Khusbu Poudel

Program Coordinator
Ipas Nepal

Khusbu has a Master’s in Environment and Natural Resources with around ten years of work experience in program development and management in the field of climate resilience, disaster risk management and gender. She works with Ipas Nepal as Program Coordinator, leading the climate justice component, integrating gender and SRHR. She is also serving as an advisory board member for Youth Development Lab (y.labs) to develop a Climate and SRHR framework. She is also a member of Female Foresters Network (FFN), a loose forum in Nepal for advocating safe and dignified workspace for women in the natural resource management sector.

Event Schedule

DAY 1
18 July 2023
Start Time End Time Session Description Action
10:30 am EEST 12:00 pm EEST Demanding Reproductive Justice and Rights: Responses to the Climate Crisis
Concurrent
Room MH 4-2

The climate crisis threatens all aspects of human life and health. Yet the impacts on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are rarely considered, and the Read More

Speakers
Charles Kabiswa

Executive Director

Regenerate Africa

Tamara File

Activist, Women's Rights Advocate, CSE Educator

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Khusbu Poudel

Program Coordinator

Ipas Nepal

Ruth Ngechu

Global Engagement Director

Pathfinder

Heritage Sanmi-Lawal

Founder

Her Dream Initiative

Alejandra Coll

Advocacy Adviser for LAC

Center for Reproductive Rights

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