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Commonwealth Leaders, Business Leaders, Global Influencers, Climate, Tech and Health Experts

WHY

#EqualityMoonshot By Women, For Women To Build One Resilient Common Future & Wealth

WHEN

Oct 14, 2024

WHERE

House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 0AA.

Join #EqualityMoonShot
AND build ONE resilient commonwealth

Build One Resilient Common Wealth

World Woman Commonwealth Agenda is a collaborative, multistakeholder initiative designed to help reshape women’s roles in the 56 independent Commonwealth Countries. Being held over the course of a day, it offers a distinctive platform to explore how we can most effectively invest in women and girls throughout the Commonwealth and to highlight the imperative for global cooperation to make gender equality a reality. 

reshape & redefine our common future

World Woman Commonwealth Agenda is being launched to serve as a dynamic forum for instigating high-level collaboration between the public and private sectors. It seeks to unite governments, prominent international organizations and corporations, civil society, academic institutions, and the global media to advocate for women’s voices in a bold new way.  The event is being held the week before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), taking place in Samoa from 21st October. 

OUR EQUALITY moonshot AGENDA

Sustainability & Gender Equality

Sustainability & Gender Equality

Fair Economy

Fair Economy

Inclusive Innovation & Technology

Inclusive Innovation & Technology

Education, Job, Skills, & Parity

Education, Job, Skills, & Parity

Health Equity & Healthcare

Health Equity & Healthcare

Better Business & LeadHership

Better Business & LeadHership

Creative Economy, Web 3.0& Equal Future

Creative Economy, Web 3.0& Equal Future

Global Co-operation & Women Empowerment

Global Co-operation & Women Empowerment

AGENDA

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • Rupa Dash, Founder & CEO, World Woman Foundation
    Founder & CEO, World Woman Foundation
  • Lalita Taylor, World Woman Foundation Council Member UK
    Advisory Council Member, UK Region, World Woman Foundation; Executive Producer BBC Fusion; Co-Chair BBC WiSTEM

Speakers:
  • Baroness Verma
  • Elisabeth Mainelli
    Lady Mayoress of The City of London
  • Helen Thomas, He
    Head of BBC Radio 2

Speakers:
  • Baroness Scotland
    Secretary-General, Commonwealth

Speakers:
  • Lopa Patel MBE
    Chair, Diversity UK and Founder of Asians in Tech
  • Monica Ferro
    Director of UNFPA’s London Representation Office
  • Eman Martin-Vignerte
    Government Affairs Director, Bosch UK - hydrogen 4 life
  • Dr Linda Yueh CBE
    Executive Chair, The Royal Commonwealth Society
  • Sneh Aurora
    Director of Commonwealth Human Rights Institution

Speakers:
  • Kim Rowell
    Managing Editor of News Production at ITN, Trustee and Board Member UN Women UK
  • Prof Geeta Nargund
    Senior Consultant Gynaecologist and Lead Consultant for Reproductive Medicine Services at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London UK
  • Ritu Hinduja-Chhabria
    Managing Trustee, Mukul Madhav Foundation

Speakers:
  • Dr.Tamas David-Barrett
    Author of 'Gendered Species: A Natural History of Patriarchy & Lecturer, Trinity College Oxford
  • Aayati Dash Kar
    Artist, Youth Advocate & Founder, Queendom Metaverse

Speakers:
  • Lalita Taylor
    Advisory Council Member, UK Region, World Woman Foundation & Executive Producer BBC Fusion; Co-Chair BBC WiSTEM

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • Marc Cieslak
    BBC News Technology Correspondent and Broadcaster
  • Dr Nicola Hodson
    Chief Executive IBM UK & Ireland, Deputy President techUK
  • Romana Pugh
    Change Lead, BBC Product Accessibility
  • Suki Fuller
    Winner 2023 Most Influential Women in UK Technology, Intelligence Fellow at the Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows, Board Advisor at Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates

Speakers:
  • Gabriella di Laccio
    Founder, Donne, Women in Music

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • Rupa Dash
    Founder & CEO, World Woman Foundation
  • Lalita Taylor
    Advisory Council Member, UK Region, World Woman

Speakers:
  • HRH Princess Beatrice

Speakers:
  • Dr Linda Yueh CBE
    Executive Chair, The Royal Commonwealth Society

Speakers:
  • Emily Buchanan
    BBC R4 Presenter and former BBC Developing World
  • Sarah Woodcock
    CEO The Anti-Slavery Collective

Speakers:
  • Justin Rowlatt,
    BBC Climate Editor
  • Scott Davies
    CEO, UK & Ireland - ISS A/S
  • Dr Nitya Khemka
    University of Cambridge. Climate Change Expert
  • Unnikrishnan Nair
    Head of Climate Change, Economic,Youth & Sustainable Development Directorate, Commonwealth Secretariate

Speakers:
  • Lucy Slack
    Secretary General of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum
  • Emily Buchanan
    BBC R4 Presenter and former BBC Developing World

Speakers:
  • Dr. Emma Andrews
    Vice President, Global Patient Advocacy, Pfizer
  • Emily Buchanan
    BBC R4 Presenter and former BBC Developing World

Speakers:
  • Baroness Sandy Verma
    Member of the House of Lords, UK
  • Rupa Dash
    Founder & CEO, World Woman Foundation
  • Lalita Taylor
    Advisory Council Member, UK Region, World Woman Foundation & Executive Producer BBC Fusion; Co-Chair BBC WiSTEM

Speakers:
  • Ray Blk
    Singer and Songwriter

TRACKS

CELEBRATE WORLD WOMAN HEROES

Recipients of our World Woman Hero Awards are those who have dedicated their lives to transforming the lives of women and children, have the courage to fight, the power to survive, and the leadership to inspire. 

 

During the World Woman Commonwealth Agenda, we will be celebrating extraordinary women – our heroes – for their commitment to gender equality in a bold new way. 

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HOUSE OF LORDS

The Cholmondeley Room was named after George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, the 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley, who was Lord Great Chamberlain when the room came into operation in June 1963.

The Cholmondeley Room, with its accompanying terrace, is the principal function room of the House of Lords. The wallpaper is of an original Pugin design and the chairs were designed by Viscount Linley, a first cousin of King Charles III.

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WHY ATTEND

GET INSPIRED.

Prepare to be inspired by an unprecedented lineup of leaders, on and off the stage. They’ll share their stories—and lessons learned along the way—about defying the odds and reinventing business their own way.

GET EMPOWERED.

Surround yourself with savvy leaders from diverse backgrounds, passions, and pursuits for a day of dynamic exchanges and innovative business ideas. They’ll have you energized and empowered to build a thriving economy, a sustainable planet, and an inclusive world for women and girls.

GET EQUIPPED.

Have your most-pressing world challenges, concerns, and questions addressed in this open forum. You will receive practical advice, feasible solutions, and innovative ideas on how to fund, launch and solve humanity’s grand challenges that women and girls face around the world

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