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Ruby Chikwiri
LSE (MSc) Graduate + UNICEF Volunteer
Hon. David Lega
Member of the European Parliament and Co-chair of the Intergroup on Children’s rights
H.E Kersti Kaljulaid
United Nations Secretary-General's Global Advocate Every Woman Every Child
H. E Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Senior Minister of Singapore, Co-Chair of the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
David Evangelista
Regional President & Managing Director - Europe Eurasia, Special Olympics
Dr Joan Nyanyuki
Executive Director, African Child Policy Forum
Brisa De Angelo
End Violence Champion, Bolivia
Rachel Maclean MP
Minister for Safeguarding,
Government of the United Kingdom
Yuka Konishi
Chief of Administration,
Voice of Youth Japan
Hon. Fidelis Molao
Minister of Basic Education, Botswana
Peter Sands
Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Emiliana Vegas
Co-Director of the Center for Universal Education,
Brookings Institution
Aysha Hamman
End Violence Champion Nigeria
Will Moore
Executive Director, Eleanor Crooke Foundation
H.E. Daniel Ngamije
Minister of Health, Rwanda
Kato Nabimaya Mark
Youth Ambassador, Uganda National Association of Deaf Blind
Joy Phumaphi
Board Co-Chair End Violence Partnership
Shunsuke Oka
Former Chief of External Relations, Voice of Youth Japan
Julie Morgan
MS Deputy Minister for Social Services Welsh Government
Martha Newton
Deputy Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Panashe Chigumadzi
Essayist and Novelist
Jutta Urpilainen
Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen for International Partnerships
Ranjitsinh Disale
Teacher, Winner of 2020 World Teacher Prize
Dr. Daniela Ligiero
Executive Director and CEO, Together for Girls
Yasmine Al Sherif
Director, Education Cannot Wait
Aizat Zhunusova
Global Forum Youth Advisory Board Member
Andre Lyn
Manager, Program and Implementation, Anti-Racism Directorate, Government of Ontario
Dominique Hasler
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport of Liechtenstein
Birgit Lao
Ambassador-at-large for Education, Estonia
Dr. Rukmini Banerji
Chief Executive Officer, Pratham Education Foundation
Robert Jenkins
Global Director of Education and Adolescent Development, UNICEF
Mumbi Macharia
Kenyan Poet
Izdihar Janna Adzly
Youth and Disability Advocate
Doreen Kessy
Head of Africa, Teach for All and Global Shaper, World Economic Forum
Jim Fruchterman
Founder and CEO, Tech Matters
Alicia Barcena
Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Smita Mitra
Criminal Intelligence Officer, INTERPOL
Sara Candiracci
Associate Director, ARUP, Member of the Real Play Coalition
Charlotte Petri Gornitzka
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director
Andrea Remes
Co-founder and CEO of Erandi Aprende
Frans Timmermans
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for the Green Deal
Riza Franchesca Regala
Activist
Jaime Perczyck
Minister of Education, Argentina
Kerrie Barker
Global Forum Youth Advisory Board Member
Sonia
Youth Advocate, India
Daniel Kardefelt-Winther
Research lead, Digital Technology & Children, UNICEF
Maria Clara Cirulli
Youth activist (Brazil)
Leif Johansson
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, AstraZeneca
Ikran
Youth Advocate, Kenya
Bjørg Sandkjær
Deputy Minister of International Development of Norway
Daqian Zhang
Global Forum Youth Advisory Board Member
HE Aminath Shauna
Minister for Environment, Climate Change & Technology, Government of Maldives
Sara Mora
Immigrant Rights Activist
Mamta Murthi
Vice President for Human Development, World Bank
Bas Tuenter
Climate Activist, Sustainables
Jubilee Ayuba
Social entrepreneur and Co-founder of Street2school
Alan Sueira
Social Educator, Instituto Aliança
Saher Baig
Climate Activist, YOUNGO
Sophie Lee
Youth Activist
Simphiwe Masilo
Intersectional Activist
Anne Muthoni
Global Forum Youth Advisory Board
Shekhar Mehta
2021-22 Rotary International President
Adam Granquist
Youth Activist
Kate Behncken
VP, Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies
Khemachart Prakyhongmanee
Police captain
Khamiele Lawrence
Parent
Luis Chamorro
Parent participant, SOS Children’s Villages
Satoko Hagino
Representative, Voice of Youth Japan
Nidhi Pant
S4S Technologies, Entrepreneur
Yassmin
Youth Advocate, Yemen
Johnny Boufarhat
Founder and CEO, Hopin
Dr Helen Young
Research Director and Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science, Tufts University
Rafik Amarani
Beyond Tekhmamek, Algeria
Mary Robinson
Chair of The Elders and former President of Ireland
Margianta Surahman
Health and Social Justice Advocate, Indonesia
Sahar Vasquez
Mental Health Advocate, Belize
Simone Yankey-Ouattara
Senior Policy Officer, Girls & Women's Education, African Union, Center for Girls and Women’s Education (AU/CIEFFA)
Ellen Chigwanda
Education Advocacy Advisor, CARE USA
Bill McKibben
Ecumenist, Sunday School Superintendent, Founder of 350.org and ThirdAct.org, Methodist Church
Dr. Aboubacar Kampo
Director of Health, UNICEF