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Katharine “Kit” Bigelow is an American internationally recognized religious freedom and human rights advocate. She is based in Washington, DC.

Ms. Bigelow was co-founder and co-chair of the Washington-based Working Group on the Human Rights of Women. She was a founder and treasurer of the board of directors of U.S. Women Connect, which implements the Platform for Action and the U.S. Women’s National Action Agenda. She also served on the board of directors of WATEO, the Women and Environment Organization, operating in Iraq.

She is on the executive steering committee of the Women in International Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law and has served as its co-chair. She is also a member of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group, and the Women in International Security.

Ms. Bigelow received the 2011 National Award from the International Religious Liberty Association. She has spoken and published on human rights, religious freedom, international law, and the UN system, including at Harvard University and Law School, the University of Notre Dame, American University and Miami University. Her article, “A Campaign to Deter Genocide: The Bahá'í Experience,” was published in Genocide Watch by Yale University Press.

Ms. Bigelow received her degree at Smith College where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She holds an MBA in international business from Georgetown University. Before her work for the National Spiritual Assembly, she held professional positions in both the public and private sectors in financial management and economic development.