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Ms. Hanaa Singer-Hamdy is the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka and leads the UN Country Team of 22 Resident and Non-Resident UN Agencies. She is the representative of the UN Secretary-General in Sri Lanka.
Ms. Singer-Hamdy has over three decades of experience with the UN, having…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Heenaben associated with SEWA for more than 20 years and, under her leadership, 62840 women have strengthened their work, income and social security through strengthening their trades and bringing grassroot women to mainstream market. She has been the main contributor for strengthening…
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Helen has been working on issues related to biodiversity conservation and indigenous peoples/local communities for over twenty-five years. In the past she has worked both as an academic and the NGO sector. Currently her work is principally in three areas: biodiversity conservation and local…
Topic(s): Environment, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land
Hoang Thi Thu Huyen is Chairperson of Trade Union of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam (MOLISA). From 2014 to 2019, as the Deputy Director of the Department on Gender Equality of MOLISA, she was responsible for developing and implementing the National Strategy and Program…
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Indira Simbolon holds a Master in Law, an MA in Development Study, and a PhD in Socio-legal Studies from the Netherlands.
A leading expert on Indigenous Peoples, Indira Simbolon joined ADB in 1999, a year after the adoption of its first Policy on Indigenous Peoples. She is the principal author of…
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Ippei has been managing programs and providing technical support to social security reforms at the country level in Indonesia, Viet Nam and Myanmar, and also contributing to research and knowledge management at the ASEAN regional and global levels. He has been involved in various policy discussions…
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Irina possess nineteen years of professional experience in social development, including social impact assessment, environmental and social (E&S) safeguards policy, and impact evaluation. Irina has worked across all major sectors and modalities of development projects primarily in Central and…
Topic(s): Environment, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
He has the rare combination of the following expertise: solid grassroots community work in far flung doctorless rural areas; national and international health planning and programming, a faculty of colleges of medicine and health sciences; clinical practice combining North American European…
Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
James Lang is the Senior Specialist on Gender-based Violence for the Gender Equality Division at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he provides leadership for preventing gender-based violence across ADB operations and knowledge work. James has over 25 years of experience promoting gender…
Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
His first assignment as missionary to Papua New Guinea was in Ambunti (1987-1988) as Parish Priest of the said parish from 1989-1995. In October 1995 he was assigned to the Divine Word Institute in Madang as President. Under his leadership the Institute evolved into Divine Word University of which…
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities