Rajaa Altalli

Rajaa Altalli is the co-founder of the Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD). She is also a member of the Syrian Women’s Advisory Board for the U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, established in January 2016 to integrate women’s perspectives in the Syrian peace process. She serves as a senior fellow at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Seton Hall University and held the Sergio Vieira de Mello Endowed Visiting Chair in Spring 2022. She co-chaired the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security from 2021 to 2022.