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Nasheeba Selim

Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender), Bangladesh Resident Mission, ADB

Ms. Nasheeba Selim is currently working as the Social Development and Gender Specialist in the Bangladesh Resident Mission, ADB. In the past, she has worked with UNDP Bangladesh and been directly involved in the administration of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility where she worked…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Petra Butler

Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington

Petra specializes in domestic and international human rights, public and private comparative law, and international commercial law with an emphasis on international commercial contracts and dispute resolution. She has published extensively in those areas (including together with Andrew Butler, The…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Prabhjot Khan

Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), ADB

Prabhjot works in ADB's Gender Equity Thematic Group and provides support for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the ADB Policy on Gender and Development and Strategy 2030’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Operational Plan, 2019-2024. She has many years of experience in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Shobnam Mushtary Rikta

Shobnam Mushtary Rikta, Deputy Secretary (NDD & Autism), Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of Bangladesh

Shobnam Mushtary Rikta is the Deputy Secretary (NDD & Autism), Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of Bangladesh.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Sukhadeo Thorat

Chairperson, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies

Dr. Sukodeo Thorat is Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, K.R. Narayanan Chair for Human Rights & Social Justice at Mahatma Gandhi University, Chairman at Indian Institute of Dalit Studies and Institute of Social and Economic…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Tuul Badarch

Senior Project Officer (infrastructure), ADB

Tuul has worked in various sectors of ADB’s operation in Mongolia, including transport, energy and social protection. Currently, she is responsible for the urban development sector and manages several ADB-financed projects aimed to improve utility services and management in provincial towns. Prior…

   Topic(s): Energy, Finance, Social Development and Protection, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Victoria Austin

CEO, Global Disability Innovation Hub

In 2016, Victoria Austin co-founded and is now the CEO of the Global Disability Innovation Hub. She works with over 70 partners in more than 41 countries on programs that total about £50m. She is also an Associate Professor of Social Justice and Innovation at UCL Engineering. She is also…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions