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Anoja Wickramasinghe

Senior Technical Expert, Gender & Ecosystems, Slycan Trust

Dr Anoja Wickramasinghe is an Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She has significantly contributed to the field of energy, forestry, resource management, rural development, poverty, and also as a policy and institutional analyst, gender activist, community…

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

Ansgar Gabrielsen

former Member and Minister, Norwegian Parliament and Government of Norway

Ansgar Gabrielsen is a former Minister of Trade and Industry and a former Minister of Health and Care Services in Norway. He is an insurance agent by education and worked in this field prior to entering politics. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1993 and was re-…

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

Aphivath Keat

CEO and Founder, Thyrada Co., Ltd.

Aphivath Keat is the CEO and Founder, Thyrada Co., Ltd. She is from Battambang province and came to live in Phnom Penh in 2002. She was raised in a low-income household. Her father passed away when she was 18 months old, so her mother had to play the role of mother and father.

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

Barkha Dutt

Founder, Editor, and Columnist, Barkha Dutt Media Private Ltd.

Barkha Dutt is an award-winning TV journalist, anchor and columnist with more than two decades of reporting experience. She is India’s only Emmy-nominated journalist who has won multiple national and international awards, including the Padmashri, which is India’s fourth highest civilian honour.…

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

Bimbika Sijapati Basnett

Gender Specialist, CCSD, ADB

At ADB, Bimbika coordinates and contributes to the mainstreaming of gender in ADB operations in the Central West Asia region, focusing on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the South Caucasus. Before joining the ADB in January 2024, she worked as the Head of Gender and Social Inclusion at the Australia-…

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

Chandy Chea

Gender and Development Specialist, ADB

Ms. Chandy Chea has close to 20 years of experience working on gender and development, gender-based violence, HIV/AIDS awareness, capacity-building programs, and advocacy with various organizations including ADB, United Nations, non-governmental organizations (NGO), and community-based…

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

Chhaya Jha

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist, Consultant

Ms. Jha’s field of specialization includes Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Training, Analysis and Mainstreaming, Conflict Analysis, Project Design, Evaluation, Assessment Studies, and Facilitation/Moderation. She has been responsible for the design and implementation of GESI…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Cristelle Pratt

Assistant Secretary General, Environment and Climate Action Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States

Cristelle Pratt has thirty years of policy practice experience in various settings and is currently OACPS’ Assistant Secretary General for Environment and Climate Action. Prior to, she was the Pacific Islands Forum’s Deputy Secretary General. She has consulted on climate change, risk resilience and…

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

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