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Reema Alsalem

UN Special Rapporteur, Violence against Women Human Rights Council Special Procedures

Ms. Reem Alsalem was appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences in July 2021 by the UN Human Rights Council for a three-year tenure. She started her tenure on 1 August 2021.   Reem Alsalem is an independent consultant on gender issues,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Reema Nanavaty

Director, Self-Employed Women’s Association, (SEWA), India

Reema Nanavaty leads Self Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) economic and rural development activities reaching out to seventeen million women and their families across India. Since 1989 she has pioneered revival, restoration, and innovation of rural livelihoods from district to global level.…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Reihana Mohideen

Principal Advisor, University of Melbourne

Dr. Reihana Mohideen is an electrical engineer leading the work on socio-technical systems applied to the low-carbon energy transition towards inclusiveness and sustainability, at the Nossal Institute for Global Health and the Climate CATCH Lab, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Riana Puspasari

Social Development Officer (Gender), ADB

Riana joined ADB in 2017 as Gender Consultant. Currently working as Social Development Officer (Gender) in ADB Indonesia Resident Mission. She has over 20 years of professional experience working on gender issues with international organizations, including UNESCO, UNIFEM, GIZ, The Asia Foundation.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Rindah Melsen

President, Nusatuva Women’s Savings Club, Solomon Islands

Rindah Melsen, who is a proud mother of three, is the current President of Nusatuva Women’s Savings Club, Solomon Islands. 

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Robyn Layton

Former Judge, Supreme Court of South Australia

The Hon. Justice Robyn Layton is a former Supreme Court judge of South Australia (SA) and was the fourth female to have been so appointed. Prior to her Supreme Court appointment, she was a barrister practising across many jurisdictions, the third female to be appointed a silk in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Gender Equality, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 1: No Poverty

Rosa Garcia

Energy Efficiency and Cooling Specialist , SEforALL

Rosa Garcia is an Energy Efficiency and Cooling Specialist with SEforALL where she supports a number of actions to accelerate global energy efficiency and sustainable cooling. Rosa has previously collaborated with the Government of Mexico, the KfW and the World Bank on energy efficiency projects…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Rosie Wheen

Chief Executive, WaterAid Australia

Rosie is a passionate advocate for human rights, gender equality, and universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. She has over two decades of international development experience, having lived and worked in Indonesia for six years before joining WaterAid Australia at its inception in 2004.…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Ruth Konia

Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

RUTH KONIA has had a long career in conservation and development in Papua New Guinea where she has managed community-based conservation and development projects, communications, capacity building and grant-making. She has been with TNC since 2010 leading communications for the entire program and…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Sabra Ibrahim Noordeen

President’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, President’s Office of the Maldives

Ms. Sabra Ibrahim Noordeen currently serves as the President’s Special Envoy for Climate Change at the President’s Office of the Maldives. She was appointed in June 2021. Prior to her current role, Ms. Noordeen was the Secretary, Foreign Relations at the President’s Office from November 2018. She…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality