Raashi Saxena

Social Impact Innovator

Women Deliver Young Leaders Program

Raashi Saxena is a young social impact innovator and public interest technologist, with expertise in Accessibility and AI. She has a wealth of experience as a practitioner in civic technology and social innovation with a focus on online gender-based violence and hate speech. Her expertise and inspirational leadership has been recognized by prominent organizations such as the Mozilla Foundation, the Pew Research Center and the World Economic Forum. Raashi is also one of the 300 Women Deliver Young Leaders leaders of 2020.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
08:00 am EEST	09:30 am EEST	Advancing Gender Equality through Investing in Women and Girls' Meaningful Engagement Side Event Kigali Serena Hotel – Main Ballroom	This partners breakfast event, will feature interconnected themes including: “What Works”- featuring promising initiatives, success factors and bottlenecks within Read More This partners breakfast event, will feature interconnected themes including: “What Works”- featuring promising initiatives, success factors and bottlenecks within collaborative initiatives that address multiple needs of women and girls’- led and grassroots organizations, movements and networks; and “Strategic Partnerships” – interrogating how funders and women and girls can collaborate better, build alliances, leverage on each other’s expertise, influence and financing towards advancing gender equality and meaningful participation. The event is open to all conference delegates and is co-organized by The Global Fund, Speak Up Africa, Voix EssentiELLES, ViiV Healthcare Positive Action, Her Voice Fund, Y+ Global, and supported by Fondation CHANEL. Read Less Speakers Jennifer Van President and Project Coordinator, "Jeunes engagées pour une sexualité saine", grantee organization Voix EssentiELLES Cote d’Ivoire Sibulele Sibaca Country Lead, Her Voice Fund SA & Founder, Impact Drivers Her Voice Fund Kate Thomson Head of Community, Rights and Gender at the Global Fund - Cathy Ferrier Head of Positive Action, Global, at ViiV Healthcare - Kristina Wintermeier International Programme Manager at Fondation CHANEL - Valérie Meunier Managing Director of Fondation CHANEL UK - Yacine Djibo Founder and Executive Director of Speak Up Africa - Maelle Ba Senior communication manager at Speak Up Africa - Larrissa Bachia Muthoni Senior Program Lead, Billion Girls CoLab Billion Girls CoLab, IDEO Raashi Saxena Social Impact Innovator Women Deliver Young Leaders Program Maximina Jokonya Interim Executive Director Y Plus Global