Board Elections

Publish Date: 
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The ESCR-Net Secretariat is pleased to announce the results for the election of the new Board of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net):   

Asia, South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand

    • Saeed Baloch, Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum
    • Minerva Gonzales, ESCR-Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People

North Africa and the Middle East

    • Hossam Bahgat, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Ximena Andión-Ibañez, Equis: Justicia para las Mujeres

Europe

    • Sandra Ratjen, International Commission of Jurists

United States and Canada

    • Cathy Albisa, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

We extend our thanks to the dozens of Member Organizations who voted over the past four weeks.  In April of 2013, the new Board will hold its first meeting, and we will look forward to reporting developments and decisions for your consideration. 

Finally, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to the outgoing ESCR-Net Board - Wilder Sánchez Chávez, Shanthi Dairiam, Aye Aye Win, Julie Cavanaugh-Bill, Hossam Bahgat, and Legborsi Saro Pyagbara - for their vital leadership over the past four years.