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Claire De Leon
Asia representative of the Women’s Steering Committee
Elected at ILGA Asia Conference, Kathmandu, February 2025

Claire De Leon (she/they) is a lawyer working on gender equality and human rights. She has been involved in LGBTQI rights advocacy in the Philippines for over 10 years, previously serving as Executive Director of Babaylanes and as Secretary-General of Lagablab LGBT Network.

Claire previously worked in human rights and transitional justice bodies in the Philippines, including the Human Rights Victims Claims Board and the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, where she contributed to the formation of the Analysis Unit and later headed the Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights.

At present, Claire is working on gender equality policy reform under The Asia Foundation’s Coalitions for Change project. She also serves as the President of the Board of Babaylanes and as a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Philippines Department of Women and Development Studies.