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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
Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for nearly 35 years. She is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA. She has authored and/or…
Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality
SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Jessica Espinoza is the CEO of 2X Collaborative, a global industry body that convenes the entire spectrum of investors to promote gender lens investing. She is also Chair of the 2X Challenge that has raised more than US$ 11 billion of gender lens investments since its launch at the G7 Summit…
Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Private Sector
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
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 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
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 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
Dr. Kalpana Sankar, a pioneering impactpreneur and nuclear physicist turned social entrepreneur, has reshaped social impact over the past three decades. As the Managing Director of Belstar Microfinance Ltd. and the co-founder and Chairperson of Hand in Hand India, she has empowered 10 million rural…
Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
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 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