Signe Gilen

Representative of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Thematic expertise: Gender analyses, inclusive peace processes and peace agreements,

Geographic expertise: More than twenty years of expertise from the Middle East and North Africa, especially Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi-Arabia, Yemen and South Sudan.

Language: English and some Arabic

Signe Gilen is currently serving as the Norwegian MFA’s Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security. She has covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 1992 to 2010, both as a researcher, as head of the people-to-people secretariat, and for the MFA. She has been Deputy Head of Mission (DHOM) in Juba, followed by three years as DHOM at the embassy in Riyadh, where she had the main responsibility for Yemen.