Taina Bien-Aime
Taina Bien-Aimé is the Executive Director of Equality Now, an international
human rights organization that works for the protection of the rights of women and girls. Founded in 1992, issues of concern to Equality Now include rape, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, reproductive rights, trafficking in women and other forms of violence and discrimination that result in the degradation, enslavement, injury and death of women and girls every day. Taina holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a Licence in Political Science from the University of Geneva and the Graduate School of International Studies, Switzerland. Prior to joining Equality Now, she was Director of Business Affairs/Film Acquisition at Home Box Office and practiced international corporate law at the Wall St. law firm, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, a Wall Street law firm. Taina has contributing essays in “Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female,” edited by Willa Shalit (Hyperion, 2006) and “When You Need a Lift…Two Cups of Comfort and Support from Joy Behar and Friends” (Crown, 2007)