Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE)
Resource
Poverty, disease, climate change, economic inequality, and social injustice are just some of the immense challenges that world leaders are tackling every day, and each of these challenges has a disproportionate effect on women.
Hosted by the Women Innovators & Leaders Development (WILD) Network, the 2023 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum brings together 1,300 people from across the global development sector to foster the exchange of ideas, tools, insights, and perspectives to build strong and inclusive leaders who can help solve the world’s challenges, faster. The focus of this year’s conference is “Leading in this Moment.”
Join leaders from Abt for discussions on several timely and important topics. Click below to connect with us during the conference.
Abt Featured Sessions
Wednesday, May 3
2:00pm – 2:30pm ET | Virtual
Community Conversations: Leading in This Moment (choose from 25 concurrent roundtable discussions)
- Learning Account Hours: Making Learning and Development Opportunities for All Staff
- Krupa Patel, Director, Talent Management, Abt Global (USA) (bio)
Thursday, May 4
9:30am – 10:00am ET | Virtual
Panel: Intersectional Leadership: The Key to Transformative EDIA
- Roslyn Brock, Chief Global Equity Officer, Abt Global (USA) (bio)
- Anna Winoto, Indonesia Country Representative and Strategic Adviser, Abt Global (Indonesia) (bio)
- Dr. Nduka Iwuchukwu, Chief of Party, VectorLink Zambia, Abt Global (Nigeria) (bio)
- Elizabeth Kellogg, Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Lead, Abt Global (USA) (bio)
- Mona Abdeljawad, Chief of Party, USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project, Abt Global (Jordan) (bio)
Thursday, May 4
10:00am – 10:15am ET | Virtual
Breakout Session: Global Diversity Breakouts
- Roslyn Brock, Chief Global Equity Officer, Abt Global (USA) (bio)
- Anna Winoto, Indonesia Country Representative and Strategic Adviser, Abt Global (Indonesia) (bio)
- Dr. Nduka Iwuchukwu, Chief of Party, VectorLink Zambia, Abt Global (Nigeria) (bio)
- Elizabeth Kellogg, Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Lead, Abt Global (USA) (bio)
- Mona Abdeljawad, Chief of Party, USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project, Abt Global (Jordan) (bio)
Thursday, May 4
11:30am – 12:30pm ET | Virtual
Panel: Leadership FailLab
- Lisa Simeon, COO, Abt Global (USA) (bio)
- Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, U.S. Department of State (USA)
- Bavina Safia Musah, Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Advisor, USAID Fisheries Recovery Activity (Ghana)
- Evelyn Castle, Co-Founder, eha Impact Ventures (USA)
- Linca Michaella Tuyiseng, Director of Administration and Finance, USAID Integrated Land and Resource Governance (Burundi)
- Marianna Balapama, Deputy Regional Director, Africa Pact Inc (Tanzania)
Thursday, May 4
12:30pm - 1:00pm ET | Virtual
Breakout Session: Join the Leadership FailLab Speaker of Your Choice
- Lisa Simeon, COO, Abt Global (USA) (bio)
- Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, U.S. Department of State (USA)
- Bavina Safia Musah, Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Advisor, USAID Fisheries Recovery Activity (Ghana)
- Evelyn Castle, Co-Founder, eha Impact Ventures (USA)
- Linca Michaella Tuyiseng, Director of Administration and Finance, USAID Integrated Land and Resource Governance (Burundi)
- Marianna Balapama, Deputy Regional Director, Africa Pact Inc (Tanzania)
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