Speakers in the Women Network in Czech Foreign, European and Security Policy

2018

  • Almut Möller, Head of the Berlin Office, ECFR

  • Maria Mälksoo, Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent

2019

  • Corinna Horst, Deputy Director at GMF, Brussels Binder

  • Rebecca Hersman, Director of the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Viktoria Li, Ambassador, Swedish Embassy in Prague

2020

  • Monika Ladmanová, Head of the European Commission Representation in the Czech Republic

  • Irena Krasnická, Head of the OSCE DCiP 

  • Vera Strobachova Budway, Senior Co-ordination Adviser, OSCE Gender Section

  • Amarsanaa Darisuren, OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues

  • Dita Charanzová, Vice-President of the European Parliament

  • Jana Hybášková, Special Representative for the Support of Czech Citizens in EU Institutions and International Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Sue Nguyen, Spokesperson of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (formerly Programme Manager for UN Women in Vietnam)

  • Eva Horelová, Head of the Political Section of the EU Delegation in Ankara

2021

  • Irena Moozová, Director for Equal Opportunities and EU Citizenship, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers

  • Radan Šafařík, Director of the Department for Gender Equality, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

  • Kateřina Šimáčková, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights

  • Jennifer Bachus, Chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Prague

2022

  • Ayesha Patricia Rekhi, Canadian Ambassador to the Czech Republic

  • Lucie Samcová-Hall Allen, EU Ambassador to Iceland

  • Jitka Pánek Jurková, Director of the Czech Center in Brussels

  • Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission

  • Alice Krutilová, Director of the Department for the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU

2023

  • Riikka Seppälä, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland in Prague

  • Fredrik Jörgensen, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden in Prague

  • Minna Laajava, Director of the Unit for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

  • Helené Lackenbauer, Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defense Research Agency

  • Danuše Nerudová, Candidate for President of the Czech Republic

  • Mendeltje van Keulen, Researcher, The Hague University of Applied Sciences

  • Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

  • Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

  • Gabriella Sancisi, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Slovakia

  • Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, Government Commissioner for Human Rights

2024

  • Edita Hrdá, Head of the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU

  • Laurence Tubiana, France's Climate Change Ambassador

  • Martin Buchtík, Director, STEM

  • Zora Hesová, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

  • Caroline de Gruyter, Dutch journalist and writer

  • Filip Nerad, Head of the Foreign News Department at Czech Radio

  • Dana Kovaříková, Director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

2025

  • Lucie Šestáková, Chief of Staff to Jozef Síkela

  • Minna Ålander, Research Fellow, Chatham House, Stockholm Free World Forum, Center for European Policy Analysis

  • Míla O’Sullivan, Researcher, Institute of International Relations

  • Veronika Bílková, Senior Researcher, Institute of International Relations, Professor of Public International Law at Charles University

  • Magdalena Jakubowska, vice president of the board, Res Publica Foundation and Visegrad Insight

  • Marta Prochwicz Jazowska, deputy head of the Warsaw Office and a policy fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

  • Marta Szpala, senior fellow, Center for Eastern Studies Warsaw, PhD candidate, Graduate School for Social Research of the Polish Academy of Science

  • Jana Ciglerová, U.S. correspondent, Deník N

  • Jolana Humpálová, deputy editor-in-chief and journalist, Voxpot

  • Mina Noor, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Czech Republic

  • Merel de Coninck, Head of Central and South-East Europe Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

  • Roos van der Leij, Country Desk Officer for Czechia, Slovakia and Croatia,  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

  • Ana María Alonso Giganto, Ambassador-at-Large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Martin Pizinger, director of the UN and Global Affairs Department, Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Laura Otýpková, team lead, Responsible Energy, Frank Bold

  • Lucie Vodvářková, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University

2026

  • Mari Kiviniemi, former Prime Minister of Finland and former Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD

  • Lucie Bartošová, member of Parliament, Civic Democratic Party

  • Anežka Nedomová, member of Parliament, Mayors and Independents

  • Katerina Demetrashvili, member of Parliament, Pirate Party

  • Teija Tiilikainen, the Director of the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats