Lyda Verstegen

Lyda Verstegen is a Dutch lawyer and women's rights activist, and the incumbent President of the International Alliance of Women as well as its Chief Representative to the United Nations. She was elected President at the Congress in South Africa in 2010. She is a former President of Vrouwenbelangen in The Netherlands. She has also been chair of the Appeals Commission for Personnel of the Ministry of Social Affairs in The Netherlands. She is married to diplomat Floor Kist.