WD23 Virtual Conference

Speakers

Dr. Maliha Khan (She/her)

President and CEO, Women Deliver

Nhial Deng

Coordinator, Canada's Refugee Education Council

Hon Millie Grace Odhiambo

Member of Parliament, Kenya

Nardos Bekele-Thomas

Chief Executive Officer, AUDA-NEPAD

Natsnet Ghebrebrhan

Violence Against Women (VAW) Prevention Director, Raising Voices

Prudence Ngwenya (She/her)

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

Fatoumata Haidara (She/her)

Sahel Director, Plan International in West and Central Africa

Anita Zaidi

President Gender Equality Division, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan (He/him)

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

Dr. Joannie Marlene Bewa (She/her)

Senior Health Researcher & Moderator, Moderate the Panel

Asenath Mwithigah

Chief Executive Officer, Orchid Project

Julisa Tambunan (She/they)

Deputy Executive Director, Equal Measures 2030

Louise Holt (She/her)

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

Marci Ien (She/her)

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

Nabeela Iqbal

Founder and Director, Sisterhood Initiative

Pauline Faith Gartor (She/her)

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

Wangechi Wachira (She/her)

Executive Director, Centre for Rights Education and Awareness – CREAW

Delphine O

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

Divina Stella Maloum (She/her)

Peacebuilding practitioner, Children for Peace

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate, Tawakkol Karman Foundation