Speakers

2025 AWP

Opening Session

Opening & Keynote Speech & Congratulatory Remarks

Ilwad Elman

Chief Operating Officer, Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre

Pramila Patten

Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, United Nations

Sanam Anderlini

Founder and CEO, International Civil Society Action Network

Arlene B. Tickner

Ambassador at-large for Gender Issues and Feminist Global Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia

Kajsa Ollongren

EU Special Representative for Human Rights

Irene Fellin

NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and for Human Security

I Gusti Agung
Wesaka Puja

Executive Director, ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR)

Amy Pope

Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Panel Discussion 1

25 Years of WPS on the Ground – Achievements and Lessons Learned from the Asia-Pacific

Maria Victoria C. Balleza

Chief Executive Officer, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)

Heisoo Shin

Chair, Board of Directors, Korea Center for UN Human Rights Policy (KOCUN)

I Gusti Agung
Wesaka Puja

Executive Director, ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR)

Zahra’ Langhi

Senior Advisor on Inclusion and Women, Peace and Security, Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY)

Asa Torkelsson

Chief, UNFPA Seoul Representation Office

Panel Discussion 2

New Frontiers – Innovating WPS in an Era of AI and Cyber Technologies

Jiso Yoon

Director of Center for International Development and Cooperation, Korean Women’s Development Institute (KWDI)

Mona Demaidi

Vice President for Artificial Intelligence and Director of International Relations, Arab American University (AAUP), Founder and CEO, STEMpire, and Chairwoman, Intersect Innovation Hub

Paola Vesco

Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Gaelle Demolis

Policy and Programme Specialist, Governance Peace and Security, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Youth Session

Joining Hands – Empowering Intergenerational Leadership and Learning

Angela Muvumba Sellstöm

Senior Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)

Ilwad Elman

Chief Operating Officer, Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre

Sae-Ryo Kim

Representative, UNHCR Korea

Panel Discussion 3

Standing Together – From Survivors to Agents of Change

Eun Mee Kim

17th President (2021–2025) and Professor Emeritus, Ewha Womans University and Goodwill Ambassador, UN Women

Esther Dingemans

Executive Director, Global Survivors Fund (GSF)

Dominique Vidale-Plaza

Director of Care and Country Programmes, Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation

James Heenan

Representative, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul

Samuel Emonet

Executive Director, Justice Rapid Response