Latanya Mapp Frett

President and CEO
Global Fund for Women

Latanya Mapp Frett is President and CEO of Global Fund for Women and serves on the Board of Directors for Global Fund for Women and Global Fund for Women UK. As a feminist fund, Global Fund for Women offers flexible support to a diverse group of partners – more than 5,000 groups across 175 countries so far – to create meaningful change that will last beyond our lifetimes. Latanya is the author of: The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever. She previously worked with Planned Parenthood Global, UNICEF and USAID.

Event Schedule

DAY 1
18 July 2023
DAY 2
20 July 2023
Start Time End Time Session Description Action
08:30 pm EEST 10:00 pm EEST Transformative Philanthropy through Innovative Collaborations: The Resilience Fund for Women in Global Value Chains
Side Event
Kigali Convention Center - Room AD 10-1

In May 2021, a unique collaboration among NGOs, feminist funds and corporate investors launched a pooled fund to find better ways of creating partnerships that support Read More

Speakers
Poonam Kathuria

Founder & director

Society for Women's Action and Training Initiatives -SWATI,

Kalyani Subramanyam

CEO

Maitrayana Charity Foundation

Sunzida Sultana

Director

Karmojibi Nari

Dilly Severin

Executive Director

UN Foundation - Universal Access Project

Kunthea Chan

Independent

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Komala Ramachandra

Director for Social, Labor & Human Rights

Gap, Inc

Marissa Wesely

Co-founder

Win Win/Win-Win Strategies

Latanya Mapp Frett

President and CEO

Global Fund for Women

Start Time End Time Session Description Action
12:00 pm EEST 01:30 pm EEST Sustaining Feminist Movements: Transforming Power and Resources
Plenary
KCC Auditorium

Watch the recording here

In the face of persistent attacks on women’s rights, grassroots feminist activists and social movements are increasingly indispensable, Read More

Speakers
Tulika Srivastava

Board Member

Women Deliver

Zozibini Tunzi

Founder

Zozibini Tunzi Foundation

Faith S. Kaoma

Co-founder & Chief Operations Officer

Copper Rose Zambia

Bettina Baldeschi

CEO

International Women’s Development Agency 

Aline Joyce Berabose

CEO

LUNA is telehealth and wellness platform for women in Africa.

Mona Sinha

Global Executive Director

Equality Now

Latanya Mapp Frett

President and CEO

Global Fund for Women

Françoise Moudouthe

CEO

African Women's Development Fund

Speakers

Magdalene Dorto

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Deborah Nyirenda

Not applicable Not applicable

Yashmin Fernandes

Director Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Hub, Women's World Banking

Stella Anyangwe

End Polo Now Coordinator Rotary International

Blandine Umuziranenge

Founder and CEO Kosmotivr

Taryn Russell

Deputy Executive Director Results Canada

Djeinaba Kane

Advocacy & Partnership Lead AfricaNenda

Rafiat Akinokun

Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse

Melania Chiponda

Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Aries Setiadi

Managing Director Fintech Association Indonesia

Claude Mambo Muvunyi

Director General Rwanda Biomedical Center

Hanna Lemma

Co-founder & Contributor Addis Powerhouse

Kathryn Toure

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office IDRC

Dr. Lisa Avery

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Director Africa Initiatives

Carmen Correa

CEO Pro Mujer

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Anis Farid

Research Project Manager Women's Aid Organisation

Patricia Elias

Every Woman International Lawyer; Chief, Global Diplomatic Campaign

Lipi Rahman

Executive Director, Badabon Sangho Every Woman Indrani Fellow

Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda