8 – 10TH November 2021
Shaping Global Conversation
Digital
In a year that has underscored the need for greater women’s leadership and parity in decision making, the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders is one of the very few platforms where hundreds of Leaders from all sectors, including politics, business, civil society, academia, the arts, and media, can Power, Together to build back a more resilient and equal society.
Co-Chairs
The Forum relies on a high level and ambassadorial committee of Co-Chairs. The committee is made up of leading figures from academia, civil Society, business, and politics who identify with the mission of the Reykjavík Global Forum have been actively supporting women to express their voices. Co-Chairs are nominated by the Women Political Leaders Board and approved by the Icelandic Steering Committee.
Co-chairs advise on the Forum program and its activities, thereby pushing conversations out of the comfort zone to explore ways to respond to societal issues.
Co-Chairs
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Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General, Secretaria General Iberoamericana (SEGIB)
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Executive Director, UN Women
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Obiageli ”Oby” Ezekwesili
Public Policy Expert and Senior Economic Adviser, AEDPI
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Michelle Nunn
President and CEO, CARE
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Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Prime Minister of Iceland
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Atsushi Sunami
President, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Featured Conversationists
At the Forum, one is not an attendee, but an invited leader; someone who can hear what is being said, can add value to and share the passion for the conversation: a Conversationist.
... The Forum is the platform where leaders discuss and share ideas and solutions. To achieve that, everyone needs to participate and enter the conversation ...
Featured Conversationists
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Abeer Seikaly
Artist, Architect, Cultural Producer
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Adriana Sierra Leal
Refugee Livelihoods and Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Officer, ILO
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Ailish Campbell
Ambassador Designate of Canada to the European Union, Global Affairs Canada
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Aimee Gonzales
Executive Director, PEMSEA
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Alexandra Abreu Loureiro
Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group GmbH
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Álfheiður Ágústsdóttir
CEO, Elkem
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Álfheiður Ingadóttir
Minister of Health, Iceland (2009-2010)
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Aliya Hamza Malik
Member, Parliament of Pakistan
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Amanda Bok
CEO, European Hemophilia Consortium
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Amanda Nguyen
CEO and Founder, Rise
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
President of Mauritius (2015-2018), Member, Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
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Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
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Aminata Touré
President of Economic Council (2019-2020), Prime Minister (2013-2014), Minister of Justice Attorney General (2012-2013), Senegal; Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Amy Weaver
President, Chief Legal Officer, Salesforce
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Angélique Kidjo
Singer-Songwriter, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF
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Anika Jane Dorothy
Convener, Young Women in Political Parties Leadership KE; East Africa Coordinator, Amplify Girls
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Anino Emuwa
Founder and Managing Director, Avandis Consulting
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Anita Bhatia
Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
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Ann Cairns
Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard
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Anna Fiscale
Founder and President, Progetto Quid
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Anna Konig Jerlmyr
Mayor, Stockholm
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Anna Sophie Herken
Business Division Head, Allianz Asset Management GmbH; Member, Board of Allianz Life (USA); Member, Board of CPIC Fund Management Co. Ltd. (China)
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Anna Zaleski Mori
Partnerships and Project Manager, (UN/WTO) ITC
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Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen
CEO, Plan International
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Anu Bradford
Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia Law School
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Anuradha Gupta
Deputy CEO, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
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Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir
Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, University of Iceland
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Ariadne Papathedorou
Youth Activist
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Asa Lindestam
First Deputy Speaker, Swedish Parliament, Member, Riksdag
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Asa Regner
Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships Bureau, UN Women
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Atsushi Sunami
President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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Auðbjörg Ólafsdóttir
Global Director of Communications, Marel
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Augusto Lopez-Claros
Director of Global Indicators and Analysis, World Bank Group
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Ava Estacio-Touhey
Yale Young Global Scholar
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Barbara Angehrn
Chief Business Officer, Vifor Pharma
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Belén Garijo
Deputy CEO, Vice Chair of the Executive Board, CEO, Healthcare, CEO Designate, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Berglind Rán Ólafsdóttir
CEO, ON
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Bergur Guonason
Designer, 66° North
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Birgitta Ohlsson
Member, Riksdag
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Birna Osk Einarsdóttir
CCO, Icelandair
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Bjarney Harðardóttir
Vice President, 66 ° North
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Bjarnheidur Hallsdóttir
CEO, Katla DM, Chair, SAF
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Björgheiður Margrét Helgadóttir
Engineering Project Manager, Alvotech, CFO, Ungar Athafnakonur
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Blessing Omakwu
Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Founder, The She Tank
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Brenna Huckaby
Gold Medal Snowboarder and Advocate
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Camille Neal-Harris
Participant, Girl2Leader
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Caroline Wozniacki
Former World Number One Professional Tennis Player
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Catharina Boehme
CEO, FIND
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Cecilia Alemany
Deputy Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean, UN Women
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Chandrika Kumaratunga
President, Sri Lanka (1994-2005)
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Charlotte Kirby
Vice President, Global Strategic Relations, Salesforce
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Christian Lanng
CEO and Co-Founder, Tradeshift
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Christiana Figueres
Founding Partner, Global Optimism, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC (2010-2016)
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Christine Heenan
Senior Partner, Flagship Pioneering; Founder & President, Clarendon Group
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Christy Tanner
Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS News Digital, CBS Corporation
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Clare Akamanzi
Executive CEO, Rwanda Development Board
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Claudia Romo Edelman
Founder, We Are All Human Foundation
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Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson
Mayor, Reykjavik City
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Dalia Grybauskaitè
President, Lithuania (2009-2019), Chair Emerita, the Council of Women World Leaders (2014-2019), Member, Council of Women World Leaders
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Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO, Sustainable Energy for All; Special Representative, UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All; Co-Chair, UN-Energy
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Dara Kay Cohen
Associate Professor, Harvard University
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David Cruickshank
Chair of the Board of Directors, Social Progress Imperative
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Deborah Berke
Architect, Dean, Yale School of Architecture, Founder, Deborah Berke Partners
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Deborah Wince-Smith
President, US Council on Competitiveness
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Denis Mukwege
Founder and Medical Director, Panzi Hospital; 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Member of the WPL Advisory Board
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Diana Rodriguez Franco
Director of the Environmental Justice, Dejusticia
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Diane Wang
Founder and Chairperson, DHgate.com
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Drue Kataoka
CEO, Drue Kataoka Studios
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Dubravka Šuica
Vice President, European Commission for Democracy and Demography
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Elaine Quijano
CBSN Anchor, CBS News Digital
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Elín Tinna Logadóttir
Director of Wholesale and Corporate Sales, 66° North
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Elisa Tarazona Gines
CEO, Ribera Salud
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Elise Hufano
Partner, theDifference
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Emma Codd
Global Advisor on Respect and Inclusion, Deloitte
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Erko Sakhiyeva
Yale Young Global Scholar
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Erna Arnardóttir
Senior HR Manager, CCP
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Erna Solberg
Prime Minister, Norway (2013-present), Member, Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
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Espérance Nyirasafari
Vice President, Senate of the Republic of Rwanda
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Felicia Knaul
Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas; Professor, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami; Founding President, Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C.
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Francesca Donner
Gender Director and Editor, In Her Words, New York Times
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Gianna Sagazio
Innovation Director, CNI
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Githinji Gitahi
CEO, AMREF Health Africa
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Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, Iceland
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Guoni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
President, Iceland (2016-present)
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Hafsat Abiola
President, Women in Africa (WIA), Founder, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy
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Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir
Chair, Reykjavík Global Forum, Member, the WPL Board, Senior Advisor Women’s Leadership, UN Women
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Hauwa Ojeifo
Certified Mental Health Coach and Advocate; Executive Director, She Writes Woman
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Helen Clark
Prime Minister, New Zealand (1999-2008), Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (2009-2017), Chair, WPL Board, Member, Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
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Helena Dalli
EU Commissioner for Equality
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Helga Dögg Björgvinsdóttir
Customer Success Manager, Men & Mice
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Helgi Runar Oskarsson
CEO, 66° North
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Henrike von Platen
CEO and Founder, FPI Lab
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Hera Hussain
Founder, CHAYN
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Hildur Ingvarsdóttir
Headmaster, Tækniskólinn
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Hillary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State (2009-2013)
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Hiltrud D. Werner
Member, Board of Management responsible for Integrity and Legal Affairs, Volkswagen AG
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Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir
Director, Festa
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Iris Loew-Friedrich
Chief Medical Officer, UCB
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Isabel Capeloa Gil
President of the International Federation, Catholic Universities
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Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado
Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Panama (2014-2019)
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Isabel Vaz
CEO, Luz Saúde Health
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Janina Kugel
Non-Executive Board Member and Senior Advisor
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Jess Phillips
Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, Member, House of Commons, UK, WPL Ambassador
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John Beard
Director, WHO’s Department of Ageing and Life Course
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José Manuel Barroso
Chairman, Goldman Sachs International, Chairman-Elect, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, President, European Commission (2004-2014), Prime Minister, Portugal (2002-2004)
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Josefina Erikson
Researcher and University Teacher, Department of Government, Uppsala University
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Joyce Banda
President, Malawi (2012-2014), Member, Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
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Jude Kelly
Founder and Director, The WOW Foundation
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Julia Gillard
Chair, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College; Prime Minister of Australia (2010-2013); Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Julia Novy-Hildesley
Professor of the Practice, Stanford University, Executive Director, Stanford’s Change Leadership for Sustainability Program
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Julia Simon
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Mary Kay
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Julie L. Gerberding
Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Officer of Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy and Population Health, MSD
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K.K. Shailaja Teacher
Minister, Health and Social Welfare, Kerala State, India
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Kathryn Gunnarsson
Founder, Geko
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Katja Iversen
President and Chief Executive Officer, Women Deliver
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Katja Nagel
Managing Director, Cetacea GmbH
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Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Prime Minister, Iceland (2017-present), Chair, the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
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Katrín Olga Jóhannesdóttir
Chair, Iceland Chamber of Commerce
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Keitumetse Pule
Founder and Executive Director, Tshwelopele le Katlego NPC, G(irls)20 Delegate
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Kelley Curie
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, US
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Kersti Kaljulaid
President, Estonia ((2016-present), Member, the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
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Ketill Magnusson
HR Manager, Marel Iceland
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
4th President of Croatia (2015-2020); WPL Ambassador for Immunization, Chair Emerita, Council of Women World Leaders (2019-2020)
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Kristín Ástgeirsdóttir
Historian, IceFemin, Director, Icelandic Centre for Gender Equality (2007-2017)
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Kristín Linda Árnadóttir
Deputy CEO, Landsvirkjun
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Laura Chinchilla Miranda
President, Costa Rica (2010-2014), Member, Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL)
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Lenita Freidenvall
Deputy Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Sweden Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Division of Gender Equality
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Lila Karbassi
Chief of Programmes, UN Global Compact
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Lilianne Ploumen
Member, Dutch House of Representatives
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Lina Gálvez Muñoz
Member; Vice-chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, The European Parliament
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Lindsay Glassco
President and CEO, Plan International Canada
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Lopa Banerjee
Director, Civil Society Division and Executive Coordinator, Generation Equality Forum, UN Women
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Lotta Johnsson Fornarve
Second Deputy Speaker, Swedish Parliament, Member, Riksdag
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Lutfey Siddiqi
Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore; Visiting Professor-in-Practice, London School of Economics
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Lynn A. Taylor
SVP, Head of Healthcare Global Government & Public Affairs, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Magnea Þórey Hjálmarsdóttir
Managing Director, Icelandair Hotels
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Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction; Head of UNDRR
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Manuela Kasper-Claridge
Editor-in-Chief, Deutsche Welle
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Margrét Vilborg Bjarnadóttir
Founder and Chair of the Board, PayAnalytics
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Mari Kiviniemi
Prime Minister, Finland (2010-2011)
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Maria Ressa
CEO & Executive Director, Rappler
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Mariana Cammisa
SDGs Officer at General and International Affairs Secretariat, Buenos Aires City Government
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Marianne Amssoms
CEO, Carpe mutatio
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Marie Teil
Global Project Lead, UCB
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Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
President of Eurochild; President of Malta (2014-2019); Member of WPL Board; Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Marilou Mcpherdan
Member of the Senate of Canada
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Marjut Falkstedt
Secretary General, European Investment Bank (EIB)
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Mark Pollock
Explorer, Speaker & Collaborator, The Mark Pollock Trust
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Martin Bruncko
Founder and Managing Partner, Steam Capital
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Mary Robinson
President, Ireland (1990-1997), High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN (1997-2002), Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice, Trinity College Dublin, Chair, The Elders, Member, the Council of Women World Leaders
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Matt Swift
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Concordia
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Megan Elias
Yale Young Global Scholar
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Melanne Verveer
Executive Director, Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, Georgetown University, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, United States (2009-2013)
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Melinda Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis
Prime Minister, Haiti (2008-2009)
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Michelle Bachelet
President, Chile (2006-2010 and 2014-2018), Member, Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations, Member, the WPL Global Advisory Board
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Michelle Harrison
Global CEO, Kantar Public
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Michelle Milford Morse
Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy at the UN Foundation
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Michelle Nunn
President and CEO, CARE USA
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Miko Maekawa
Senior Research Fellow at SPF
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Mila Candon
Yale Young Global Scholar
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Moa Westman
Gender Specialist, European Investment Bank (EIB)
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Momoko Kitada
Associate Professor, World Maritime University
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Musimbi Kanyoro
President and CEO, Global Fund for Women (2011-2019)
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Naina Subberwal Batra
Chairperson and CEO, AVPN
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Nancy G. Brinker
Founder of Susan G.Komen and The Promise Fund, Global Cancer Advocate
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Nancy Kacungira
Moderator, BBC News
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Natalia Korolevska
Minister of Social Policy, Ukraine (2012-2014), Member, Parliament of Ukraine
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Nicola Blackwood
Member of the House of Lords of the UK, Member of the UK (2010-2017)
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Nina Hachigian
Deputy Mayor for International Affairs, Los Angeles, US Ambassador, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2014-2017)
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Ninie Wang
Founder and CEO, Pinetree Care Group
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Nurhayati Ali Assegaf
Member, WPL Board, Vice Chairwoman, Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat) of Indonesia, President, Geneva Council for International Affairs and Development (GCIAD)
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Oby Ezekwesili
Economic and Policy Expert / Senior Economic Adviser, AEDPI; World Bank Vice President, Africa Region (2007-2012)
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Olafur Eliasson
Artist, Studio Olafur Eliasson
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Olivier Oullier
President, EMOTIV
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Pascalle Grotenhuis
Director Social Development & Ambassador for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality, Government of Netherlands
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Pat Milligan
CEO, Edge Americas
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Pat Mitchell
Curator, Convener, Founder, Connected Women Leaders
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Patricia J. Harned
CEO, Ethics & Compliance Initiative
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Paulina Olsson
Co-founder and CEO, Peppy Pals
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Peggy Maguire
Director General, European Institute for Women’s Health
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Pekka Haavisto
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Executive Director, UN Women, Co-chair, Reykjavík Global Forum 2020
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Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
Member, European Parliament
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Princess Marie-Esméralda
Chair, Friendship Belgium, King Leopold III Fund for Nature Exploration and Conservation, journalist, author, activist for the environment and human rights
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Rangita de Silva de Alwis
Associate Dean, International Affairs, University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Rebeca Grynspan
Vice President, Costa Rica (1994-1998), Secretary-General, Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), Under-Secretary General, United Nations (2010-2014)
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Roopa Dhatt
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Women in Global Health
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Rosalía Arteaga Serrano
President, Ecuador (1997), Vice President, Ecuador (1996-1998), Executive President, FIDAL Foundation, Member, WPL Board
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Rose Beaumont
Senior Vice President, Business Enablement and Communications, Mastercard
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Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Prime Minister, Namibia (2015-present), Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Samantha Jones
President and CEO, Centene Corporation
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Samira Rafaela
Member, European Parliament
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Sanda Ojiambo
CEO and Executive Director, UN Global Compact
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Sandra Oyarzo Torres
President of the Association, Midwives Chile
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Sandra Pepera
Senior Associate and Director, Gender, Woman and Democracy at NDI
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Sandy Beky
Co-founder and President, HeHop Help for Hope
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Sarah Hendriks
Director Programme, Policy and Intergovernmental Division, UN Women
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Sharon Melnick
CEO, Horizon Point Inc.
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Shirin Wheeler
Principal Advisor of International Media at EIB
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Shoukei Matsumoto
Buddhist Monk, Author, ‘A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind’
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Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir
National Commissioner of Police, Iceland
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Silvana Koch-Mehrin
President and Founder, Women Political Leaders (WPL)
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Simona Scarpaleggia
Co-Chair of the United Nations panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
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Sonia Palmieri
Policy Fellow (Gender), The Australian National University
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Stav Shaffir
Member, Parliament of Israel (The Knesset)
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Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
Fashion Designer and Artist
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Sue Kelsey
Executive Vice President for Global Consumer Solutions and Financial Inclusion, Mastercard
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Sundaa Bridgett-Jones
Managing Director, Policy and Coalitions, Communications, Policy and Advocacy, The Rockefeller Foundation
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Sunna Dóra Einarsdóttir
Partner and CFO, Deloitte Iceland
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Susan Coatar
Vice President, Chief of Staff, Centene Corporation
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Susi Pudjiastuti
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia (2014-2019)
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Suzanne Biegal
Co-founder, GenderSmart Investing
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Democratic Opposition Leader, Presidential Candidate, Belarus (2020), Human Rights Activist
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Tao Zhang
Deputy Managing Director, IMF
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization
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Teresa Verthein
Head of Government Affairs for Mexico, Colombia and Central America, Salesforce
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Tewodreos Ashenafi
Chairman and CEO, SouthWest Energy Ltd
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Theresa Rose Sebastian
Activist and Advocate for Justice & Reform
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Thoraya Obaid
Chair, W20, Member, Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness & Response (2020-2021), Executive Director, UNFPA, Under-Secretary-General, UN (2001-2010)
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Tinna Traustadóttir
Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University
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Toyin Saraki
Founder and President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa
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Ulises Alejandro Olea Tapia
Yale Young Global Scholar
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Unnur Orradóttir Ramette
Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland, Paris
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Vaira Vike-Freiberga
President, Latvia (1999-2007)
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Veronique Toully
Vice President and Global Head of Strategy, UCB
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Victoria Budson
Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity, Bain Capital, Executive Director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School (1996-2021)
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
President of Iceland (1980-1996); Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Vikas Pota
Founder, T4 Education
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Yoko Kamikawa
Minister of Justice of Japan, WPL Country Ambassador of Japan
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Yonca Dervisoglu
Chief Marketing Officer, EMEA, Google
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Yumiko Murakami
Head, OECD Tokyo Centre
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Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir
Member, Parliament of Iceland
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Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir
Director, Capacent
Going digital, ensuring safety
Because the opportunity to advance women’s leadership in this symbolic and challenging year cannot be underestimated and neither can our commitment to creating an inclusive convening moment, we have made the decision to transform the Forum to ensure global conversations.
While we will all miss the icy wind and Northern Lights of Iceland, this decision allows us to ensure the safety of the Reykjavík Global Forum community.
Together with our Icelandic co-hosts, we are thrilled to announce the opportunity “to be together in Iceland” in spirit while we cannot in person. This will be made possible through the “Reykjavík Satellites”; small, local gatherings co-hosted by Icelandic embassies and consulates around the world. These events, which will adhere to local health and safety guidelines, will all have the same programme and play an important part in the wider, global programme.
Conversationists of the digital gathering, will be joined by participants of the Reykjavík Satellites and jointly contribute to the overall Forum outcome: the Reykjavik Manual.
New to the Forum this year, the Manual will gather the insights, best practices, and solutions offered by women leaders around the world in a practical guide on how to ‘build back better’.
ICELAND: THE GLOBAL CHAMPION OF EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN
The Reykjavík Global Forum takes place in Iceland. For many years Iceland has been the global champion in the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report which examines disparities between men and women in terms of political empowerment, economic opportunity, education and health.
milestones that matter:
4 things that made the difference
Equal Parental Leave
9 Months (3 for women, 3 for men and 3 to share). A combination of guaranteed daycare and parental leave allows women to continue working post-children. Over several years, men taking parental leave is up to 90%.
Equal Pay Law
On 1 June 2017, Iceland passed an instrumental law requiring proof from all Icelandic companies that they are paying men and women equally for doing the same job.
Strong Female Role Models and Women in Power
47% of MP’s are women, over 65% of members in local governments are women; over 65% of university students of women; 80% of women participate in the labour market.
Consensus From Left to Right
Icelandic women have, in most cases, agreed upon the greatest gender equality steps taken, across party lines.