Education Cannot Wait 2023

Michelle May

Education Specialist, Education Cannot Wait

 

Tabeth Chingwaru

Journalist, girls’ rights activist and member of Y4EiE Global Youth Panel

 

Falastin Mohamud Ali

Youth activist and member of Transform Education

 

Suresh Chhetry (pre-record)

Country Director, Healing Together Nepal; Brave Movement co-founder and SAGE member; Safe to Learn Advisory Board Member

 

Nafisa

Save the Children youth activist, Nigeria

 

Erik Brøgger Rasmussen

Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations Office at Geneva

 

Robert Jenkins

Global Director, Education and Adolescent Development, UNICEF

 

Laura Frigenti

CEO, Global Partnership for Education

 

Antara Ganguli

Director, United Nations Girls' Education Initiative

 

Aloyo Stella Oryang

Education International

 

Veronica Zambrano

Latin America Sub-Regional Director, Plan International

 

Chrissy Hart

Director, Policy & Advocacy, Together for Girls

 

H.E. Awut Deng Acuil

Minister of Education, South Sudan

 

Moderated by

Dr Howard Taylor

Executive Director, The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children

 

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OPENING SESSION

 

Master of Ceremonies

 

Ms. Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations

 

Speakers

 

H.E. Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor,Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland

 

H.E. Mr. Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Chair of the High-Level Steering Group

 

Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF

 

Ms. Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director, Education Cannot Wait

 

Panelists

 

Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

 

H.E. Ms. Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

 

H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Natatou, Minister of Education, Niger

 

H.E. Ms. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of International Development, Norway

 

H.E. Ms. Awut Deng Acuil, Minister of General Education and Instruction, South Sudan

 

H.E. Mr. Hernando Bayona Rodríguez, Deputy Minister Colombia, Ministry of Education

 

Youth Advocates

 

Mr. Oleksii D., Youth Refugee Leader, Norwegian Refugee Council, Romania

 

Hawa A., Youth Representative, Transform Education hosted by UNGEI

 

Mr. Jafaar Hayder J., Youth Representative, The Iraqi Alliance of Disability Organization

 

SPOTLIGHT ON AFGHANISTAN

 

Moderator

 

Ms. Christina Lamb, Chief Foreign Correspondent, The Sunday Times; Bestselling Author

 

Speakers

 

Ms. Amina J. Mohamed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

 

Ms. Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Laureate; Co-founder, Malala Fund

 

Ms. Somaya Faruqi, Girls’ Education Advocate and Captain of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team

 

Mr. Ziauddin Yousafzai, Co-founder, Malala Fund

 

Ms. Fawzia Koofi, Women’s Rights Activist and Former Deputy Speaker, Afghan National Parliament

 

The Rt. Hon. Mr. Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Chair of the High-Level Steering Group

 

 

DONOR PLEDGING

 

Speakers

 

Mr. Michael Sheldrick, Co-Founder, Global Citizen

 

 

ECW – A Transformative Agenda

 

Speakers

 

H.E. Mr. Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State for Development & Africa, United Kingdom

 

H.E. Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, CEO and Vice Chairman, Dubai Cares

 

Mr. David Miliband, President and CEO, International Rescue Committee

 

Ms. Shandana Khan, CEO, Rural Support Programmes Network, Pakistan

 

 

 

ECW – A Proven Model Across the Nexus

 

Moderator

 

Mr. Grant Leaity, Representative, UNICEF Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

Speakers

 

Ms. Jamila Afghani, Founder & Director, Noor Educational & Capacity Development Organization

 

H.E. Mr. Harjit Sajjan, Minister of International Development, Canada

 

Dr. Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director, International Disability Alliance

 

Mr. Jan Egeland, Secretary-General, Norwegian Refugee Council

 

Ms. Adriana F., Youth Activist, Tertiary Refugee Student Network

 

H.E. Peter MacDougall, Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues and Development at Global Affairs Canada

 

 

Leading During Crisis

 

Moderators

 

Mr. Stephen Omollo, CEO, Plan International

 

Ms. Sarah Amu, UK Representative, Youth for Education in Emergencies (Youth4EiE) Global Youth Panel

 

Speakers

 

H.E. Mr. Namis Al-Jubouri, Ibrahim, Minister of Education, Iraq

 

H.E. Ms. Adriana Cazacu-Tigaie, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education and Research, Republic of Moldova

 

H.E. Mr. Professor Berhanu Nega, Minister of Education, Ethiopia

 

 

Leaving No One Behind in Forced Displacement Situations

 

Moderator

 

Ms. Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations

 

Speakers

 

Ms. Aloyo Stella Oryang, South Sudanese Refugee Teacher and Member of the Uganda National Teachers Union, Uganda

 

Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

 

Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General, UNRWA

 

Ms. Paula Gaviria, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

 

H.E. Hernando Bayona, Deputy Minister Colombia, Ministry of Education

 

H.E. Alan Hama Saeed Salih, Minister of Education, Kurdistan Regional Government

 

Closing Day 1

 

Speakers

 

Ms. Goundo O., Youth Representative, ECW Youth Constituency, Mali

 

Mr. Ifeanyi O., Youth Representative, ECW Youth Constituency, Nigeria

 

Ms. Khatira Amin, Refugee Education Council Member, World Vision Canada

 

Mr. Sanar Khalil A., Youth Member, The Iraqi Alliance of Disability

 

Ms. Sara Lucía G., Youth Representative, International Disability Alliance

 

Ms. Tia T., Lebanon Representative, Youth for Education in Emergencies (Youth4EiE) Global Youth Panel

Done