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Keiko Nowacka

Senior Social Development Specialist , ADB

Keiko Nowacka is a Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses, in particular, on women’s entrepreneurship and promoting the ADB’s gender mainstreaming mandate,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Kelera KolivusoRavono

Manager, Social Services Sector

Kelera Kolivuso-Ravono works at the Ministry of Economy under the Budget and Planning Division as a team leader for the Social Services sector. She is involved in the coordination of policies, planning and budgeting of the Education, Health, Housing, Youth and Sports, Women and Social Protection…

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

Ketevan Chkheidze

Gender Specialist/Consultant, ADB Georgia Resident Mission

Ms. Ketevan Chkheidze is a gender specialist/consultant for ADB.  Based in Georgia, Ketevan is implementing ADB Regional Technical Assistance Program ‘Strengthening Gender-Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asia’ in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, under which she assists in…

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

Khalid Hassan

Director, International Labour Organization

Mr. Khalid Hassan is the Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines. Mr. Hassan has an extensive background on fundamental principles and rights at work, rural development and primary education. Prior to the Philippines, he served for 17 years in ILO Country Offices for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Koung Sorita

Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Cambodia

Koung Sorita is the Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Women's Affairs. She in charge of economic affairs as well as women entrepreneurship.   

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

Kounila Keo

Managing Partner, Mekhala Communications

At the age of 18, Kounia Keo started working for Agence France Presse and various foreign media publications. Nowadays when she's not writing news reports, she blogs about Cambodian social issues, Southeast Asia online trends, and her travel experiences abroad at http://blueladyblog.com. She often…

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

Kris Panday

Executive Director,Constituency Office rep. Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, ADB

Radha Krishna “Kris” Panday was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank in April 2018. In this capacity, he represents Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with responsibility for the direction of the general operations of the Bank,…

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

Lala Rukh Khan

Project Manager, Center of Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)

Lala Rukh Khan is a Project Manager at the Center of Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP). She has an MA in Demography from University of California, Berkeley and a BSc (Hon) in Economics from LUMS. Her interests lie in development issues relating to gender and political economy.

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

Lan Mercado

Regional Director, Oxfam International Secretariat Asia

Lan Mercado is the Regional Director for Oxfam in Asia. Lan is an activist and development worker, with over 30 years of experience working with civil society coalitions, environmental movements, and international women's rights organizations. Since 1999, she’s been with Oxfam, starting as a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Laura Crow

Principal Product Manager, M-Pesa Africa Ltd

Laura is part of M-Pesa Africa’s Product team responsible for designing and rolling out platforms which the 7 M-Pesa markets can commercialise. Her focus within the team is to develop the product strategy, set the commercial priorities, drive thought leadership and specify the features and…

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