Parliamentarians for Global Action is a multi-party, global network of legislators from all regions of the world advocating for the most fundamental social and environmental principles: human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; peace and human security; gender equality and inclusion; protection of the environment; and justice in all its forms.
Our network includes more than 1,000 active members of parliament from more than 150 countries working in their individual capacity to advance these principles through legislative action in their home countries and internationally.
Executive Committee
Our executive committee, or Board, is composed of members of parliament who represent a broad spectrum of political parties, ideologies, geographies, genders, ethnicities, and interests. The Board meets twice a year. It guides our organization and advises our Secretary-General — the chief executive and administrative officer of the network — who leads our Secretariat.
Hon. Qamar has served as Minister for Defense, Minister for Finance and Federal Minister of Commerce. He is a champion for the protection of the oceans, addressing the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons and the rights of transgender persons in his country.
Mr. Ehsassi is a liberal politician who represents the riding of Willowdale, Ontario in Canada's House of Commons. He is a former Minister of Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement.
Ms. Bayr is a Member of the Austrian National Council and Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) spokesperson for foreign affairs and global sustainable development. She serves as Chairperson of the Committee for the Election of Judges for the European Court of Human Rights at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Dip. Margarita Stolbizer
(Argentina)
Dip. Stolbizer is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. Originally a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), she founded her own party, Generation for a National Encounter (GEN) in 2007. She is a past President of PGA.
Hon. Valerie Woods
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Belize)
Hon. Woods has served as Speaker of Belize's House of Representatives since December 2020. Previously, she was a Senator for the People’s United Party.
Hon. Agho Oliver Bamenju
MP (Cameroon)
Hon. Agho Oliver Bamenju is a Member of Parliament in the Cameroon National Assembly. He is currently one of the youngest Members of Parliament. He is a human rights advocate on issues of child labor and child trafficking.
Hon. Sahar Albazar
MP (Egypt)
Hon. Sahar Albazar is an Egyptian MP and the Deputy Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Egyptian House of Representatives. She is the Head of Harvard Women in Diplomacy, Defense and Development covering Sub- Saharan Africa.
Hon. Amanza Walton-Desir
MP (Guyana)
Hon. Amanza Walton Desir is a Guyanese politician and attorney serving as Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana since 2020.
Hon. Dr. Angela Brown Burke
MP (Jamaica)
Dr. Brown Burke has served as Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew before becoming involved in National politics. She was elected the first woman chairperson of the 83-year-old People's National Party (PNP).
Sen. Boris Dittrich
(The Netherlands)
Sen. Dittrich is a member and former leader of the Democrats 66 Party, jurist, author and human rights activist. He is the first member of the Dutch Parliament to have drafted four different Private Bills that have successfully become law and is a leading advocate on the issues of same-sex marriage, euthanasia, legalization of specific forms of sex work and decriminalizing the use of soft drugs. From 2007-2018, He has served as Advocacy Director of the LGBT Rights Program at Human Rights Watch.
Hon. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig
(Pakistan)
Hon. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig is a Member of the National Assembly and former Senior Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Hon. Bernard Georges
MP (Seychelles)
Hon. Georges serves as the Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly of Seychelles. He was first elected to the Assembly in 2002. In 2015, he was appointed to Judge of the Court of Justice for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Hon. Fox Odoi-Oywelowo
MP (Uganda)
Fox Odoi-Oywelowo is a Ugandan advocate and legislator who served as former senior legal counsel to the president of Uganda. He currently serves as chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Parliament of Uganda. An avid human rights advocate and defender, he vows to hold every institution accountable for human rights violations.
Hon. Dr. Galyna Mykhailiuk
MP (Ukraine)
Dr. Galyna Mykhailiuk is a Member of Parliament of Ukraine and Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
International Council
Our network is further guided by an International Council composed of the chairs of PGA national groups — cross-party caucuses of parliamentarians that enable legislators to work collectively on domestic legislation and policies while staying integrated into PGA’s global advocacy work. The International Council meets once every year to report on the progress of PGA’s campaigns and to discuss and strategize around challenges.
Dip. Fernando A. Iglesias
(Argentina)
Hon. Agho Oliver Bamenju
MP (Cameroon)
Dip. Ycelmary Brito O'Neal
(Dominican Republic)
Dip. Patricio Chávez Zavala
(Ecuador)
Dr. Hannah Neumann
MEP (Germany)
Hon. Abdoulie Ceesay
MP (The Gambia)
Dip. Jorge Cálix
(Honduras)
Ms. Supriya Sadanand Sule
MP (India)
Hon. Millie Odhiambo
MP (Kenya)
Hon. Mary Navicha
MP (Malawi)
Hon. Kula Segaran
MP (Malaysia)
Hon. Bamidele Salam
MP (Nigeria)
Sen. Sherry Rehman
(Pakistan)
Ms. Ann-Sofie Alm
MP (Sweden)
Hon. Jasson Rweikiza
MP (Tanzania)
Sen. Wade Mark
(Trinidad and Tobago)
Hon. Fox Odoi-Oywelowo
MP (Uganda)
Hon. Dr. Galyna Mykhailiuk
MP (Ukraine)
Lord Jeremy Purvis of Tweed
United Kingdom
Hon. Moyo Priscilla
Zimbabwe
Secretariat
PGA’s Secretariat is the operational body of our organization, responsible for managing our programs and campaigns and providing technical and legal assistance to our members. Our Secretariat is headquartered in New York, United States with an office in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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Ms. Mónica Adame |
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Ms. Jennifer McCarthy |
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Mr. Florian Delsert |
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Mr. Charles Rubin |
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Ms. Maryna Prykhodko |
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Ms. Catherine Brozena |
Democracy, Gender, and Inclusion Program
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Ms. Melissa Verpile |
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International Law and Human Rights Program
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Ms. Frederika Schweighoferova |
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Ms. Olivia Houssais |
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Ms. Fiona Servaes |
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Human Rights and Environment Program
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Ms. Faatimah Saarah Monawvil |
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International Peace and Security Program
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Mr. Peter Barcroft |
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PGA UN Advisory Committee
H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein
PGA’s United Nations (UN) Advisory Committee comprises Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors to the UN and senior UN officials. PGA uses this forum to update members of the UN system on the results and plans of its campaigns and discuss the role of parliamentarians in supporting and implementing the UN agenda at the national level, considering, in particular, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030, and challenges to international peace & security and to principles and norms of international law.
Pro Bono Legal Support
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Mr. Paul Deloo |
Mr. Martin Domb |
