# Lyda Verstegen

> Lyda Verstegen is a Dutch lawyer and women's rights activist, and served as the 13th President of the International Alliance of Women (IAW) as well as its Chief Representative to the United Nations from 2010 to 2013. The IAW has associate and affiliated societies in 52 countries. She was elected President at the Congress in South Africa in 2010. She is a former president of the women's rights organization Vrouwenbelangen in the Netherlands. She has also been chair of the Appeals Commission for Personnel of the Ministry of Social Affairs in the Netherlands. She is married to diplomat Floor Kist. They have three children, Anne-Martijntje (1963), Florentius (1966) and Heleen (1970).

*Dutch feminist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lyda-verstegen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1936
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Lyda Verstegen is a Dutch lawyer and women's rights activist, and served as the 13th President of the International Alliance of Women (IAW) as well as its Chief Representative to the United Nations from 2010 to 2013. The IAW has associate and affiliated societies in 52 countries. She was elected President at the Congress in South Africa in 2010. She is a former president of the women's rights organization Vrouwenbelangen in the Netherlands. She has also been chair of the Appeals Commission for Personnel of the Ministry of Social Affairs in the Netherlands. She is married to diplomat Floor Kist. They have three children, Anne-Martijntje (1963), Florentius (1966) and Heleen (1970).

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 29.4

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6707506)

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