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M.V. Lee Badgett

Professor of Economics, Williams Institute

M. V. Lee Badgett's new book is "The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fairness and Equality Benefit Us All" from Beacon Press. Her research focuses on economic inequality for LGBT people, including wage gaps, employment discrimination, and poverty, and on the global cost of homophobia and…

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

Ma Luisa (Lulu) Zuniga-Carmine

Gender Specialist, Consultant, ADB

Ms. Ma Luisa (Lulu) Zuniga-Carmine is a Gender Specialist, who has over 20 years of experience working on poverty, involuntary resettlement, and gender in 14 Pacific countries including Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu and Fjij. She has also worked in Asia including Sri Lanka, Kyrgyztan, Mongolia and…

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

Madhumita Gupta

Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), ADB

Madhumita Gupta is a Principal Safeguard Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. She attended the Delhi School of Economics, where she obtained here master's degree in sociology.

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Malika Shagazatova

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Malika Shagazatova is a Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) at Asian Development Bank (ADB). She has many years of experience in mainstreaming gender into programs and projects in transport, urban infrastructure, energy, education and health.  Before joining ADB she…

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

Maneesh Mishra

Executive Vice President, Strategy National Skill Development Corporation, Government of India

Dr. Maneesh Mishra is the Executive Vice President of Strategy, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He focuses on initiatives and good practices in promoting the social inclusion of social identity groups and poverty reduction. Dr. Maneesh spoke about how inclusive design of…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Maria Lorena Cleto

Senior Safeguards Specialist (Social), ADB

Maria is an Indigenous Ibaloi who has worked extensively with Indigenous-led movements advocating for land rights, equal participation, and environmental and cultural protection in her youth. As a Senior Social Safeguards Specialist in ADB, she currently handles involuntary resettlement and…

   Topic(s): Environment, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Maria Vassilakou

Chief Executive Officer, Vassilakou Urban Consulting GmbH – Vienna Solution

Maria Vassilakou, MSc, founder and CEO of Vassilakou Urban Consulting GmbH - Vienna Solutions, works worldwide as an advisor to cities, organizations, NGOs and corporations sharing know-how on green and fair urban transformation strategies  and transition management. She also serves as a…

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

Mark Koenig

Mongolia Country Representative, ADB

As the country representative of Mongolia, Mark Koenig oversees programs focused on strengthening governance, empowering women and addressing environmental challenges in Mongolia. 

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

Mark Lyndsell

CEO Global English Region, Transcom

Mark joined Transcom in 2009 as Senior Director for UK & European Accounts based in the Philippines. More recently, Mark was Country Manager for UK & Asia Pacific Accounts with responsibility for both the operation delivery and client relationship management of major UK, Australian and New…

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

Marla Garin-Alvarez

Vice President for Sustainability, BDO Unibank, Inc.

Garin-Alvarez joins as vice-president for sustainability reporting at BDO, Unibank after 11 years at Thomson Reuters, where she built and led the news and business information services provider’s strategies on gender inclusion, social impact, and corporate social responsibility first in Asia,…

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