Women in Power A-Z of Female Members of the European Parliament A Alfano, Sonia Andersdotter, Amelia Anderson, Martina Andreasen, Marta Andrés Barea, Josefa Andrikiené, Laima Liucija Angelilli, Roberta Antonescu, Elena Oana Auconie, Sophie Auken, Margrete Ayala Sender, Inés Ayuso, Pilar B Badía i Cutchet, Maria Balzani, Francesca Băsescu, Elena Bastos, Regina Bauer, Edit Bearder, Catherine Benarab-Attou, Malika Bélier, Sandrine Berès, Pervenche Berra, Nora Bilbao Barandica, Izaskun Bizzotto, Mara Blinkevičiūtė, Vilija Borsellino, Rita Bowles, Sharon Bozkurt, Emine Brantner, Franziska Katharina Brepoels, Frieda Brzobohatá, Zuzana C Carvalho, Maria da Graça Castex, Françoise Češková, Andrea Childers, Nessa Cliveti, Minodora Collin-Langen, Birgit Comi, Lara Corazza Bildt, Anna Maria Correa Zamora, Maria Auxiliadora Costello, Emer Cornelissen, Marije Costa, Silvia Creţu, Corina Cronberg, Tarja D Dăncilă, Vasilica Viorica Dati, Rachida De Brún, Bairbre De Keyser, Véronique De Lange, Esther Del Castillo Vera, Pilar Delli, Karima Delvaux, Anne De Sarnez, Marielle De Veyrac, Christine Dodds, Diane Durant, Isabelle E Ernst, Cornelia Essayah, Sari Estaràs Ferragut, Rosa Estrela, Edite Evans, Jill F Fajon, Tanja Ferreira, Elisa Figueiredo, Ilda Flašíková Beňová, Monika Flautre, Hélène Ford, Vicky Foster, Jacqueline Fraga Estévez, Carmen G Gabriel, Mariya Gál, Kinga Gáll-Pelcz, Ildikó Gallo, Marielle García-Hierro Caraballo, Dolores García Pérez, Iratxe Gardiazábal Rubial, Eider Gardini, Elisabetta Gebhardt, Evelyne Geringer de Oedenberg, Lidia Joanna Giannakou, Marietta Girling, Julie Gomes, Ana Göncz, Kinga Goulard, Sylvie Grässle, Ingeborg Greze, Catherine Griesbeck, Nathalie Grossetête, Françoise Guillaume, Sylvie Gurmai, Zita Gutiérrez-Cortines, Christina Győri, Enikő H Hall, Fiona Handzlik, Malgorzata Hankiss, Ágnes Harkin, Marian Harms, Rebecca Hassi, Satu Haug, Jutta Hedh, Anna Herczog, Edit Herranz García, Esther Hibner, Jolanta Emilia Hirsch, Nadja Hohlmeier, Monika Honeyball, Mary Hübner, Danuta Maria Hyusmenova, Filiz Hakaeva I Ibrisagic, Anna In ’t Veld, Sophia Iotova, Iliana Malinova Irigoyen Pérez, María Ivanova, Iliana J Jaakonsaari, Liisa Jäätteenmäki, Anneli Járóka, Lívia Jazłowiecka, Danuta Jędrzejewska, Sidonia Elżbieta Jeggle, Elisabeth Jensen, Anne E. Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Teresa Joly, Eva Jordan, Romana K Kadenbach, Karin Kalniete, Sandra Kammerevert, Petra Keller, Franziska Kiil-Nielsen, Nicole Klass, Christa Kleva, Mojca Koch-Mehrin, Silvana Kolarska-Bobińska, Lena Koppa, Maria Eleni Korhola, Eija-Riitta Köstinger, Elisabeth Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Rodi Krehl, Constanze Angela L Lambert, Jean Le Brun, Agnès Le Grip, Constance Lepage, Corinne Le Pen, Marine Lichtenberger, Eva Liotard, Kartika Tamara Lochbihler, Barbara Lope Fontagné, Veronica Lösing, Sabine Lövin, Isabella Ludford, Baroness Sarah Łukacijewska, Elżbieta Katarzyna Lulling, Astrid Lunacek, Ulrike M Macovei, Monica Luisa Mănescu, Ramona Nicole Manner, Riikka Matias, Marisa Matera, Barbara Mathieu, Véronique Mazej Kukovič, Zofija Mazzoni, Erminia McAvan, Linda McCarthy, Arlene McClarkin, Emma McGuinness, Mairead McIntyre, Anthea Meissner, Gesine Merkies, Judith Miranda, Ana Morin-Chartier, Elisabeth Morkūnaitė, Radvilė Morvai, Krisztina Muñiz de Urquiza, Maria Muscardini, Cristiana N Neveďalová, Katarína Neynsky, Nadezhda Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Annemie Nicolai, Norica Niebler, Angelika O Ojuland, Kristiina Oomen-Ruijten, Ria Ortiz Vilella, Eva Oviir, Siiri P Pack, Doris Paliadeli, Chrysoula Papadopoulou, Antigoni Parvanova, Antonyia Patrão Neves, Maria do Céu Paulsen, Marit Pietikäinen, Sirpa Podimata, Anni Prendergast, Phil Q Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Godelieve R Rapti, Sylvana Regner, Evelyn Reimers, Britta Riera Madurell, Teresa Ries, Frédérique Rivasi, Michèle Rodust, Ulrike Roithová, Zuzana Romero López, Carmen Ronzulli, Licia Rosbach, Anna Roth-Behrendt, Dagmar Rühle, Heide S Saïfi, Tokia Sanchez-Schmid, Marie-Thérèse Sârbu, Daciana Octavia Sargentini, Judith Sartori, Amalia Savisaar, Vilja Schaake, Marietje Schaldemose, Christel Schnieber-Jastram, Birgit Schroedter, Elisabeth Sehnalová, Olga Senyszyn, Joanna Serracchiani, Debora Sinclaire, Nicole Sippel, Birgit Skrzydlewska, Joanna Katarzyna Smolková, Monika Sommer, Renate Sousa, Alda Steinruck, Jutta Stassen, Laurence J.A.J. Stihler, Catherine Striffler, Michèle Swinburne, Kay T Taylor, Rebecca Thein, Alexandra Theocharous, Eleni Thomas, Isabelle Thomsen, Britta Thun und Hohenstein, Róża Gräfin von Thyssen, Marianne Ticâu, Silvia Adriana Toia, Patrizia Trautmann, Catherine Trüpel, Helga Turunen, Emilie Tzavela, Niki U Ulvskog, Marita V Vaidere, Inese Vălean, Adina-Ioana Van Brempt, Kathleen Vergiat, Marie-Christine Vergnaud, Bernadette Verheyen, Sabine Vlasto, Dominique w Weber, Renate Weiler, Barbara weisgerber, Anja werthmann, Angelika westlund, Åsa Westphal, Kerstin wikström, Cecilia willmott, Glenis Wils, Sabine wortmann-Kool, Corien y Yannakoudakis, Marina Z Záborská, Anna Zanicchi, Iva Ždanoka, Tatjana Zimmer, Gabriele Zuber, Inês Cristina Sonia Alfano Sonia Alfano, Italy, is a member of Italia dei Valori – Lista Di Pietro, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament. Alfano became a member of the European Parliament in 2009 and is currently Chair of the Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering (CRIM). She sits as a full member on the Conference of Committee Chairs, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Committee on Petitions (PETI). She is also part of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, and the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. As a substitute, Alfano sits on the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) and is part of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and the Delegation to the Euro- Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. Alfano has been the Chair of ‘Associazione Nazionale dei Familiari delle Vittime della Mafia’, an organisation which supports the families of victims of the mafia since it was established in 2008. Before joining Parliament, Alfano was an official in the Sicilian region of Italy, a union leader, and a coordinator of disaster relief efforts. She has been involved in several anti-Mafia campaigns, and from 2007 to 2009, was coordinator of the regional anti-Mafia movement ‘Ammazzateci tutti’. She studied for a degree in Law at the University of Palermo but interrupted it in 1993 to establish the truth about her father’s death at the hands of the Mafia. Alfano was born in 1971, in Messina, Italy. Amelia Andersdotter Amelia Andersdotter, Sweden, is a member of Piratpartiet (Pirate Party), part of the Greens - European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) in the European Parliament. Andersdotter joined the European Parliament in 2011 and currently sits as a full member on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and as part of the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula. As a substitute, she sits on the Committee on International Trade (INTA), the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), and is also part of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community. Before joining Parliament, Andersdotter was the international coordinator of Ung Pirat (the youth wing of Piratpartiet) from 2007 to 2010, where she coordinated contacts with other groups in Sweden and with other pirate political movements around the world. After graduating from Rosendalsgymnasiet in Uppsala, she attended university in Lund, where she studied mathematics, physics, Spanish and business law. She is currently the youngest member of the European Parliament. Andersdotter was born in 1987, in Uppsala, Sweden. Martina Anderson Martina Anderson, United Kingdom, is a member of Sinn Féin (SF – Irish Republican Party), part of the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left (EUL/NGL) in the European Parliament. Anderson joined the European Parliament in 2012 and currently sits as a full member on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and as part of the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee. As a substitute, she sits on the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) and the Committee on Petitions (PETI). She is also part of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and the Delegation to the Euro- Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. Before joining Parliament, Anderson was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly as Sinn Féin member for Foyle from 2007 to 2012. During this time, she was also a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board from 2007 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012, she was a Junior Minister at the office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. From 2006 to 2007, she was the Sinn Féin Director of Unionist Engagement, and was the Sinn Féin All Ireland Coordinator from 2002 to 2006. She was a political researcher from 1999 to 2002. Anderson graduated with a first class Social Science Honours Degree in 1996. Anderson was born in 1962, in Derry, Ireland. Marta Andreasen Marta Andreasen, United Kingdom, is a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), part of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (EFD) in the European Parliament. She became a member of the European Parliament in 2009 and currently sits as a full member on the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT). As a substitute, Andreasen sits on the Committee on Economic and Monetary