Bronagh Hinds

Bronagh Hinds co-founded the Women’s Coalition and was a negotiator of the Good Friday Agreement. As Deputy Chief Commissioner of N.Ireland’s Equality Commission, she led oversight of the implementation of the Agreement’s equality and good relations commitments. Formerly a voluntary sector chief executive for over 20 years, and a Senior Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast’s Institute of Governance for 6 years, Bronagh founded DemocraShe to increase diversity and capacity in political and public life and empower women leaders. She has worked on conflict negotiation, peace and security from Palestine/Israel, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq to Colombia and elsewhere. Her collaboration has been with governments, the UN and multilateral bodies, international and local NGOs. Having been the independent reviewer of Ireland’s National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security for many years, she now chair’s Ireland’s Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security. She previously represented N.Ireland on the UK Women’s National Commission and was a Local Government Commissioner.