Elvis Gakuba

Sight and Life Rwanda Country Representative
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For the past 15 years, Elvis have been involved in shaping policies and implementing them in order to address gender equality, food security and fighting malnutrition in Rwanda, Burundi and the East Africa. Before joining Sight and Life in 2018, he worked for Project Healthy Children, an international organization working to end hidden hunger through food fortification policies and innovations in developing countries as country coordinator for Rwanda and Burundi, and the Fulbright Foundation Research Project as a Research Project Officer and Deputy Country Director in Rwanda for The Hunt Alternatives Fund with The Women Waging Peace Network.

Event Schedule

DAY 1
20 July 2023
Start Time End Time Session Description Action
12:30 pm EEST 02:00 pm EEST Ensuring Equity in Access to Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation for Pregnant Women
Side Event
Kigali Convention Center - Room MH 2-2

A side event on maternal nutrition to take place at Women Deliver 2023 (Kigali, Rwanda, 17-20 July 2023). The event seeks to highlight the importance of maternal Read More

Speakers
Masako Horino

Research and Communications Officer

UNRWA Health Department

Saskia Osendarp

Executive Director

Micronutrient Forum

Elvis Gakuba

Sight and Life Rwanda Country Representative

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Speakers

Magdalene Dorto

Not applicable Not applicable

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