Expert Meeting on the Impact of Existing Strategies and Initiatives to address Child, Early and Forced Marriage 20-21 October 2016

List of Participants

1. Neto Agostinho, MP, Kenya

2. Nour Al Zaben, Protection Project Manager, Save the Children, Jordan

3. Mohna Ansari, Member of the Commission of

4. Vanessa Anyoti, Young Women’s Coordinator, World YWCA, Switzerland.

5. Alfonso Barragues. Director (a.i) of UNFPA Geneva office, Switzerland.

6. Shabina Begum, Solicitor, Dawson Cornwell, United Kingdom.

7. Veronica Birga, Chief of Women’s Human Rights and Section, OHCHR, Switzerland.

8. Hanitriniaina Belalahy, Director of international Relations and Human Rights, Ministry of Justice, Madagascar.

9. Matilda Branson, Policy Officer, Girls Not Brides, United Kingdom.

10. Sofia Cánovas Pereda, Child and Forced Marriage Expert, OHCHR, Switzerland.

11. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Scientist. Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, WHO, Switzerland.

12. Fatima Delladj-Sebaa, ACERWC member, African Union Special Rapporteur on Child and Forced Marriages (2010-2015), Argelia.

13. Enakshi Ganguly, Co-Director, HAQ: Centre for Child Rights,

14. Nahla Haidar, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Switzerland/Lebanon.

15. Sara Hossain, Advocate, Supreme Court of . Executive Director, BLAST.

16. Theresa John Ndovie, Chief Inkosi Kachindamoto of the Dedza District, Malawi.

17. Nidal Karim, Project Director – Tipping Point: Digging Up the Roots of Child Marriage to Replant the Future, United States of America.

18. Laura Laski, Chief of the Sexual and Reproductive Health branch, Technical Division, UNFPA (connecting from NY)

19. Mariama Moussa, President of SOS Femmes et Enfants Victimes de Violences Familiales (SOS-FEVVF), Niger.

20. Peter Mucheleka, National Coordinator of the global join-UNICEF/UNFPA programme on Child and Forced Marriages, Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs. Zambia.

21. Samuel Musyoki, Country Director, Plan International, Zambia.

22. Victoria Maria Page, Consultant, Promundo, Brazil.

23. Fiona Mwale, High Court Judge, Malawi.

24. Sorina Sein, Curator, Open Society Roma Initiative, Italy.

25. H.E. Ambassador Yvette Stevens, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.

26. Caroline Ouaffo Wafang. Women’s Rights and Gender Advisor, OHCHR, Switzerland.

27. Ramatou Toure, Senior Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office, Senegal.

28. Melissa Upreti, Regional Director for Asia, Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR).