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Women Leaders Forum:Connecting Womens Health and Girls Education for Scalable and

Sustainable DevelopmentAn Official side event of the United Nations General Assembly

Organized by Advanced Development for Africa (ADA) Foundation, Global Partnerships Forum

and Global Digital He@lth Initiative, in cooperationwith the ITU and UNAIDS

The Pierre Hotel, New York City, September 27, 2013

9.159.30am Welcome and Introductory Remarks:

Mr. Amir A. Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum

Ms. Coumba D. Tour, Founder & President, Advanced Development for AfricaFoundation

9.30-9.40 am - Opening prayer by His Holiness The Gyalwang Drukpa

9.4010.30 am A Conversation on Women and Youth Empowerment and Smart Philanthropy

via STI and ICT

H.E. Toyin Ojora Saraki, Founder President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

Dr. Hamadoun I. Tour, Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union

Facilitated by Amir Dossal, Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum

10.3011:15 amRoundtable Plenary: Scaling up Innovations for Womens Health: Zero Mothers

Die and UniversalWomen

UniversalWomen Video

Panelists:

H.E. Dr. Madame Christine Kaseba-Sata,First Lady of Zambia

Dr. Veronique Thouvenot, Co-founder & Scientific Director, Millennia2025 Foundation

Ms. Kirsten Haglund,Miss America 2008, Founder, The Kirsten Haglund Foundation

Dr. Jordi Serrano Pons, President, Universal DoctorMs. Phyllis Arn Zimmer, MN, FNP, FAAN, President, Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation, USA

Dr. Patricia Mechael, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

Ms. Kirsten Gagnaire, Global Director, MAMA (Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action)

Session Moderator, Mr. Denis Gilhooly, Executive Director, GDHI

Digital He@lth InitiativeTechnology and Innovation for Equity

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11:1511:45pmKeynote Address: Dr. Michel Sidib, Executive Director, UNAIDS

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11:4512:15pm Keynote Address Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman, Yunus Center,Introduced by Ms. Coumba D. Tour, Founder and President, Advanced Development for Africa

Foundation

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12:151:00 pm Creating Safer Environments for Women in the Workplace:

Partnerships in Action

Ms. Naila Chowdhury, Chairwoman, Women4Empowerment (USA)

Prof. John Forrer, Associate Director, Institute for Corporate Responsibility, George Washington

University

Ms. Valarie Gelb, Chief Executive Officer, TheBarnYardGroup

Mr. Killian Stokes, Global Business Development, Self Help Africa

Ms. Alethea Lodge-Clarke, Program Manager, Public-Private Partnerships, Microsoft

Session Moderator Ms. June Sarpong, Founder, WIE Network and DNA Summit

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1:001:45 pm Roundtable Plenary: Ensuring Digital Education for Every Woman and Every Girl

Panelists:

Ms. Giulia Corinaldi, Interim CEO, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Ms. Noella Coursaris Musunka, Founder and CEO, Georges Malaika Foundation

Dr. Kristie Holmes, Ph.D., LCSW Associate Adjunct Professor of Social Work,

University of Southern California, USA

Ms. Savannah Maziya, Group CEO, Bunengi Group, South Africa

Ms. Nazneen Shafi, Executive Director, Engage ME

Special presentation by Ms. Hanna Aase, Founder, Wonderloop

Session ModeratorMs. June Sarpong, Founder, WIE Network and DNA SummitForum Partners