2021
Alberto de Belaunde
Congressman
Congress of the Republic of Peru
Alberto de Belaunde is a congressman from the Republic of Peru, winning re-election with the second highest vote in the country. He chairs the Congressional Climate Change Committee and is part of the Justice and Human Rights Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee.
Alberto is the only openly LGBTQ+ congressman in Peru. In 2019, he received the Victory Institute Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award for his work for equality. Alberto teaches Legal Ethics in Pacific University and he is a weekly Op-Ed columnist in a national newspaper. He has a master's degree in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management and completed an executive program in Economics of Sustainable Development and Climate Change. He was part of the Global Competitiveness Leadership Program at Georgetown University and part of the Global Shapers Community.
The 2021 World Fellows
A Brazilian diplomat, an Israeli journalist, and a British expert in the ethics of artificial intelligence are among the 16 women and men who have been selected as 2021 World Fellows. This cohort brings the total number of World Fellows since the program’s start in 2002 to 375 Fellows, representing 91 countries. This year marks the 20th cohort of World Fellows. “I am really pleased to announce the exceptionally talented group of 2021 World Fellows,” said Emma Sky, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program. “At a time of global pandemic, disruptive technologies, and democratic recession, we need leaders such as these, with new ways of thinking, to...Read More
