Women Deliver stages attract the greatest minds, strongest activists, and most progressive leaders from across the globe.
Women Deliver plenaries are not about speeches and presentations — they’re about engaging in dialogue that drives the agenda forward. Please find a current list of WD2019 speakers below. Stay tuned! We will be adding to this list as new speakers are confirmed.
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President of Ghana His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo @NAkufoAddo
HeforShe ChampionAfrican Union Gender and Development Leader
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Georgia Arnold @georgiaarnold
Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility, Viacom International Media NetworksExecutive Director, MTV Staying Alive Foundation
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Joannie Marlene Bewa @BEWAJ
United Nations Young Leader for the SDGsFounder, Young Beninese Leaders Association (YBLA)
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John Cary @johncary
Senior Program Officer, The Audacious Project at TEDAuthor, Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone
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June Eric-Udorie @juneericudorie
Journalist and BloggerThe Guardian and the New Statesman
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Arthur Erken @ArthurErken
Director, Division of Communications and Strategic PartnershipsUNFPA
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Helga Fogstad @HFogstad
Executive DirectorPartnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)
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Ken Frazier @Merck
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerMerck & Co., Inc.
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Hon Julia Gillard AC @JuliaGillard
Chair of the Global Institute for Women's LeadershipFormer Prime Minister of Australia
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Dr. Aparajita Gogoi
Co-Chair of the Global What Women Want CampaignExecutive Director, Centre for Catalyzing Change
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Alencia Johnson @AlenciaJohnson
Director of Public EngagementPlanned Parenthood Federation of America
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Musola Cathrine Kaseketi @MusolaCK
Founder & Executive DirectorVilole Images Productions
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His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta
Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces
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Angélique Kidjo @angeliquekidjo
Founder, The Batonga FoundationGrammy Award Winning Singer-Songwriter
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka @phumzileunwomen
United Nations Under-Secretary-GeneralExecutive Director, UN Women
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Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe @MotsepeFoundtn
Co-Founder and CEO, Motsepe FoundationCo-Chair, Maverick Collective, an initiative of PSI
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The Honourable Maryam Monsef @MaryamMonsef
Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender EqualityGovernment of Canada
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Nelly Munyasia @nellymunyasia
Executive DirectorReproductive Health Network Kenya (RHNK)
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Dr. Alaa Murabit @almmura
High-Level Commissioner: Health, Employment & Economic Growth
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Natasha Mwansa
Children's, Youth, and Women's Rights Activist/AdvocateMedia Network on Child Rights and Development
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Nice Nailantei Leng’ete @NiceLengete
Project Officer and Anti-FGM/C Global AmbassadorAmref Health Africa
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Joy Phumaphi
Co-Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s Independent Accountability PanelEvery Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent
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Gabriela Ramos @gabramosp
Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G7/G20Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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Osvaldo Rudloff @Contraloriacl
Executive DirectorOLACEFS (Latin American and Caribbean Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions)
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Mohamed Sidibay @MohamedSidibay2
Global Youth AdvocateGlobal Partnership for Education
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Kobe Smith
Youth DirectorInternational Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region
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Elhadj As Sy @As_SyIFRC
Secretary GeneralInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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Tina Tchen @TinaTchen
Former Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and GirlsFormer Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama
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Jona Claire Turalde @jonaturalde
Co-Founder, International Youth Alliance for Family Planning PhilippinesSheDecides Youth Champion
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Marisa Viana @VianaMarisa
Executive CoordinatorRESURJ (Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice Alliance)
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Sahle-Work Zewde @SahleWorkZewde
Her Excellency PresidentFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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