About the Forum
The 2020 edition of the Reykjavík Global Forum (November 9-11) will provide a unique and significant occasion for women leaders to connect across sectors, to take stock of the new reality created by the pandemic, to share solutions for fostering greater parity in decision-making, and to shape sustainable pathways that can help societies worldwide to ‘build back better’.
Like so many adversities, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected women, and yet the ways in which we confront the pandemic can also serve as steps toward realising more equal and resilient societies.
About the Forum
Programme Highlights and Forum Report
At the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders, on 9-11 November, hundreds of leaders from all over the world join the interactive digital conference. Panels, keynotes, fireside chats and interviews on the Conversation Stage are web-streamed on CBS News, addressing the most pressing global issues.
In interactive, invitation only sessions, the Action Stages and LeadersTalks, registered participants can join conversations and discussions.
UTC or Reykjavík Time
Monday, November 9th
- Welcome
- Time for Leadership - High Time for Women
- The Power of...Collaboration
- There Can Be No Health Without Mental Health
- Power as Perceived: Societal Prejudice and its Effects on Leadership
- Fireside Chat - José Manuel Barroso and Thoraya Obaid
- The Economy of Caring and the Impacts of COVID-19
- The Power of...Cleanliness
- Fireside Chat - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Melanne Verveer
- Fireside Chat - Svetlana Tikhanosvskaya and Rosalía Arteaga
- The Power of... Sport
- The 2020 WPL Trailblazer Awards
- Nothing Will Work Unless Women Do
Tuesday, November 10th
- Welcome Back
- Panel Opening Remarks - Fintech and Equality
- Fintech and Market Access, the Great Enabler
- Conscious Criteria for Global Business
- Special Address Priority Immunisation: Acceleration and Equitable Distribution
- Global Health Progress at Risk Focus on Immunisation
- Climate Change - The Great Leveller
- Keynote - Women's Leadership Pathway to Build a More Equitable Future
- Fireside Chat - Architecture and Humanity
- The 2020 WPL Trailblazer Awards
- The Power of...Resilience
- Resilience Overcoming the Unexpected
- The Power of...Religion as a Power Source
- The Future of the World
Wednesday, November 11th
- Welcome Back
- The Power of...Loneliness
- It's not in her head. Taking control, improving quality of care for women
- Fast Forward to Now - Innovation Driven by Restriction
- Interview - Digital Societies: An Ally for Advancing Equality?
- The Power of...Art
- Interview - Why We Should All Be Feminists
- Special Address. Women leaders driving the recovery from COVID-19
- Fireside Chat - Julia Gillard and Michelle Bachelet
- Women after the pandemic
- The 2020 WPL TRAILBLAZER AWARDS
- Update from Maria Ressa
- Interview. The Future of Europe and democracy
- Women Leaders for Generation Equality
- The Power of...Unlocking the Power of Diversity
- Celebrating Power, Together The 2020 Power, Together Award: The Pink Ribbon
- Closing
ACTION STAGES
On 9., 10. and 11. November, Action Stages will take place concurrently from 4-5pm (Reykjavík Time, UTC), tackling specific Sustainable Development Goals, which Conversationists voted in the past weeks.
The insights, best practices, solutions, and pathways forward as offered by women leaders worldwide in these Action Stages will be collated into the Reykjavik Manual. It will be launched in January 2021, in the context of Davos week
Monday, November 9th - 16.00h / 17.15h
- Goal 4: Quality Education Add to your calendar
- Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Add to your calendar
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities Add to your calendar
Tuesday, November 10th - 16.00h / 17.15h
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth Add to your calendar
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Add to your calendar
- Goal 5: Gender Equality Add to your calendar
Wednesday, November 11th - 16.00h / 17.15h
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being Add to your calendar
- Goal 13: Climate Action Add to your calendar
- Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals Add to your calendar
LEADERSTALKS
The Forum’s LeadersTalks are interactive, partner-led sessions geared toward generating impactful and inclusive conversations. Their purpose is to share initiatives and approaches and to openly exchange ideas, so as to inspire others to take action. LeadersTalks will address a broad variety of topics such as ocean economy, health, entrepreneurship, fair pay, integrity, political representation, domestic and digital violence, and more.
Monday, November 9th
- Promoting Sustainable blue economy with a gender lens in Asia
- Workplace culture: The real reason women leave? - Deloitte Iceland - Marel Add to your calendar
- Creating an equal world for girls: why activism and skills matter - Mastercard Add to your calendar
- 20 Years After UNSCR 1325: What’s happened? What comes next? - Harvard & Women and Public Policy Programme Add to your calendar
- Putting Health in their Hands – Testing and Women's Empowerment - The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND & WIGH) Add to your calendar
- Turning intention into action: Equality in the workplace - EDGE Strategy Add to your calendar
- Leading in virus mode: what comes next? - Catholic University of Portugal Add to your calendar
- Local Leadership and Lasting Impact: Mayors on a Mission - UN Foundation Add to your calendar
- Can an organisation have integrity? - Volkswagen Add to your calendar
Tuesday, November 10th
- Women’s Health, Ageing and Inequalities on HER Life Pathway - UCB Add to your calendar
- Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Lead - EIB Institute Add to your calendar
- Gender Equality Backlash in the Time of COVID-19 - Icelandic Women's Right Association Add to your calendar
- Driving Equality for a Healthy Society - Vifor Pharma Add to your calendar
- On Equal Footing in Parliament: The Swedish Example -The Swedish Parliament Add to your calendar
- The Power of Role Models: How Iceland crushed the stereotype - 66 North Add to your calendar
- Online freedom: what's stopping the next generation? - Plan International Add to your calendar
- Transforming Global Problems into Intersectional Solutions - Rockefeller / CWL
- Women's empowerment is acutely important – NOW - IceFemin Add to your calendar
Wednesday, November 11th
- A Fair Diagnosis: It’s time to close the wage gap - Fair Pay Innovation (FPI) Lab Add to your calendar
- The Power of Women in Power – Iceland‘s Hidden People - Landsvirkjun Add to your calendar
- Reversing the Women Workplace Exodus - Salesforce
- Digitization of Healthcare - Centene Add to your calendar
- Shifting the dial - transforming political representation - King's College London Add to your calendar
- How and when will we travel again? - Icelandair Add to your calendar
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- Staying Safe, Securing the Future - National Democratic Institute (NDI) Add to your calendar
- Empowerment Pathways in support of Women Entrepreneurs - Mary Kay Add to your calendar
REYKJAVÍK SATELLITES
The Reykjavík Global Forum 2020 digital programme will be complemented by small in-person/virtual gathering dubbed “Reykjavík Satellites” organised with the support of Icelandic embassies and consulates around the world during the month of November. They will contribute to collating actionable pathways to ‘build back better’, to a normal where women in leadership is not the exception.
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Featured Conversationists
The Reykjavík Global Forum is the platform where women leaders discuss and share ideas and solutions. To achieve that, it needs everyone participating and to enter the conversation.
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 looks forward to welcoming leading Conversationists at this years’ Forum. The conversation starts here.
... 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
FEATURED CONVERSATIONISTS 2020
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Editor, Women & Gender
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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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Helena Dalli
EU Commissioner for Equality
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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 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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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 Nagel
Managing Director, Cetacea GmbH
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Katrín Olga Jóhannesdóttir
Chair, Iceland Chamber of Commerce
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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
National Leader of Belarus & Head of the United Transitional Cabinet
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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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Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir
Director, Capacent
Conversationists
Conversationists
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Adriana Rozo-Angulo
President & Co-Founder, MAS Connections
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Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RockCreek
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Agnes Binagwaho
Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
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Ágnes Vadai
Member, Hungarian National Assembly
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Alison Holder
Director, Equal Measures 2030
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Alva Manira
Vice President for Political and Civic Engagement, Vital Voices Global Partnership
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Amanda Austin
Head of Policy and Advocacy, Equal Measures 2030
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Amanda Ellis
Executive Director Hawaii & Asia-Pacific, Senior Sustainability Scholar, ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
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Amanda Nguyen
CEO and Founder, Rise
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Amani Aruri
Member, Generation Equality Youth Task Force
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Amelia Lopez Huix
CEO, MOH International
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Amy Lenander
CEO, Capital One
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An Capoen
Member, House of Representatives of Belgium (2014-2019)
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Andrea Grobocopatel
Co-Chair, W20 Argentina
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Angelique de Vries-Schipperijn
EVP and CEO Northern Europe, Salesforce
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Aniqa Nawabi
Executive Director, Muslim Community Network
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Anne-Tamara Lorre
Ambassador, Embassy of Canada to Iceland
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Annita Demetriou
Member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus, WPL Ambassador
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Anoosha Shaigan
Vice President, Courting The Law
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Ariadne Papatheodorou
Co-Founder, FridaysForFutureGreece
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Árni Þór Sigurðsson
Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland of Moscow
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Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir
Minister of Justice, Government of Iceland
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Atifete Jahjaga
President of the Republic of Kosovo (2011-2016), Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Avni Ronit
Founder and CEO, Localized
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Ayesha Raza Farooq
Chairperson, Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation, Member of the Senate of Pakistan, Senate of Pakistan
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Azat Urgamal
Founder and Board Director, Oddariya Foundation
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Bani Dugal
Principal Representative, Bahá’í International Community
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Bellamy Young
Actress and Singer, CARE Ambassador
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Betty Kumahor
Managing Partner, The Cobalt Partners
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Bianca Herlo
Deputy Head of the Design Research Lab, Berlin University of the Arts and Weizenbaum Institute
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Bojana Murši?
Member, National Assembly
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Bryndis Haraldsdottir
Member, Deputy Speaker, Parliament, Iceland
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Camille Neal-Harris
Participant, Girl2Leader
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Carine de Meyere
CCO, Women in Technology
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Carla Aerts
Independent Consultant, Founder, Refracted!
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Carla Goldstein
President, Omega Institute
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Caroline Gutman
Chief Executive Officer, Nu Market
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Caroline Neil
Founder and Managing Director of RPS Partnership
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Caroline Wozniacki
Former World Number One Professional Tennis Player
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Chamathya Fernando
Global Facilitator for Stop The Violence Campaign and Voices Against Violence Curriculum, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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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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Chisomo Msoffe
Founder and President, Ottawa’s Homeless Period
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Chitpas Kridakon
Member, House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, WPL Ambassador
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Chong Eng
State Minister, Women & Family Development and Gender Inclusiveness, Penang Government of Malaysia
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Christiana Carletti
Professor, Roma Tre University
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Claudia Vazquez
CEO, Elevink
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Criselda Lobo Silva
Member, Senate of Colombia
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Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo
Member, National Assembly of Ecuador
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Dace Melb?rde
Member, European Parliament
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Dace Melbarde
Member, European Parliament
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Deeqa Yasin Hajji Yusuf
Minister of Women and Human Rights, Government of Somalia
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Dina Kaplan
Founder, The Path
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DJ Forza
Director of Partnerships and Collaboration, World YMCA
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Donatille Mukabalisa
President, Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda, WPL Ambassador
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Donelia Roldán Martínez
Member, Senate of Spain
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Donna Leinwand Leger
Digital Media Leader, USA TODAY
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Ebtesam AlDallal
Member, Shura Council; WPL Ambassador
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Edit Schlaffer
Founder & Executive Director, Women Without Borders
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Eeva Kalli
Member, Parliament of Finland, Chair, Network of Finnish Women Members of Parliament, WPL Ambasssador
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Eeva Lahti
Advisor, International Affairs, Parliament of Finland
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Eglantina Gjermeni
Member, Parliament of Albania; WPL Ambassador; Chair of the Subcommittee on Gender Equality & Prevention of Violence against Women; Minister of Urban Development (2013-2017)
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Elin Sveinbjornsdottir
CEO, Hvita Husid
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Elisabeth Götze
Member, National Council of Austria
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Elise Hufano
Partner, The Difference Consulting
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Elizabeth Filippouli
CEO, Global Thinkers Forum
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Elke Edwards
Founder and Creative Director, Ivy House
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Ellen Amarkai Attoh-Wreh
Member, House of Representatives of Liberia, WPL Ambassador
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Elza Maria Henriques Deus Pais
Member of the Assembly, Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
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Emna Ben Hmayed
Member, Assembly of People’s Representatives of Tunisia
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Erika Mouynes
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Panama
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Espérance Nyirasafari
Vice President, Senate of the Republic of Rwanda
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Esther Basilia Del Brío Gonzaléz
Member, Senate of Spain
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Eva Biaudet
Member, Parliament of Finland
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Fatiha Bakkali
Member, House of Representatives, Morocco
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Fiona O’Loughlin
Member, House of Representatives of Ireland; WPL Ambassador
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Galina Mykhailiuk
Member, Parliament of Ukraine
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Gillian Harford
CEO, 30% Club
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Gina Diez-Barroso
President, Dalia Empower
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Grace Anderson
Policy Associate, UN Foundation
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Gudrun Agnarsdottir
Medical doctor
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Gulsun Saglamer
President, European Women Rectors Association (EWORA)
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Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson
Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland in Beijing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland
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Guoda Burokien
Member, Parliament of Lithuania
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Guoda Burokiene
Member, Parliament of Lithuania
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Gwen K. Young
Chief Operating Officer, Women Business Collaborative, President, Balance
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Halla Tómasdóttir
CEO, The B Team
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Hatice Vicil
International Relations Team, Senate of Belgium
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Heba AlFarra
Founder, Women in Energy and Environment, MENA
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Helena Dalli
EU Commissioner for Equality
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Helena Gellerman
Member, Parliament of Sweden
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Helga Hauksdóttir
Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland in Copenhagen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland
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Hend Al-Muftah
Member, The Shura Council
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Hend Alaleeli
Member of Parliament, Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates
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Henna Hundal
Co-host, Bridging Borders Project
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Hrefna Haraldsdottir
Innovation, Marel
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Hulda Bjarnadottir
Global Engagement and Culture Manager, Marel
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Ibtissame Azzaoui
Member, House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco
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Inaya Ezzeddine
Member, National Assembly, Minister of State for Administrative Reform (2016-2018); WPL Ambassador
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Inga Jona Fridgeirsdottir
CFO, Brim
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Ingjerd Schou
Member, Parliament of Norway, Standing Committee of Foreign affairs and Defence
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Inna Sovsun
Member, Parliament of Ukraine
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Irma Petriashvili
Chairwoman, Women for justice and welfare
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Iryna Herashchenko
Member of Parliament, Ukraine
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Isabel de Saint Malo
Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Panama (2014-2019)
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Isata Kabia
Founding Director, Voice of Women Africa
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Jani Bhairavi
Executive Director, SCA Group of Companies
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Jani Bhairavi
Executive Director, SCA Group of Companies
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Jennifer Allen Simons
Founder and President, Simons Foundation
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Jennifer Arias
Member, House of Representatives of Columbia
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Josh Lozman
Director of Program Advocacy & Communications for gender equality, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Josh Slusher
Director, Philanthropic Initiatives
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Julia Novy-Hildesley
Professor of Practice, Stanford University
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Juliane Hilf
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Juniper Downs
Global Director, Public Affairs Google
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Kamila Camilo
Coordinator and Curator, Global Shapers Community
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Karina Radchenko
SDGs Ambassador, Youth Delegate, Council of Europe, Founder, 100 Words for Peace
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Katerina Kravtsova
Co-founder, Women on Boards Russia
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Katharina Borchert
Chief Innovation Officer, Mozilla
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Katherin Kirschenmann
Founder and Chief Program Officer, The Do School
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Katinka Brose
FPI Fair Pay Innovation Lab gGmbH, Senior Strategy Agent
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Katja Pioner
Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, Siemens AG
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Kenza Ajala Ep Aloui
Member, Chamber of Deputies, Assembly of People’s Representatives of Tunisia
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Keren Barak
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, The Knesset, WPL Ambassador
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Kerry Gibson
President, EcoCentury Technologies
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Kerry Healey
President, Babson College
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Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Moderator & Anchor, Icelandic Association Of Stage, Film And TV Directors
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Kristin Jónsdóttir
Editor and Writer, IceFemIn
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Kristin Olafsdottir
Film Maker, Klikk Productions
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Latifa Gahouchi
Member, Senate of Belgium
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Laura Liswood
Secretary General, The Council of Women World Leaders
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Lauren Leader
CEO, All in Together
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Leena Al Olaimy
Co-Founder & Managing Director, 3BL Associates
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Leticia Santos de Lima
Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais
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Lina Abirafeh
Executive Director, Arab Institute for Women, Lebanese American University
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Linda Ayade
First Lady, Cross River State Nigeria
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Lindsay Northover
Member, House of Lords of the United Kingdom
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Lisa-Marie Stauffer
Executive Department, PA & Communication, Austria Alliance of Public Transport Association
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Liz Grossman Kitoyi
CEO, Baobab Consulting
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Lork Kheng
Member, National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Member, Permanent Committee, Chairwoman of the Commission on Public Health; WPL Ambassador
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Lucia Avilés
Judge, Ministry of Justice, Spain
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Lucina Di Meco
Senior Director, Room to Read
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Luis Miguel Hincapie
Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Panama
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Lynn A. Taylor
SVP, Head of Healthcare Global Government & Public Affairs, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Mabel van Oranje
Serial entrepreneur for social change, Girls Not Brides
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Malak Al Akiely
Founder and Managing Director, Golden Wheat for Grain Trading
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Mamonaheng Mokitimi
President of Senate, Senate of Lesotho
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Margaret Gupta
President and Co-Founder, Gupta Family Foundation
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Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
Member, European Parliament
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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 das Neves Ceita Baptista de Sousa
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (2002 – 2004), Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Maria do Carmo Silveira
Prime Minister, Government of São Tomé and Príncipe (2005-2006), Economic Adviser, Economic Community of Central African States, Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Maria Ivanova
Associate Professor, Global Governance and Director, Center for Governance and Sustainability
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Maria Ivanova
Associate Professor of Global Governance and Director, Center for Governance and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Boston
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María Laura Colazo
Member, Parliament of Argentina
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María Lucero Saldaña Pérez
Member, Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
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María Luiza Bustinduy Barrero
Member, Senate of Spain
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María Noel Vaeza
Regional Director, UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean
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Maria Ressa
CEO and Executive Director, Rappler
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Marie-Louise Hänel Sandström
Member, Parliament of Sweden
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Mariella Mularoni
Member, General Council of the Republic of San Marino
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Marilou Mcphedran
Member, Senate of Canada; WPL Ambassador; Co-Founder of The Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians
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Marilyn Rose Chaplin
Chief Human Resources Officer, NTT Limited
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Marin Alsop
Conductor, Intermusica Artists Management Ltd
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Maris Lauri
Member, Parliament of Estonia; Minister of Finance (2014–2015); Minister of Education and Research (2016), WPL Ambassador
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Martha Martin Dar
Member, National Legislative Assembly, Republic of South Sudan; Chairperson for Gender, Children & Social Welfare; WPL Ambassador
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Martina Ucnikova
Chair, She Runs
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Masoumeh Ebtekar
Vice President for Women and Family affairs
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Meagan Fallone
CEO, Barefoot College International
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Melly Turulia
Exuctive Creative Producer, Shelton Fleming
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Miasser AlGhamdi
Lead Scientist, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
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Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis
Prime Minister, Haiti (2008-2009)
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Mila Candon
Yale Young Global Scholar
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Millie Grace Odhiambo
Member, National Assembly of Kenya
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Modupe Irele
Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, France
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Molly Ford
Vice President, Global Equality Programs, Salesforce
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Monica Michel
Member, National Assembly of France
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Monique van Daalen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Mission of the Netherlands to the UN in Geneva
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Munaza Hassan
Member, National Assembly of Pakistan
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Musimbi Kanyoro
Board Chair, United World Colleges
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Nabou Fall
Chief Executive Officer, VIZEO
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Nadia Arop Dudi
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports; Member, National Legislative Assembly of the Republic of South Sudan
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Naomi Koshi
Mayor, Otsu
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Natalia Grebenkina
Regional medical adviser, Viforpharma
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Natalie Boden
President & CEO, Boden
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Natalie M. Byrne
Founder of Blank Space, Head of Brand Purpose at Unilever Prestige, Director of Global Impact, Dermalogica (2013-2019), Blank Space
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Nathalie Delapalme
Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
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Nayé A. Bathily
Head of Global Parliamentary Relations, World Bank Group
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Neelie Kroes
Member Board of Directors, Salesforce
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Nina Rawal
Head, Life Science
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Ntuli Mbali
Member of the Democratic Alliance. Government of South Africa
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Nurhayati Ali Assegaf
Member of the WPL Board, Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic Party (Partai Demokrat) of Indonesia, President of the Geneva Council for International Affairs and Development
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Oana-Mioara Bîzgan-Gayral
Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Romania
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Olfa Soukri Cherif
Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Network, Member of the Assembly of People’s Representatives of Tunisia
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Olga Kefalogianni
Member, Hellenic Parliament of Greece, Minister of Tourism (2012-2015), WPL Ambassador
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Olivia Leland
Founder & Chief Executive, Co-Impact
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Olivia Leland
Founder and Chief Executive, Co-Impact
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Patricia Ahanda
Founder, Lydexperience
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Patricia Pelton
President, World YMCA
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Paula Altavilla
LAR South Director, Whirlpool Corporation
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Paula Ann Cox
Premier, Bermuda (2010-2012); Minister of Finance (2004-2012), Member, Council of Women World Leaders
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Paulina Olsson
Co-Founder & CEO, Peppy Pal
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Peggy Clark
Executive Director, Aspen Institute
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Peju Adebajo
CEO, LUMOS
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Penelope Naas
Senior Vice-President, International Public Affairs and Sustainability, UPS
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director, UN Women
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Pradip Pariyar
Executive Chairperson, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
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Racha Haffar
Founder and CEO, Youth Against Slavery Movement
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Rachel George
Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute
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Rachel Hammonds
Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Ragnhildur Sverrisdóttir
Communications Officer, Landsvirkjun
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Raina Kumra Gardiner
VC, The Fund LA & Juggernaut
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Raquel Lagunas
Acting Director, Gender Team, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Reem Al Mansoori
Assistant Undersecretary of Digital society development, Ministry of Transport and Communications
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Reem Bint Mohammed Al-Mansoori
Member, Shura Council of Qatar, WPL Ambassador
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Rehana Siddiqi
Chairperson, For You Forever
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Rick Zednik
Secretary, WPL Board; General Manager, Lie Detectors
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Rosa Kristjansdottir
Creative Director, Hvita husid
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Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva
President of Kyrgyzstan (2010-2011), Member of the Council of Women World Leaders
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Rozália-Ibolya Biró
Member, Chamber of Deputies of Romania, President, Foreign Affairs Committee
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Ruta Miliute
Member, Parliament of Lithuania
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Ruta Miliute
Member, Parliament of Lithuania
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Sabine de Bethune
Member, Senate of Belgium, WPL Ambassador
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Sakena Yacoobi
CEO & Founder, Afghan Institute of Learning
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Sally Mansfield
Ambassador & Permanent Representative, Mission of Australia to the United Nations
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Sana Afouaiz
Founder and CEO, Womenpreneur
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Sanda Halimah
Founder/CEO, Romzaib Foundation
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Sandy Beky
Co Founder and President, HeHop Help for Hope
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Sania Nishtar
Founder and President, Heartfile
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Sara Heikkinen Breitholtz
Member, Parliament of Sweden
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Sara Pantuliano
Chief Executive, Overseas Development Institute
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Shannon Bagley
Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Centene Corporation
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Shannon Thyme Klinger
Chief Legal Officer, Member of the Executive Committee, Novartis International AG
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Shinkai Karokhail
Member, National Assembly of Afghanistan; WPL Ambassador
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Shorena Barbakadze
Founder and General Manager, International Language House
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Silvia Gabriela Lospennato
Member, Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
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Simone Menne
Supervisory Board Member, BMW and Deutsche Post AG, & Board Member, Johnson Controls International plc.
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Soetkin Hoessen
Member, Senate of Belgium
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Solveigh Hieronimus
Partner, McKinsey & Company
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Sophie Rohonyi
Member, House of Representatives of Belgium
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Stacy Hock
Philanthropist, Public policy activist, Chairwoman ,Texas GOP 2020 Victory
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Steinunn Thora Árnadóttir
Member, Parliament of Iceland
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Stine Mølgaard Sørensen
COO & Co-founder, Radiobiotics
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Sultan Kayhan
Member, Parliament of Sweden
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Sundaa Bridgett-Jones
Managing Director, Policy & Coalitions, The Rockefeller Foundation
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Sunna Einarsdóttir
Chief Financial Officer, Deloitte
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Susanna Barla
CEO, ANTI
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Susannah Wellford
Founder & CEO, Running Start
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Suwannee Sirivejchapun
Member, Senate of Thailand
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Tamara-Dorina Ciofu
Member, Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Elderly
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Tarja Halonen
President of Finland (2000-2012)
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Theresa Rose Sebastian
Activist and Advocate for Justice & Reform
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Tijen Onaran
CEO, Global Digital Women
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Ulises Alejandro Olea Tapia
Yale Young Global Scholar
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Ulla Tørnæs
Member, Parliament of Denmark
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Uzra Zeya
CEO and President, The Alliance for Peacebuilding
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Vaira Vike-Freiberga
President, Latvia (1999-2007)
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Vala Melstað
Creative Director, 66°North
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Valérie Thomas
Member, National Assembly of France
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Verena Kantel
Head Pharma Health Policy International, Bayer AG
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Victoria Budson
Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School
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Viktoriya Hryb
Member, Parliament of Ukraine
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Virginija Langbakk
Director, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (2010-2020)
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Wingee Sampaio
Global Programme Director, Cartier International
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Yerkezhan Sakhiyeva
Girl2Leader Delegate, Hailebury Almaty
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Åsa Lindestam
First Deputy Speaker, Parliament of Sweden; Chair, Working Group on Gender Equality; WPL Ambassador
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Åslaug Sem-Jacobsen
Member, Parliament of Norway; WPL Ambassador
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Þórdís Sigurðardóttir
Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland in Kampala
SHAPING GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS
GOING DIGITAL, ENSURING SAFETY
In a year that has underscored the need for greater women’s leadership and parity in decision making, the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders will be 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 in 2020 to build back a more resilient and equal society.
The Forum 2020 will be an interactive digital gathering, taking place over three full days from 9 – 11 November 2020.
The Forum will prove a key event on the road to the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) 2021. At the Forum, and with an eye to the GEF 2021, we recognise our immediate objectives; clear goalposts are in place to guide forward movement and to inspire commitment. Now is the moment for the wider community of leaders to mobilise, raise our voices, and instigate meaningful change in our governments, board rooms, and communities.
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