Abhilasha Sahay is an Economist at the Gender Group at the World Bank, based in Washington DC. In her current role, she is leading a portfolio of projects on jobs and female labor force participation. She also serves as the Regional Liaison for Africa West region at the Bank and is a core team member of the World Bank’s Gender Strategy Update. Previously, Abhilasha has worked at the Africa Gender…
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Omnia El Omrani is the first official Youth Envoy for the COP27 President and a medical doctor from Egypt. She is a Climate Change and Health Junior Policy Fellow at Imperial College London and has more than seven years of experience in climate change facilitating over 74 hours of training sessions in 15 countries globally. She is a Commissioner at the Lancet-Chatham House Commission on Post-…
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Richa is the CEO and co-founder of Labhya, an India-based education nonprofit impacting 2.4 million vulnerable children. Her passion for education stems from her lived experience as a child and her extensive work with vulnerable children from the age of 16.
During her journey, she has worked with education non-profits like Teach For India and Teach For All. Additionally, she was…
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Jean Sansan Kambile was first appointed Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice and Human Rights in 2018. He was reappointed to this position in 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Kambile was Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. His other government positions were: Technical Advisor to the Prime Minister; Director of Legal and Litigation Affairs at the Ministry of Urban Construction and Housing;…
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Christine Souffrant Ntim is an award-winning Haitian-American & Ghanaian, tech ecosystem expert for emerging markets. She was selected and featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, AdAge 40 Under 40, TEDx, Entrepreneur Magazine, Essence, Black Enterprise, Ebony Magazine, Huffington Post, Inc Magazine, Haiti Changemakers 1804 List, and more.
After a successful career in banking and non profit…
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Christine Souffrant Ntim is an award-winning Haitian-American & Ghanaian, tech ecosystem expert for emerging markets. She was selected and featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, AdAge 40 Under 40, TEDx, Entrepreneur Magazine, Essence, Black Enterprise, Ebony Magazine, Huffington Post, Inc Magazine, Haiti Changemakers 1804 List, and more.
After a successful career in banking and non profit…
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In 2018, Maya and a business partner founded a new retail company called Yellow Solar Power. Using her understanding of the gaps and challenges in the sector, Yellow has already grown into the largest distributor of solar home systems in Malawi with over 300 agents. As a woman in the energy sector, Maya wants to provide opportunities for other women in rural Malawi but early recruiting for Yellow…
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Isabel Santagostino Recavarren is a Private Sector Development Specialist with the Women, Business and the Law project. She currently leads research on violence against women, and the indicators on domestic violence and sexual harassment, as well as engagement activities with various stakeholders, including CSOs, the private sector and governments. Before joining the World Bank Group, she worked…
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Ratna Sahay is Senior Advisor on Gender in the Office of the Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is responsible for mainstreaming gender in the Fund's core activities-surveillance, programs, and capacity development. Until April 2021, she was a Deputy Director in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where she led several policy papers and projects in the areas…
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Dr. Fatou Diane has had a very successful career within the government for about fifteen years. She was Coordinator of the Promise at the Ministry of Microfinance and Social and Solidarity Economy after important functions at the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning as Director of Regulation and Supervision of Decentralized Financial Services (2017-2021), Technical Adviser to the Director…
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