Club de Madrid Articles

Laura Chinchilla, new Vice President of Club de Madrid

Former President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, has been appointed to be new Vice President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid (WLA – CdM).

Club de Madrid participates in conversation with UN Quaker Office on preventing violent conflicts

Launched in Washington D.C at the 2018 World Bank Fragility Forum, the report is the first joint study between the UN and the World Bank.

Four female world leaders call to action towards gender equaility on #IWD2018

Our President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, (Latvia), and Members Joyce Banda (Malawi) and Kim Campbell (Canada) Helen Clark (New Zealand), are four women that have led their countries and are still playing a relevant role in the international sphere. On the occasion of the...

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on Women’s Day: “Dear girls & women: follow fearlessly the path that each of you have chosen as your own!”

Message from Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on the occasion of the Women's International Day On this 8 March, the official Women's day adopted by the United Nations, I send my warmest greetings of universal sisterhood to girls and women across the world. I celebrate the...
How Club de Madrid can contribute to achieving the SDGs in Sri Lanka

How Club de Madrid can contribute to achieving the SDGs in Sri Lanka

Danilo TĂ¼rk, former President of Slovenia led a mission to Sri Lanka on 8-12 July, to explore potential ways in which World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) can contribute to advance sustainable development in the country by promoting policies aligned with the UN Sustainable...

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Vike-Freiberga tells life story in BBC interview

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), was the subject of an in-depth interview at BBC Radio for Her Story Made History, a programme that narrates the stories of remarkable women and the relationship between women and democracy.  The former...

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