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Deepa Ahluwalia

Gender and Social Development Specialist, India Resident Mission, ADB

Deepa Ahluwalia is the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) focal point at the ADB India Resident Mission. She is involved in the coordination, management, and operations of projects and programs for effective implementation of gender/GESI mainstreaming strategies in ADB operations in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Despoina Kouria

Supplier Diversity and Sustainability Analyst , World Bank Group

Despoina Kouria is a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability analyst with Corporate Procurement at the World Bank Group (WBG), which she joined in 2020. She is part of the team that mainstreams sustainability considerations into over $1.7 Billion of annual purchases for the World Bank Group’s…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Dilfuza Zakirova

Country Director, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Dilfuza Zakirova is the Country Director of ACTED in Uzbekistan. With over 15 years of experience in international development, Ms. Zakirova has made significant contributions to strengthening the role of civil society organizations, promoting good governance, and advancing gender equality in…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Elin Andersdotter Fabre

Manager, HerCity, UN-Habitat

Elin is managing the Her City initiative at UN-Habitat’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Global Public Space Programme.   She previously worked as the Sustainable cities programme director at the Swedish independent think tank for Global Utmaning. She has been active in advocacy…

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

Elizabeth BurgesSims

Former Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Elizabeth Burges-Sims was a Senior Social Development Specialist of the Southeast Asia Department at ADB.  She left ADB in June 2021.

   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

Emiko Usui

Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Emiko Usui is an associate professor at Hitotsubashi University, Japan. She received her B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo and her Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University. Her research interests are in the area of labor economics, and include gender issues, compensating…

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

EmPower

Organization, EmPower

According to the 2016 World Risk Report, 10 out of the 15 most at risk countries to climate change and disasters are in Asia and the Pacific. The region combines high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with a low capacity to manage the resulting risks.   Climate change and…

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

Eric Roeder

Technical Specialist on Green Jobs, Climate Action and Resilience, ILO

Eric Roeder boasts of two decades of service to the United Nations, specializing in diverse sustainability projects. Notable contributions encompass mitigating dust storms with UNCCD, promoting energy efficiency via UNEP, fostering smart agriculture with UNESCAP, and enhancing rural infrastructure…

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

Ermira Lubani

Regional Project Manager, UN Women

Mrs. Ernira Lubani is Gender-Responsive Budgeting Technical Advisor and Regional Project Manager for the Promoting Gender-Responsive Policies in Southeast Europe and the Republic of Moldova of UN Women.  She has 15 years of professional experience in international development working with…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Eunjin Oh

Vice President, Korean Women's Development Institute

Eunjin Oh is the Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI). Prior to her position at KDWI, she was a lecturer at Sogang University, Sungshin University, Ajou University, and Dongduk Women's University. She also worked with Korea Research…

   Topic(s): Education, Gender Equality, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure