Speakers
Speakers
Invited and confirmed Speakers include:
Andrija Mandić
President of the Parliament of MontenegroMontenegro
Zdenka Popović
Vice President of the Parliament of MontenegroMontenegro
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
President & Founder of Women Political Leaders (WPL)Belgium
Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili
Chair of the WPL Board; Founder & CEO of Human Capital Africa (HCA); Founder of FixPolitics & The School of Politics, Policy, and Governance (SPPG); Senior Economic Adviser at Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI)Nigeria
Ewa Kopacz
Vice-President & Chair of the European Parliament's High Level Group on Gender Equality and DiversityPoland
Xiomara Castro
President of the Republic of HondurasHonduras
Ana-Cynthia-Ioana Paun
Member of the Senate of RomaniaRomania
Anne Pirson
Member of the House of RepresentativesBelgium
Auhoud Said Rashid Al Bulushi
Member of the State Council of OmanOman
Biljana Braithwaite
Founding Partner & CEO, Sustineri PartnersUnited Kingdom
Catherine Ardagh
Member of Parliament - DeputyIreland
Cristina Gallach
Secretary of the Board, GWL VoicesSpain
Çiğdem Erdoğan
Member of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Türkiye, Chairperson of the Commission on Equal Opportunities For Women And MenTürkiye
Suad Mubarak Said Al Fori
Member of the State Council of OmanOman
Ilham Essaki
Deputy of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of MoroccoMorocco
Irene Charalambides
Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and on Equal Opportunities between Men and WomenCyprus
Konstantina Karampatsoli
Member of the Hellenic ParliamentGreece
Maithreyi Seetharaman
Founder/Editor of The Chief BriefUnited States
Ujeza Doshlaniand
News Anchor at Euronews AlbaniaAlbania
Tuba Durgut
Vice-President of the Women Parliamentary ForumTürkiye
Qurat-Ul-Ain Marri
Member of the SenatePakistan
Princess Esméralda of Belgium
Journalist, author and activistBelgium
Espérance Nyirasafari
Member of the Senate of Rwanda, Vice-President of the Senate (2019-2024)RwandaMahasen Mohammad Aljaghoub
Member of the SenateJordanMaida Gorčević
Minister of European Affairs of MontenegroMontenegroMaria Rachel J. Arenas
Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee; WPL Country AmbassadorPhilippines
Rick Zednik
Senior Advisor & Secretary of the Board, Women Political Leaders (WPL)SlovakiaShaista Pervaiz Malik
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan; WPL Country AmbassadorPakistan
Sonja Kuljača
Senior Associate for Planning and Analysis of Protection and Sustainable Development, Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management of MontenegroMontenegro
Sara Mohammad Falaknaz
Member of Parliament, Federal National Council of the UAEUnited Arab Emirates
Sara Beysolow Nyanti
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Dean of the Cabinet at Ministry of Foreign AffairsLiberia
Tamara Vujović
Minister of Culture and Media of MontenegroMontenegro
Vanja Radević
Attorney at Law, Founder of Radević Legal CounselMontenegro
Trailblazer Award winners
Peace & Security Award Winners
Lifetime achievement award winners
Participants
Agnė Bilotaitė
Member of the Parliament of Lithuania, Minister of Interior of Lithuania (2020 – 12 December 2024)Lithuania
Ágota Kondor
Member of the Senate of RomaniaRomania
Alexandra Presura
Member of the Senate of RomaniaRomania
Aliye Timisi Ersever
Member of ParliamentTürkiye
Anara Naeem
Member of the People’s MajlisThe Maldives
Anđela Vojinović
Member of the Parliament of MontenegroMontenegro
Anna Dolidze
Former Member of Parliament, Deputy Minister of Defence (2015-2016), ProfessorGeorgia
Anna Koukkides-Procopiou
Minister of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus (2023-2024), Advisor to the President of Democratic Rally Party/Speaker of the House Annita Demetriou, President of Politeia Think TankCyprusAnnie Kapandula Kalamatila
Mayor of Lufwanyama DistrictZambia
Barbara Agostino
Member of Chambre des Députés du Luxembourg, Member of the Commission for Higher Education, Research and DigitalizationLuxembourg
Blanca Martin Delgado
President of the Asamblea de ExtremaduraSpain
Branka Marković
Member of the Parliament of Montenegro, Member of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture and SportsMontenegro
Brankica Jankovic
Commissioner for Protection of EqualitySerbia
Carol Nolan
Independent Member of Irish ParliamentIreland
Dominique Munongo
Rapporteur for the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Member of the National AssemblyDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Dorcas Puotiere
Gender Specialist, Ministry of GenderGhana
Dragoslav Šćekić
Deputy Prime Minister for Demography and Youth and Minister of Sports and Youth of MontenegroMontenegro
Eka Sepashvili
Member of ParliamentGeorgia
Ellen Amarkai Attoh-Wreh
Member of ParliamentLiberia
Emilie Béatrice Epaye
Parlementaire, présidente de la Commission Affaires ÉtrangèresCentral African Republic
Emma Pavanelli
Member of ParliamentItaly
Espérance Nyirasafari
Vice-President of the Senate (2019-2024); Minister for Sports and Culture (2018-2019),Minister of Gender and Family Promotion (2016-2018)Rwanda
Eva Biaudet
Member of ParliamentFinland
Fatimazhra Belhirch
SenatorNetherlands
Fawzia Arshad
SenatorPakistan
Francine Closener
Member of Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee for National Education, Children and YouthLuxembourg
Germaine Kouméalo Anate
Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and CooperationTogoGoedele Liekens
Member of the Senate of Belgium; WPL Global Ambassador for Women’s HealthBelgium
Hafida Benchehida
Senator, Founding Member of Arab Women Parliamentarians for Equality and Equity; International Relations OfficerAlgeria
Iryna Gerashchenko
Member of ParliamentUkraine
Jekaterina Rojaka
Member of the Seimas of the Republic of LithuaniaLithuania
Jelenka Andric
Member of ParliamentMontenegro
Katarzyna Kierzek-Koperska
Member of the Sejm of the Republic of PolandPoland
Kristin Melsom
Ambassador of Norway to Serbia, North Macedonia and MontenegroNorway
Kristine Poghosyan
Member of the National AssemblyArmenia
Lara Scarpitta
OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender IssuesItalyLina Šukytė - Korsakė
Member of the Lithuanian ParliamentLithuania
Lina Gálvez
Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender EqualitySpain
Luminita Păucean-Fernandes
Member of the SenateRomania
Mabel Memory Chinomona
President of the Senate of ZimbabweZimbabwe
