Christine Ahn

Christine Ahn is the founder and International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of women mobilizing with the goals to end the Korean War, reunite families, and ensure women’s leadership in peace building. Her organization pursues its goals by:

• Expanding and deepening relationships among women leaders and organizations in North and South Korea and globally;

• Promoting women’s leadership in peace-building processes on the Korean peninsula and region; and

• Building capacity and partnerships for greater impact and sustainability.

Christine is also the co-founder of the Korea Policy Institute, Global Campaign to Save Jeju Island, and National Campaign to End the Korean War. Christine has organized peace and humanitarian aid delegations to North and South Korea, and has spoken in Congress, United Nations and the Republic of Korea National Commission on Human Rights. Ahn is the former Senior Policy Analyst at the Global Fund for Women and has worked with the Oakland Institute, Grassroots Global Justice, Institute for Food and Development Policy, and Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development. She served for six years on the board of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.