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Speakers



Opening Session

Dr Joan Nyanyuki, Executive Director, ACPF; Chair, Executive Council, African Partnership to End Violence against Children [APEVAC]

H.E. Dr Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE)

Ms Mikiko Otani, Chairperson, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

Ms Muluka Miti-Drummond, UN Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Persons with Albinism

Ms Mama Fatima Singhateh,UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children

Session One

Honourable Mrs Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke, Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Republic of Uganda

Chair: Advocate Bience Gawanas, Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Africa (2018-2020) Commissioner of Social Affairs, AU (2002-2012); APEVAC Advisory Group Member

Honourable Ms Patricia Annie Kaliati, Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Republic of Malawi

Honourable Ms Manty Tarawalli, Minister Gender and Children’s Affairs, Republic of Sierra Leone

Honourable Mrs Aya Benjamin Warille, Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Republic of South Sudan

Session Two

Chair: Honourable Theophane Nikyema, Member, ACERWC, ACPF Executive Director (2013-2018) APEVAC Advisory Group Member

Mr Zoungrana Releoinde Silvain,, Permanent Secretary, National Council for Children, Ministry of Gender and Family, Burkina Faso

Mr Mamadou Kebe, Technical Advisor in Charge of Children, Office of the President of Senegal, Republic of Senegal

Mrs Linda William-Melanie, Principal Secretary, Social Affairs Department, Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs, Republic of Seychelles

Session Three

Chair: Dr Joan Nyanyuki, Executive Director, ACPF; Chair, Executive Council, African Partnership to End Violence against Children [APEVAC]

Mr Maurice Tsuma, Director, Department of Children Services, Ministry of Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes, Republic of Kenya

Ms Mookho Motheo Lekhanya, Director, Child Protection, Ministry of Social Development, Kingdom of Lesotho

Ms Isabella Sekawana, Acting Deputy Director, General Welfare Services, Ministry of Social Development, Republic of South Africa

Session Four

Special Sitting: Sister Jane Wainoi, Director DRC Integrated Programmes, The Good Shepherd International Foundation 2021 Ghai Larissa Award Winner

Ms Beza Teferra, Executive Director, KMG, Ethiopia

Chair: Prof Atangcho Nji Akonumbo, Dean, Faculty of Laws and Political Science, University of Buea - Cameroon

Engineer Mutsindashyaka André, Secretary-General, Rwanda Extractive Industry Workers Union (REWU)

Mr Belete Dagne, Child Rights Advocacy and Wellbeing Director, Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ms Wairimu Munyinyi-Wahome, Executive Director, COVAW, Nairobi, Kenya

Dr Angela Dwamena-Aboagye, Founder and Executive Director, Ark Foundation Ghana

Session Five

Chair: Ms Raheemat Momodu, Head Human Security and Civil Society Division, Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, Department of Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS Commission

Mr MacBain Mkandawire, Executive Director, Youth Net Counselling (YONECO), Republic of Malawi

Mr Tawanda Zimhunga, Deputy Director, Child Protection Services, Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Public Service and Social Welfare, Republic of Zimbabwe

Mr Alain Mel Didier Lath, Secretary of the Central Authority for Adoption, Ministry of Women, Family, and Children, Republic of Côte D’Ivoire

Ms Rahimisa Kamuingona, Deputy Director, Child Care Services Division, Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Republic of Namibia

Session Six

Chair: H.E. Ms Rebbecca Otengo Amuge, Ambassador, Head of Mission, Permanent Representative to the AU, IGAD & UNECA, Embassy of the Republic of Uganda

Mr Hani Mansourian, Coordinator, Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Dr Isabela Moses, Child Protection Expert, Department of Political Affairs Peace and Security, African Union Commission

Ms Regina Lullo, Director, Department of child and social welfare, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Republic of South Sudan

Mr Anthony Njoroge, Senior Programme Manager, Child Protection Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Save the Children International

Session Seven

Chair: Ms Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, Independent Expert on the human rights of persons with albinism

Mr Retta Getachew, Child Development and Protection Programme Manager, ACPF

Ms Pauline Simwaka, Chief Child Development Officer, Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Republic of Malawi

Ms Kenza El Otmani, Legal consultant and researcher specialising in children’s rights and Expert approved by the Council of Europe in Morocco and the South of the Mediterranean; Kingdom of Morocco

Session Eight

Special Sitting: Ms Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Nigerian novelist, journalist, and essayist

Mr Andrew Brooks, Child Protection Advisor, UNICEF East and Southern Africa Office

Chair: Mrs Lydia Najjemba Wasula, Principal Probation and Welfare Officer, Head National Child wellbeing Unit, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Republic of Uganda

Ms Bintu H.K. Fatty, Director of Children’s Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Children Social Welfare, Republic of Gambia

Mr Mpendulo Masuku, Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst, Department of Gender and Family Issues, Deputy Prime Minister's Office, Kingdom of Eswatini

Session Nine

Chair: Mr Samuel Norgah, Director, Plan International AU Liaison and Pan Africa Office

Dr Greta Massetti, Branch Chief, Field Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, CDC Headquarters

Mr Maurice Tsuma, Director, Department of Children Services, Ministry of Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes, Republic of Kenya

Mr Simon Masanga, Permanent Secretary for Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Republic of Zimbabwe

Session Ten

Chair: Ms Mama Fatima Singhateh, UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children

Honourable Mrs Aya Benjamin Warille, Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Republic of South Sudan

Dr Joan Nyanyuki, Executive Director, ACPF; Chair, Executive Council, African Partnership to End Violence against Children [APEVAC]

Honourable Mrs Patricia Annie Kaliati, Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Republic of Malawi

Honourable Mrs Manty Tarawalli, Minister Gender and Children’s Affairs, Republic of Sierra Leone

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