This year’s theme is “Unlocking the Power of Inclusion for Equitable Growth”. Get ready for a two-day experience including pitch competition, case challenge, keynotes and plenaries, music, art and more!
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Dragana assumed the position of Executive Director with strategic, organizational and programme focus at ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey as a logical next step after initiating and leading the consortium of 27 LGBTI organizations from the region, with the aim to establish ERA. She has been for 10 years now involved in different types of work and activities…
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On May 18th, the World Bank commemorated IDAHOTB, convening a panel of government, civil society, and other partners on the importance of laws in advancing the rights of sexual and gender minorities globally.
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John (Ioannis) Arzinos is a co-lead of the EQOSOGI initiative, and works with the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity team at the World Bank Group. He joined the Development Economics (DEC) Vice Presidency of the World Bank in 2017 and has since worked on many projects, including Women, Business and the Law (WBL), Business Enterprise Surveys, and Global Indicators of Regulatory Governance (…
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Jay Gilliam (he/him/his) is the Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator at USAID. Jay serves as the Agency’s lead to elevate issues concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other people of diverse genders and sexualities (LGBTQI+). In this role, he works to meaningfully integrate LGBTQI+ people into USAID’s inclusive development programs, policies, research and training. Most…
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Although Theodore is schooled in Architecture and Urban Area Development, his entrepreneurial drive has led him to join the Dutch government. For the past 8 years he has supported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various Dutch embassies in understanding the challenges of the local youth and advise them accordingly with programs and policies. He has invented a.o. the Orange Corners program and…
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Raised in Oakland, but manifesting in Brooklyn, Dominique is an environmental educator, community advocate, social sustainability writer and sustainable style influencer. Her background is an 8 year expose of youth development, cultural enrichment and adventure-based outdoor education for Black and Brown kids throughout the Bay Area. Currently, Ms. Drakeford works at the intersections of…
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Innanoshe Richard Akuson is a lawyer, New York Times and Washington Post-published writer, and the founder and former editor-in-chief of A Nasty Boy magazine, West Africa’s first queer fashion publication. Innanoshe’s advocacy for affirmative LGBTQ media visibility and inclusion began in 2015 during the course of a career-defining stint as a fashion journalist at BellaNaija, Nigeria’s foremost…
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Kavitha Prabhakar is a principal and serves as the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leader for Deloitte US. She also co-leads the Black Action Council for Deloitte, focused on architecting Deloitte’s long-term strategy to advance our Black colleagues and communities by developing a culture of anti-racism for our people, firm, and our communities. Previously, Kavitha led a $1B practice…
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Mara K. Warwick, an Australian national, is the World Bank Country Director for Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Trained as an environmental engineer, Ms. Warwick has over 20 years of development experience in China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey and Mongolia, with her most recent assignment as Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand in the East…
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