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Isira Perera

Chief Operating Officer, PickMe, Sri Lanka

Isira holds over two decades of diversified industry experience in senior leadership capacity on digital mobility and digital payments enabling service inclusion. He carries hands on experience on market dynamics and consumer behaviors supporting equal opportunity.    At PickMe he is…

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

James Lang

Senior Gender Specialist, ADB

James Lang is the Senior Specialist on Gender-based Violence for the Gender Equality Division at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he provides leadership for preventing gender-based violence across ADB operations and knowledge work. James has over 25 years of experience promoting gender…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Jayanthi KuruUtumpala

Former Goodwill Ambassador, Women's Rights Sri Lanka Ministry of Women's Affairs

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala is a women's rights activist with 18 years of experience in the field of women's rights and gender equality. She holds a MA in Gender Studies from Sussex University (UK), and a post graduate diploma in Women’s Studies from Colombo University. In 2016, she became the first Sri…

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

Julia NewtonHowes

Chief Executive Officer, Investing in Women

Dr. Julia Newton-Howes is CEO of Investing in Women, an Australian Government initiative to catalyse women’s economic opportunity in South East Asia by improving workplace gender equality in the private sector; increasing intentional impact investments in women’s SMEs; and shifting gender norms…

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

Julie Dekens

Senior Researcher, IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development)

Julie joined IISD’s Resilience Program in 2010 and has been an active member of the Secretariat for the NAP Global Network since its inception in 2014. She co-leads the Network’s work on gender-responsive NAP processes and on monitoring and evaluation. In addition, she coordinates technical support…

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

Juliet Willetts

Professor and Research Director, University of Technology Sydney

Professor Willetts specialises in applied research to inform policy and practice in international development. She is global expert in water and sanitation, and has also contributed to gender equality, governance, climate change, civil society and private sector roles in development, and monitoring…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Junghee Oh

Intern, ADB

Junghee Oh is an intern for Gender Equality Thematic Group under Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at Asian Development Bank. She is currently on a Master in Public Policy program at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in National University of Singapore. Her interests are…

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

Kanika Chakraborty

Gender Specialist (Gender-based violence), ADB

Kanika Chakraborty is the Specialist on Gender-based Violence for the Gender Equality Thematic Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where she provides leadership for preventing Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment (SEAH) and GBV ADB operations and knowledge work. Kanika is a seasoned…

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

Kate Vyborny

Associate Director, Duke University

Kate Vyborny is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Economics at Duke University. She holds a D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in Economics from the University of Oxford. Previously, she worked on research and policy outreach on foreign aid, trade and development at the Center for Global Development and…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Poverty, Transport
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land

Kathy Mulville

Business Partnerships Director , Investing in Women

Kathy Mulville is the Business Partnerships Director at Investing in Women and is responsible for the establishment and continuing development of the Business Coalitions (BC) in the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar. The BCs support business leaders in the four countries to drive gender…

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