09:00 - 09:45Welcome & Keynotes
- , Former Italian Foreign Minister
Plenary Sessions
09:45 - 11:15How to keep girls in school
- SETTING THE SCENE: Cathy Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
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- MODERATOR: Mabel van Oranje, Chair, Girls not Brides
- Fiona Mahvinga, Founding member, Camfed Association
- Josephine Kulea, Founder and Executive Director, Samburu Girls Foundation (Kenya)
- Shabana Basij-Rasikh, Co-founder and President, SOLA- School of Leadership Afghanistan
- Sarah Degnan Kambou, President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
- Habiba Mohamed, Co-director and Team leader, Centre for Girls’ Education (Nigeria)
11:15 - 11:45Break
11:45- 13:15How to reach the top: fostering women leaders
- MODERATOR: Hugo Dixon, Columnist and founder of BreakingViews
- Kathy Calvin, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation
- Cherie Blair, Lawyer and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
- Jane Moran, Global chief information officer, Unilever
13:15 - 14:15Lunch
14:15 - 15:45Women under extremist rule, from ISIS to Boko Haram
- SETTING THE SCENE: Charlie Winter, Senior Researcher, Quilliam Foundation
- Christianne Boudreau, Founder, Hayat Canada Family Support
- Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West of England
- Sherizaan Minwalla, Human Rights lawyer
- Raheb Alwany, Syrian doctor and Human Rights defender
15:45 - 16:15Break
16:15 - 17:45Trust Women Actions
- FACILITATOR: Jess Search, Chief executive, BRITDOC Foundation
- David Risher, CEO, WorldReader
- Safeena Husain, Chief executive officer, Educate Girls
- Emma Webb, Head of EU University Partnerships, Coursera
17:45 - 18:15Break
18:15 - 18:30Trust Women Hero Award Ceremony
18:30 - 20:00Trust Women Special Evening Event
