WIDE+ Secretariat
Gea Meijers is currently WIDE+’s General Coordinator. She has promoted feminism through WIDE(+)’s collective action since 2006. She previously worked for several international and national NGOs, promoting secularism and peace in the Netherlands, the UK and Belgium. She founded an international humanist youth network in 2002 that is currently existing as Young Humanists International. Within WIDE+ she has a special focus on feminist economic issues, including highlighting the interrelations between EU trade policy and economic gender discrimination, the discrimination faced by migrant women and digital discrimination. She has a bachelor in sociology and a master in international public policy from the United Nations University MERIT. She is currently also a local politician for a green party in Meerssen, the Netherlands (fractievoorzitter GroenLinks-PvdA). To get in touch with her, email her at info[at]wide-network.org, or gea.meijers23[at]gmail.com. A full bio can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gea-meijers-2581087/
Stephanie Hö
glund is WIDE+’s Communications Officer. She holds experience within communication, social media and project coordination from the UN, NGOs and government institutions. As an advocate for equal rights and social justice, Stephanie sees it as her calling to leverage her personal and professional skills to contribute to changemaking. This, as well as her cross-cultural background from Sweden and the Philippines, is what has drawn her to work and volunteer for different humanitarian, social and development causes in Luxembourg, the Philippines, Ethiopia and Denmark. Envisioning a free, just and equal society, she has faith in her own and future generations to lead the way and bring the change needed. Stephanie has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Economics, and a Masters of Social Sciences in Development and International Relations. She is also currently completing a professional learning program by Google within User Experience. Get in touch with Stephanie at communication[at]wideplus.org and connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniehoeglund/