Euphrasie Kouassi Yao took up her appointment as Minister of Women, Family and Protection of Children in January 2016, before which she was the Coordinator of the Côte d'Ivoire women's skills program. Prior to this she held several senior positions in the Ministry of Women, Family and Protection of Children, including technical advisor for cooperation in, director of coaching and socio economic…
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Ambassador Melanne Verveer is the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security at Georgetown University, a founding partner of Seneca Point Global, a global women strategy firm, and a co-founder of Seneca Women. She served as the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues, and played a leadership role in the development of the U.S. National Action Plan on…
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Steven Shalita is the Manager for Communications in the Africa External Communications and Partnership (AFREC) unit, in the Africa Region. He has worked with the World Bank Group for close to 12 years, mostly in the Africa Region. His most recent assignment was with the Climate Investment Funds in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the Bank Steven worked with several development agencies including…
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Anne C. Richard has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration in the US State Department since 2012. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Richard was the vice president of government relations and advocacy for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), non-resident Fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University/SAIS and a board member of…
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Mahawa Kaba Wheeler took office as the Director for Women, Gender and Development Directorate at the African Union Commission in 2015. She has extensive professional experience in development programming and humanitarian relief assistance, with particular emphasis on gender, monitoring and evaluation, food security analysis, and mapping and value chain analysis. Prior to joining the AUC she…
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Linda Etim is USAID’s Assistant Administrator for Africa, overseeing US development assistance funding for Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this appointment, she served as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa. Before joining USAID, she served on the National Security Council as the Director for East African Affairs, coordinating U.S. policy civil-military affairs, governance, economic growth,…
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Haleh Bridi is the Director for the Africa External Communications and Partnerships (AFREC) unit in the Africa Region (AFR). She has more than 25 years of development experience working for the World Bank Group, mostly at senior level including serving as country director for Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles (AFR), and director of Regional Programs and Partnerships in the Middle East…
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Zainab Hawa Bangura was appointed UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict in 2012. Prior to this, she served in the Government of Sierra Leone as Minister of Health and Sanitation, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Before entering Government, she managed the civilian component of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), and was actively involved…
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Caren Grown is an internationally recognized expert on gender issues in development. Prior to joining the Bank, she was Economist-In-Residence and co-director of the Program on Gender Analysis in Economics at American University in Washington, DC. In 2013-2014, she led the UNU-WIDER program on aid effectiveness and gender equality. During 2011-2013, she served as Senior Gender Advisor at the US…
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Winnie Byanyima is Executive Director of Oxfam International. She began a five-year term leading Oxfam International on May 1 2013. She is a leader on women’s rights, democratic governance and peace building. She served eleven years in the Ugandan Parliament, and has served at the African Union Commission and as Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Program. She co-…
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