Clara Friedrich

Clara Friedrich

Adviser on Gender Equality/ OSCE Gender Issues Programme

Clara Friedrich is Adviser on Gender Equality in the OSCE’s Gender Issues Programme in the Office of the Secretary General, focusing on the human dimension of security. A gender expert with almost ten years of progressive experience, she has worked on a range of gender-related issues in the governmental and non-profit sector from gender-based violence to political participation and economic empowerment, promoting gender equality on the local, state and international level. Since 2020, she serves as board member of the German peace organization KURVE Wustrow. Before joining the OSCE, she headed the state coordination unit for the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention for Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul-Convention) in the State of Bremen, Germany. A German national, she holds a Master Degree in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh/UK.