Women for Women International has invested in the power of over 500,000 women who are forgotten — the women survivors of war and conflict — to learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities.
Working at the intersection of women and conflict: providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for women, their families, and their communities, Women for Women International provides vital support and education for women in eight countries around the world that have felt the devastating effects of conflict.
At this critical time, Women for Women International-UK were seeking a new Chair of Trustees who was truly committed to their mission of empowering women survivors of conflict affected countries. Women for Women International-UK is entering a new phase, and their new Chair would be a part streamlining structures and global governance, and shifting power closer to their country programmes and to the women that they serve.
Champa Patel was previously Director of innovation for International Crisis Group, and is currently Senior Director, Governments and Policy at Climate Group. Prior to International Crisis Group, Champa was Director of the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House managing policy research on the region. Before joining Chatham House, she held several roles at Amnesty International, including as the Regional Director for the South Asia and South East Asia and Pacific Offices, and Global Director for Campaigns overseeing human rights research, advocacy and campaigns. Prior to Amnesty she worked in public health for almost a decade, focused on children at risk, refugees, asylum seekers and internal trafficking. She is a previous board member for the International Detention Coalition and currently sits of the board of Environmental Funders Network and on the Editorial Board of Human Rights Quarterly. Champa is also a part of the Academy Faculty of Chatham House.