Come join us

We have an exciting line up of keynote speakers, award winners and summit participants. Join us on the 7th &8th of June 2023 in Brussels and find out why we really mean "Representation Matters".

Speakers

Frances Fitzgerald
Member, Women's Rights & Gender Equality Committee, WPL Country Ambassador
European Parliament
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir
Chair & Co-Founder, The Reykjavik Global Forum; Senior Advisor, UN Women
Reykjavík Global Forum
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
President, Head of United Transitional Cabinet
Coordination Council of Belarus
Carlien Scheele
Director
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
Abla Amawi
Senator
The Jordanian Senate
Marlène Schiappa
Secretary of State for Social, Solidarity Economy & Associative Life of France
Office of the Prime Minister of France
Rozália-Ibolya Biro
Member, Chairperson of the Committee for Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies, Romania
Espérance Nyirasafari
Vice-President
Senate of the Rwanda
Helena Dalli
European Commissioner for Equality
European Commission
Lucia Klestincova
Co-President
Volt, Slovakia
Naz Baloch
Member
National Assembly, Pakistan
Princess Esméralda of Belgium
Journalist, author and activist for the environment and human rights, particularly the rights of women and indigenous peoples
Friendship Belgium
Sara Beysolow Nyanti
Assistant Secretary General, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan
United Nations
Amalia Dolores Garcia Medina
Member, Federal Congresswoman (Citizen Movement party)
Chamber of Deputies, Mexico
Natalia Gavrilița
Prime Minister of Moldova (2021-2023), First Deputy Chairwoman of Party of Action and Solidarity
Government of Moldova
Mary Robinson
Chair; Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice, Trinity College Dublin; President of Ireland (1990-1997)
The Elders
Roberta Metsola
President
European Parliament
Sahar Albazar
Parliament Member & Deputy Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, WPL Country Ambassador
Parliament of Egypt
Mabel Memory Chinomona
President of the Senate, President of the African Parliamentary Union and WPL Country Ambassador
Zimbabwe
Andreja Živic
Member
National Assembly, Slovenia
Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka
Senator, WPL Country Ambassador
Senate of the Republic of Poland
Inaya Ezzeddine
Member, Chair of the Women and Children Committee, WPL Country Ambassador
National Assembly, Lebanon
Krystal Lee
Member
House of Representatives, Jamaica
Ebtesam Mohamed Al-Dalal
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
Shura Council, Bahrain
Joyce Grant
President
National Alliance Party, Papua New Guinea
Maria J Rachel Arenas
Member
House of Representatives, Philippines
Şafak Pavey
Senior Advisor
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Irene Fellin
Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
NATO
Assita Kanko
Member
European Parliament
Anita Erskine
CEO
Anita Erskine Media
Elliane Tilleux
Speaker
House of Representatives, Belgium
Stephanie D'Hose
President
Senate of Belgium

Trailblazer Award winners

Peace & Security Award Winners

Lifetime achievement award winners

Participants

Sarah Pallett
Member
House of Representatives, New Zealand
Maria Emília Sousa Cerqueira
Member
Assembleia da República, Portugal
Rositsa Kirova
Vice President
National Assembly, Republic of Bulgaria
Yasna Provoste Campillay
President (2021)
Senate of Chile
Irene Charalambides
Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and on Equal Opportunities between Men and Women
Republic of Cyprus
Djuna Bernand
Vice-chairwoman
Chamber of Deputies, Luxembourg
Goedele Liekens
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
House of Representatives, Belgium
Lina Lopes
Member of the Parliament, Former Chair & Member of the Subcommittee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, WPL Country Ambassador
Assembleia da República, Portugal
Marcela Guerra Castillo
Deputy - Vicepresident of the Bureau
Chamber of Deputies, Mexico
Evelyn Regner
Vice President
European Parliament
Rozaina Adam
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
People's Majlis (Parliament), Maldives
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives), Ireland
Marie Jeanne d'Arc Masy Goulamaly
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
National Assembly, Madagascar
Purity Wangui Ngirici
Member of National Assembly (2017)
Kirinyaga County, Kenya
Tsovinar Vardanyan
Member
National Assembly of Armenia
Lina Gálvez Muñoz
Member; Vice-chair, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
European Parliament
Arusyak Julhakyan
Member
Parliament of Armenia
Heriknaz Tigranyan
Member
Parliament of Armenia
Lívia Járóka
Member
European Parliament
Karen Melchior
Member
European Parliament
Željana Zovko
Member
European Parliament
Olga Vasylevska-Smahliuk
Member
Verkhovna Rada(Parliament), Ukraine
Ntuli Mbali
Founder
Ground Work Collective
Kalila Khatun
Member
House of Representatives, Nepal
Margarita De la Pisa Carrión
Member
European Parliament
Sunčana Glavak
Member
European Parliament
Agnes Ameede
Member
Uganda Parliament
Domani Doré
Member
National Assembly, Guinea
Katarzyna Ueberhan
Member
House of Representatives, Republic of Poland
Aroma Dutta
Member
Bangladesh Parliament
Dalal Al Zayed
Member
Shura Council, Bahrain
Sarah Swodia
Chair Person
Interparty Womens Platform (IWOP)
Mariam Poghosyan
Member
Parliament of Armenia
Beata Petkevič
Member of the Seimas
Parliament of Lithuania
Georgia Brooks
Founder & CEO
The Nine
Kelly Samynadin
Member
National Assembly, Seychelles
Ewa Matecka
Senator
Senate of the Republic of Poland
Angelina Saranovic
Secretary of the Committee for Gender Equality
Parliament of Montenegro
Leena Habib Kassim
Member
Shura Council, Bahrain
Hana Brixi
Global Gender Director
The World Bank