Christine Ahn
Christine Ahn is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is the Founder and former Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of women mobilizing to end the Korean War and ensure women’s leadership in peace building. In 2015, she led 30 international women peacemakers across the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) from North Korea, which was the subject of the award-winning 2023 PBS documentary, Crossings.
During her tenure at Women Cross DMZ, Christine helped launch several feminist peace initiatives, including the Korea Peace Now! transnational feminist campaign and the Feminist Peace Initiative. Christine has addressed the United Nations, Congress, Canadian Parliament, and the South Korean National Human Rights Commission and National Assembly. Her op-eds have appeared in major publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today, and she is a regular contributor on BBC, Democracy Now!, and MSNBC.
She has received multiple awards for her peace work, including the 2023 Certificate of Recognition from the Honolulu City Council, the 2022 Social Activist Award from the Nobel Peace Laureates, the 2020 Rotary International Peace Award, and the 2020 US Peace Prize from the US Peace Memorial Foundation for her bold activism to end the Korean War, heal the wounds from the war, and women’s leadership in peacebuilding. Ahn has a master’s degree in International Policy from Georgetown University and a certificate in ecological horticulture from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
