Huguette Bokpe Gnacadja

Bilingual attorney and legal adviser (french/english) since 26 years; Former lawyer of the Government of Benin for the negociation and signature of the first Millenium Challenge Account ( MCA) Agreement. Former UN Cedaw/Cedef Committee Expert; Consultant and Trainer in Human Rights and Gender since 1999; Expert in legal assistance for strategic litigations appealed to the judicial and quasi-judicial regional and international human rights mechanisms Expert in human rights-based laws drafting; Consultant for the UN DESA (Department of Economic and Social Affairs), UNWOMEN, the IPU (Inter-Parliamentarian Union), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF), the NDI (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs USA), the ECOSOC, the Inter Parliamentarian Union, and the Pan African Parliament; Trainer in self development and leadership Member of the International Steering Commitee of the Least Developed Countries CSOs - LDC-WATCH); Co-Founder and former Assistant Coordinator of SOCIAL WATCH Bénin (international network of NGOs); Former National Coordinator of WILDAF/Benin (individuals and NGOs panafrican network)