Women Sustainability Forum 2022
in partnership with
Theme: Gender and Climate Change; Education for Sustainable Development
Location: Digital
The Women Sustainability Forum 2022 is a platform intended to discuss case studies that cut across various areas of sustainability science, policy and practice. The way that women are represented or challenged within disruptive industries and challenging environments, the linkages with the industry, socio-environmental and economic sustainability issues, attraction and retention of women in sustainability at the workplace, inclusive sustainable business models, women entrepreneurs and implications for their livelihoods, for example, are some of the topics the forum covers.
Plenary
Dr. Joane Serrano
Academic Coordinator PhD Program (Sustainability), UPOU
Philippines
Dr. Kat Vinegas
UPOU
Philippines
George Lwanda
United Nations Residency Coordination
Gambia, Africa
Dr. Finaflor Taylan
Director, Office of Gender Concerns
University of the Philippines Open University
Philippines
Dr. Manjuma Mousumi
BRAC Institute of Educational Development
Bangladesh
Ivan Delgado Pitti
Director Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Award Ceremony Exceptional Woman/Champion in Sustainability 2022
Parallel Sessions
Gender and Climate Change
Education for Sustainable Development
Gender and Climate Change
Chair: Vihanga Amarakoon, Regional Chairperson
University of Colombo
Education and Future-focused Sustainability
Chair: Anuska Joshi,
Regional Chairperson
Zoological Society of London
Dr. Sowdamini Thatta
Presentation: Women: the Torch bears of Circular Economy
GITAM, India
Catalina Lema
Presentation: Social sustainability: Building up communities for better futures.
Project Hilos de Paz (Peace Threads) in Colombia and Slow Fashion Movement Latinoamerica
Slow Fashion Movement LATAM, Colombia
Prof. Deepthi Wickramasinghe
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Devanmini Halwatura
Presentation: “People’s goals” – Are people really aware of the Sustainable Development Goals: Case study from Sri Lanka
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Thelma Paris
Presentation: Climate change, agriculture, and gender: insights from case studies in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Lao PDR
Open University of the Philippines
Urvi Dinah Thanekar
Presentation: Improving Sustainability in Healthcare services – the key to a sustainable future
Deakin University, Australia
Dr. Finaflor Taylan
Director, Office of Gender Concerns
Presentation: (Re) Claiming Women’s Spaces: Towards widened and quality participation of women in biodiversity/ environment management
Open University of the Philippines
Alvie Simonette
Presentation: Building online communities for sustainable development
Open University of the Philippines
Award Ceremony ‘Exceptional Women in Sustainability 2022
Sponsors and participants of WSF22
- Open University of the Philippines
- United Nations
- MInistry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
- BRAC Institute of Educational Development
- GITAM
- Zoological Society of London
- Deakin University
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