Julia Ehrt

Executive Director

ILGA World

Julia (she/her) is a widely respected LGBTI activist and community leader. Before joining ILGA World, she was the Executive Director of Transgender Europe, where she contributed significantly to how trans issues are perceived and debated today in Europe and beyond. She served as a founding Steering Committee member of the International Trans Fund until 2019, is a board member of the Association for Womens’ Rights in Development (AWID), and a signatory to the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

DAY 2

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
10:30 am EEST	12:00 pm EEST	The Festival of Dreams Opening Ceremony Youth Zone Youth Zone, KCC Terrace	Join us for a morning of dreaming, disrupting, and decolonizing, young people’s involvement in changing the world. Through a powerful panel of global leaders sharing Read More Join us for a morning of dreaming, disrupting, and decolonizing, young people’s involvement in changing the world. Through a powerful panel of global leaders sharing their stories on their sleeves, we will come together to envision how stakeholders can work to transform young people’s voices in traditionally exclusive spaces, officially opening The Festival of Dreams. Read Less Speakers Rania Dagash-Kamara Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa UNICEF Daren Paul Katigbak Young Leader Women Deliver Julia Ehrt Executive Director ILGA World Monica Geingos First Lady of the Republic of Namibia and President of the Organization of African First Ladies (OAFLAD) Helen Clark Former Prime Minister New Zealand

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	Challenging the Tide: Empowering Feminist Movements to Counter Anti-Rights Agendas Plenary KCC Auditorium	Watch the recording here In the face of growing anti-rights and anti-gender movements, it is crucial to develop strategies to counter harmful agendas and protect human Read More Watch the recording here In the face of growing anti-rights and anti-gender movements, it is crucial to develop strategies to counter harmful agendas and protect human rights for all. This plenary brings together activists, experts, and policymakers to explore effective ways to challenge and dismantle global anti-rights movements. Through engaging discussions and sharing experiences, participants will analyze the underlying drivers of these movements, discuss tactics for countering their influence, and highlight successful examples of resistance and resilience. By collectively addressing the threats posed by anti-rights movements, this session aims to strengthen solidarity, promote human rights, and advance a more inclusive and equitable world for everyone. Introduction: What is Gender Ideology? Haley Mcewen, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Gothenburg Moderator: Dr. Joannie Bewa, MD, MPH is a physician, researcher, global advocate for girls, women and reproductive health Panel 1: The Mechanics of Anti-Rights movements Neil Datta, Secretary, European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) Jac Sm Kee, Executive Director of the Numun Fund Julia Ehrt, Executive Director at ILGA World Stephanie Copus Campbell, Ambassador for Gender Equality of Australia Fire Talk: Matthew (Blaise) Nwozaku, Activist Women Deliver Young Leader Panel 2: Taking Action Lopa Banerjee, UN Women Alicia Herbert, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Director of Education, Gender and Equalities and the UK’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality. Maliha Khan, President and CEO of Women Deliver Sumaiya Islam, Open Society Foundations Noelene Nabulivou, Founder of Diva for Equality Read Less Speakers Sumaiya Islam Senior Advisor, Justice and Intersectionality and Acting Director, Intersectional Justice Division, Global Programs Open Society Foundations Dr. Joannie Marlene Bewa Senior Health Researcher & Moderator Moderate the Panel Lopa Banerjee Director, Civil Society Division UN Women Neil Datta Executive Director European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights Alicia Herbert OBE Director, Education, Gender and Equality and Gender Envoy Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Stephanie Copus Campbell Australian Ambassador for Gender Equality Australian Government Noelene Nabulivou Executive Director Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality Haley McEwen Researcher Gothenburg University Julia Ehrt Executive Director ILGA World Jac Sm Kee Co-founder & Cartographer Numun Fund Dr. Maliha Khan President and CEO Women Deliver
06:30 pm EEST	08:00 pm EEST	Countering the anti-gender movement with #LoveAlliance Side Event Kigali Convention Center - Room MH 2-1	Our side event is focusing on countering the anti-gender movement and the panel discussion would be centred around a conversation on intersectionality of the anti-gender Read More Our side event is focusing on countering the anti-gender movement and the panel discussion would be centred around a conversation on intersectionality of the anti-gender movement: how are we in the future countering the anti-gender movement? How do we come together as movements; how do we equip young people to be able to carry the batten forward looking at what is already happening in Africa. Organized by GALZ & Love Alliance Read Less Speaker Julia Ehrt Executive Director ILGA World