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Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples , Human Rights Council

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples by the Human Rights Council in 2014 and served until April 2020. She is an indigenous leader from the Kankana-ey Igorot people of the Cordillera Region in the Philippines. As an…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Vijaylakshmi Brara

Sociologist and Associate Professor, Centre for Manipur Studies, Manipur University

Vijaylakshmi Brara is a sociologist and Associate Professor at the Centre for Manipur Studies, Manipur University, Manipur. Her major areas of academic interest are gender, culture and grassroots institutions. Her research has focused on northeast India for three decades. She is the author of the…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Vimlendra Sharan

Representative , FAO in Sri Lanka and Maldives

Vimlendra Sharan is FAO Country Representative for Sri Lanka and Maldives. Sharan brings with him nearly three decades of national and international government leadership experience focusing on rural development, agriculture, and food security issues. As a member of the Indian Administrative…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Vineet Sukumar

Founder, Vivriti Asset Management (VAM)

Vineet Sukumar is the Founder and CEO of Vivriti Asset Management (VAM). Vineet is also the co-founder of Vivriti Group which was founded in 2017 and comprises of India's largest debt platform, ‘CredAvenue’, along with an NBFC. Vivriti Group - backed by marquee investors…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Vinita Rodrigues

Project Assistant, cBalance Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Vinita has a Masters Degre in 'Natural Resources and Governance' from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She worked with an NGO working with rural communities in India. She engaged in socioecological research and supported community-based participatory action reserch work aimed at landscape…

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

Vivian Lou

Director, The University of Hong Kong

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

Warathida Chaiyapa

Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Chiang Mai University

   

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

Wei-Shieun Ng

Advisor – Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach, International Transport Forum

Dr. Wei-Shiuen Ng is Advisor on Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach in the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She has a background in environmental science, transportation engineering and urban planning, and leads the…

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

Wendy Holmes

International Public Health Specialist, Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health

Wendy Holmes is an independent international public health consultant in Sri Lanka. She is an international public health physician and researcher with an interest in population aging in low-income settings. Dr. Holmes has 30 years of experience in health and development. Her interests include…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Xiaoyi Jin

Senior Associate, ClimateWorks Foundation and Head of Access for the Clean Cooling Collaborative (CCC)

Xiaoyi Jin is a Senior Associate at the ClimateWorks Foundation and serves as the Head of Access for the Clean Cooling Collaborative (CCC). She manages CCC's activities on passive cooling and support the Access portfolio, including awareness raising initiatives and exploratory work on sustainable…

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