[1]Sylvia Borren (1950) is Dutch-born, and migrated with her family to New Zealand (MA in Education and Religious Studies). Back in the Netherlands from 1976 she worked in Health Education, as an organisational consultant with De Beuk, and as Director of Oxfam Novib (1994-2008). She was active in (in)ternational lesbian and Gay organisations, and on the board of a large Mental Health Institute. In 2006 she wrote the ‘Poverty Requiem’ with composer/conductor Peter Maissan.
Sylvia Borren is co-chair of the Global Call for Action against Poverty (GCAP), and its Dutch chapter EEN. In October 2009 173 million citizens joined to Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty. She is also co-chair of the Worldconnectors, a diverse Dutch network of concerned citizens from business, government, civil society and media. Sylvia is a member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs of the Dutch Government, chair of a programme to accelerate Quality Teacher Training with the Global Trade Union ‘Education International’ and Oxfam Novib, part of the International Women’s Commission for a just and sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel., and on the board of BRAC International, Bangladesh.Her hobbies are recreational horse riding and swimming.
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