RANA ASKOUL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERRana Askoul is a development executive and women’s right advocate with 20 years of experience within the public, private and non-governmental sectors.Rana held various leadership roles with Dubai Government, McKinsey & Co. and General Electric.
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AURELIA OVAN OPERATIONS DIRECTORAurelia Ovan has over 15 years of experience in multidisciplinary roles of administrative and event’s management, communication and sociology research in private and non-profit sectors.
Aurelia started her career as a researcher in sociology and as a freelance consultant for the Geneva Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO). READ MORE
VALENTINA DI FELICE HEAD OF IMPACT AND LEARNINGValentina Di Felice has over 14-years’ experience in roles of progressive responsibility focused on the strategic design, management, and monitoring and evaluation of international development programs in the areas of women’s and girls’ empowerment and media for development.
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MEGHNA RAKSHIT COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORMeghna Rakshit has over 20 years of experience in marketing and communications with corporate and social sector companies. She is passionate above leveraging communications to drive gender equality and womens’ empowerment.
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MÉLISSA DE ROQUEBRUNE PARTNERSHIP DIRECTORMélissa de Roquebrune has over 15 years of partnership development and international fundraising experience in the non-profit sector. Mélissa has worked with some of the largest global NGO’s in North America and Europe and with partners from around the globe.
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SABINE ROSSET PARTNERSHIPS & EXTERNAL RESOURCES Sabine Rosset holds a MA in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Geneva. She began her career as a journalist for the Swiss television and private media. Pursuing her interest in the cultural sector, she led for the national cinema promotion agency in Zurich, the distribution strategies of Swiss films abroad. READ MORE
LAURA SOMOGGI PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, WOMANITY AWARDLaura is the Womanity Award Program Director at The Womanity Foundation. She is an accomplished sustainability professional with a deep understanding of social impact, cross-sector partnerships, women’s empowerment and the international development agenda.
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RUDO CHIKARA WOMANITY AWARD PROGRAMME COORDINATORRudo describes herself as a self-motivated and hardworking woman with a passion for giving
marginalized and under-privileged communities a voice through research and advocacy -
she is passionate about giving women ...
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SHIVANI GUPTA PROGRAMME DIRECTOR- INDIAShivani brings more than 25 years of consulting, technology and development sector experience to Womanity. Having spent more than two decades with global consulting companies like Capgemini India, Shivani has deep experience in conceptualising business solutions and successfully implementing large complex business and technology transformations...
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LINZI SARKAR SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICERLinzi started her work with Womanity Foundation with cross over experience from hospitality industry where she served as faculty member for esteem Hospitality Training Institutes.
In 2016, she joined the WomenChangeMakers Program team in India to lend support towards program
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TIANA VILAR LINS PROGRAMME MANAGER, WOMENCHANGEMAKERS BRAZILTiana has been committed to the non-profit sector for 15 years and has worked across Brazil, Paraguay and India to deliver impactful results on social projects, primarily with a focus on youth and social enterprise. Tiana has worked in youth and adolescent development at Alliance Institute and managed the selection of social entrepreneurs in Brazil and Paraguay for Ashoka.
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MAYSOUN ODEH GANGAT CO-FOUNDER AND CEO RADIO NISAAMaysoun Odeh is a Palestinian entrepreneur who schooled in Jerusalem, and then went on to attend University in Grenoble in France, completing her qualifications in Economics at the American University in Washington D.C. On her return to Palestine, she worked in the private sector, and then joined the newly established South African Embassy as the Advisor on Media & Trade.
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AMANDA ABOU ABDALLAH HEAD OF CONTENT, WEMEAN MEDIA – DISRUPTIVE MEDIA PROGRAMMEAmanda is a film director with 11 years of experience in the media industry in the Middle East, with a successful track record as a commercial film director working with international and regional advertising agencies and brands. Beginning 2017, Amanda joined Step group as Head of Video...
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