Circle of Advisors

Delphine O (she/her) is ambassador-at-large and Secretary General for the Generation Equality Forum (Beijing+25). She led the organization of the largest international summit for women’s rights since 1995, convened by UN Women and co-chaired by France and Mexico. She was previously a Member of Parliament for La République en Marche, elected in Paris. Delphine O graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a French-American Young Leader 2019, Munich Young Leader 2019, member of the Council at the Council on Foreign Relations, member of the Strategic Orientation Board of the German Marshall Fund France and a board member of IRIS (Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques).

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Born in Ghana, Theo Sowa (she/her) has lived and worked in many countries in Africa, Europe and North America. Her work includes advisory roles to African and other international women’s rights, children’s rights and justice activists and leaders, as well as policy development and advocacy in a range of national and international organizations and agencies. She was Senior Programme Advisor on the UN Study on Children and Armed Conflict (the Machel Report) and led its five year review. Until recently Theo was CEO of the African Women’s Development Fund, leading the organization through a period of transformation, growth and increase in reach, impact and influence in Africa, parts of the Middle East and globally.

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Dr. Nadine Gasman (she/her) is a Mexican physician, feminist, diplomat, activist and advocate for the rights of women. She has extensive professional experience in the public and private sectors, academia, civil society and international organizations. She was UN Women representative in Brazil and of the UNFPA in Guatemala, and Senior Manager of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Since 2019, she has held the position of President of the National Institute of Women in Mexico, where she is leading the intersectional gender mainstreaming at federal, state and municipal levels, and promoting government efforts for women’s economic autonomy, preventing violence against women and promoting the national care system.

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Ellen Friedman (she/her) is a social change strategist, organizer, philanthropic advisor and network weaver. For eleven years she served as the Executive Director of the Compton Foundation, which seeks to ignite change toward a sustainable, just and peaceful future. During Ellen’s tenure, the Foundation aligned its investment and grantmaking program with the Foundation’s mission and made the courageous decision to spend out the Foundation’s assets after 75 years of operation.

Karen Burbach (she/her) is the head of the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Taskforce of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Full bio to come.

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