Sonia Umutoni

Communication Designer

YLabs

Sonia Umutoni is a passionate designer with experience in communication campaigns and graphic design. She’s dedicated to using design as a tool for advocacy and change-making, tackling social issues head-on. Sonia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Brand Management. As a designer at YLabs, Sonia has worked on impactful projects related to health and education, creating designs that are engaging and accessible to all.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
12:30 pm EEST	02:00 pm EEST	Our Life, Our journey: Navigating youth life stages for a better world Side Event Kigali Convention Center - Room MH 1-2	Join us for a dynamic hour featuring a group of eight young women who will facilitate small group discussions. The facilitators will share their lived experiences and Read More Join us for a dynamic hour featuring a group of eight young women who will facilitate small group discussions. The facilitators will share their lived experiences and aspirations related to a particular life stage. Participants will explore inclusive ways to advance gender equality for adolescent girls and young women. Organizer: JSI Read Less Speakers Sonia Umutoni Communication Designer YLabs Laetitia Kayitesi Senior Researcher YLabs Melinda McKay Director, Behavior Initiative JSI Patience Ndlovu Executive Director/Vice President The Bantwana Initiative of World Education, Inc. Tadala Lifa DREAMS Ambassador USAID Ana Patsogolo Activity, The Bantwana Initiative Muthoni Wachira HCDExchange Director JSI Swarali Pandare Learning Associate in Design HCDExchange Belindar Kwamboka Communications Associate HCDExchange Victoria Quaynor Networking and Outreach Associate HCDEXCHANGE

Speakers

Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki

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Magdalene Dorto

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Deborah Nyirenda

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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

contact@wd2023-conference.org

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