WD23 Virtual Conference

Chief Executive Officer, Orchid Project

Speakers

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate, Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Marci Ien (She/her)

Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Government of Canada

Pauline Faith Gartor (She/her)

Youth Activist, Youth Coalition for Sexual Reproductive Health Rights/ Girls Health Alliance

Dr. Maliha Khan (She/her)

President and CEO, Women Deliver

Zozibini Tunzi

Founder, Zozibini Tunzi Foundation

Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan (He/him)

Minister of International Development, Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada

Asenath Mwithigah

Chief Executive Officer, Orchid Project

Hon Millie Grace Odhiambo

Member of Parliament, Kenya

Anita Zaidi

President Gender Equality Division, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Nabeela Iqbal

Founder and Director, Sisterhood Initiative

Julisa Tambunan (She/they)

Deputy Executive Director, Equal Measures 2030

Divina Stella Maloum (She/her)

Peacebuilding practitioner, Children for Peace

Nardos Bekele-Thomas

Chief Executive Officer, AUDA-NEPAD

Prudence Ngwenya (She/her)

Director, Women, Gender and Youth Directorate, African Union Commission

Wangechi Wachira (She/her)

Executive Director, Centre for Rights Education and Awareness – CREAW

Dr. Joannie Marlene Bewa (She/her)

Senior Health Researcher & Moderator, Moderate the Panel

Natsnet Ghebrebrhan

Violence Against Women (VAW) Prevention Director, Raising Voices

Louise Holt (She/her)

Director General, Social Development, Global Issues and Development, Global Affairs Canada

Delphine O

Ambassador and Secretary General for the Generation Equality Forum, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Fatoumata Haidara (She/her)

Sahel Director, Plan International in West and Central Africa