Ms. Diop is the founder and president of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), an international NGO founded in Switzerland in 1996, that seeks to foster, strengthen, and promote the leadership role of women in conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. Ms. Diop has more than 40 years of experience in human rights, gender, and development. This experience includes nearly 20 years at the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva, where she implemented a variety of peace building measures to promote women's participation in peace processes. She facilitated peace talks among women for the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement in 2000 and the 2002 Sun City Agreement.

Through her leadership in civil society, Ms. Diop contributed in the shaping of Africa’s gender normative frameworks, such as the Maputo Protocol on Women’s Rights and the African Union Convention on Human Rights. This engagement led her to set up the Gender is My Agenda Action Network (GIMAC) to promote gender equality in Africa.

She has received many honors and awards, including being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2011. She holds special doctoral degrees from various institutions, such as UN University for Peace, Costa Rica and Middlesex University in UK. Ms. Bineta Diop's passion and leadership have made a huge impact on women's empowerment and peacebuilding in Africa and beyond.