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A leader in international development and humanitarian response, Sofía brings over 25 years of experience of working at CARE. She spearheaded CARE’s first program strategy and was integral to placing gender equality at the very heart of CARE’s worldwide work. In CARE’s 75-year history, her…
Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Yujie, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Renmin University of China, and Supervisor of doctoral students. She is member of the First National Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Professional Levels of Social Workers, deputy secretary-general of the China Association for Social…
Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Syed Hashemi is the Resource Person for Integrating the Graduation approach/economic inclusion into ADB Operations.
Syed concentrates on identifying pro-poor innovations and disseminating best practices related to poverty outreach and impact, including the development of social performance…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Poverty, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Gender Specialist with a Ph.D. in Sociology and specialization in Gender and Social Development with over 24 years of professional expertise in gender and social planning, development and management as a government counterpart as well as national consultant with the multilateral development banks (…
Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
TANG Jun, researcher of Institute of Sociology and vice president of Senior Experts Association, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Since 1986, he has been engaged in social policy research and has done more than 80 related research topics. He has published more than 7 million words of treatise…
Topic(s): Education, Health, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Tuul has worked in various sectors of ADB’s operation in Mongolia, including transport, energy and social protection. Currently, she is responsible for the urban development sector and manages several ADB-financed projects aimed to improve utility services and management in provincial towns. Prior…
Topic(s): Energy, Finance, Social Development and Protection, Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Vegard Skirbekk is a Professor of Population and Family Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and a Professor at Columbia University’s Columbia Aging Center. His research focuses on understanding the links between aging, health, and worker productivity in countries undergoing…
Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Dr. Lou Vivian W. Q. is the Director of Sau Po Centre on Ageing, and Associate Professor at Department of Social Work & Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on family gerontology, in particular family caregiving for dementia, stroke, end-of-life…
Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Co-founder & CTO of Sensgreen which is an AI-powered tech company that is monitoring and analyzing real-time indoor environmental conditions with energy consumption in commercial real estates. Yigitcan, as the company's CTO, explores and emerges new technologies and manages the development of…
Topic(s): Energy, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals