OWG 8th Session: 3-7 February 2014 (Responses)


1	Timestamp	Which steering committee (or committees) interest you?	3 February: Oceans and seas			4 February: Forests and biodiversity			2			6 February: Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the promotion of durable peace			7 February: Rule of law and governance			Please include all contact e-mail addresses.	3 February: Oceans and seas			4 February: Forests and biodiversity			5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment			6 February: Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the promotion of durable peace			7 February: Rule of law and governance			Please include all contact e-mail addresses.

2	7/15/2013 21:33:45	6 February: Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the promotion of durable peace																sdo2104@columbia.edu																sdo2104@columbia.edu
3	7/18/2013 12:29:45	7 February: Rule of law and governance													Craig Fagan	Yes	Transparency International, an anti-corruption movement, has been working on rule of law issues since its founding 20 years ago. TI views corruption and rule of law as two sides of the same coin; rule of law prevents corruption and corruption undermines the rule of law. TI is unique also in its reach with more than 100 chapters in the movement, of which two-thirds are based in the 'South'. This diversity brings with it a range of experiences to share and learn from as the post-2015 agenda is debated and formulated.	cfagan@transparency.org													Rueben Lifuka	Yes	Rueben Lifuka was the President of TI Zambia (TIZ) and is currently an international board member for TI. He has been involved with the Chapter from early on, shaping the first two strategic plans which helped establish a strong TI-Zambia. He has been an outspoken leader on issues of rule of law in his country and region. He has also served in various capacities on different professional and quasi government Boards in Zambia and worldwide.	rlifuka@gmail.com
4	7/21/2013 1:03:40	7 February: Rule of law and governance										Asim Nawaz Khan	No	I am working with the youth, mothers and Government Officials of Khyber Pakhtunkhwah (Pakistan) on the issue of Conflict prevention, Post conflict peace building and promotion of peace building since last three years. I worked as a Master Trainer for the projects of European union, Search for Common Grounds-Pakistan and UNwomen.i also worked with Afghan women also. So the experience is in the subject speaks to go ahead as this region is also in the eye of whole world. I would like to share my experience and learn more from others				asimnawazjee@yahoo.com							Zohra Aslam	No	She is the fellow trainer with me and have a huge experience of working with the Ngo's and females of Youth on conflict area in Khyber PakhtunKhawah (Pakistan)							zohra_acf@yahoo.com
5	7/24/2013 14:12:37	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment								Yes	As New Zealand's leading advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights, Family Planning International promotes a positive view of sexuality. We work to support people to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health. Our work contributes to creating a world where all people can realise their sexual and reproductive rights. Our work centres primarily on the Pacific, a region that is often overlooked in international dialog on development.							Jessica Ducey, jessica.ducey@familyplanning.org.nz							Jackie Edmond/Jessica Ducey	Yes	Jackie Edmond is the Chief Executive of Family Planning New Zealand and Jessica Ducey is the manager of Family Planning International. Their combined expertise in family planning and populations issues, as well as international development and the Pacific region will provide an important voice for reproductive rights as a vital component of social equity.							Jessica Ducey, jessica.ducey@familyplanning.org.nz Jackie Edmond, jackie.edmond@familyplanning.org.nz
6	7/29/2013 5:50:28	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment									The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) has played a lead role in building the women's movement in Africa. We would like to join this Steering Committee to ensure that African women's voices are amplified and continue to influence decisions made at global levels as this has direct and indirect impact on women's lives.							director@femnet.or.ke; advocacy@femnet.or.ke							Ms Dinah Musindarwezo									director@femnet.or.ke
7	8/7/2013 6:09:57	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Heather Barclay	Yes	Heather Barclay leads the International Planned Parenthood's engagement with the UN system on behalf of its 152 member associations operating in over 170 countries. Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment is IPPF's central ask for the post-2015 agenda, and IPPF has already engaged in advocacy on this issue through its member associations world-wide.							hbarclay@ippf.org							Heather Barclay	Yes	As the UN Advocacy Officer for the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Heather Barclay has experience in promoting women's rights and women's empowerment, including through UN systems and processes. She brings with her experience in sexual and reproductive rights and health, violence against women, human rights and equality, and is able to communicate the interlinkages between these issues, and with promoting sustainable, inclusive and meaningful development.							hbarclay@ippf.org
8	8/17/2013 11:58:13	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Vladimir Cuk, Acting Executive Director, International Disability Alliance	Yes	The International Disability Alliance (IDA) is a network of networks: comprising eight global and four regional disabled persons' organisations (DPOs), we seek to unite grassroots and community-based organisations, national and regional DPOs and global networks to ensure the realisation of the rights and participation of persons with disabilities as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. IDA is strongly committed to ensuring the inclusion of rights and participation of persons with disabilities in the post-2015 agenda and any future sustainable development goals. Persons with disabilities were not mentioned in the MDGs, despite making up almost 15% of the world's population. We are working tirelessly to ensure that in the post-2015 world, the promise of "leaving noone behind" is indeed recognised.							Vladimir Cuk: vcuk@ida-secretariat.org Georgia Dominik: gdominik@ida-secretariat.org							Vladimir Cuk, Acting Executive Director, International Disability Alliance	Yes	The International Disability Alliance (IDA) is a network of networks: comprising eight global and four regional disabled persons' organisations (DPOs), we seek to unite grassroots and community-based organisations, national and regional DPOs and global networks to ensure the realisation of the rights and participation of persons with disabilities as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. IDA is strongly committed to ensuring the inclusion of rights and participation of persons with disabilities in the post-2015 agenda and any future sustainable development goals. Persons with disabilities were not mentioned in the MDGs, despite making up almost 15% of the world's population. We are working tirelessly to ensure that in the post-2015 world, the promise of "leaving noone behind" is indeed recognised.							Vladimir Cuk: vcuk@ida-secretariat.org Georgia Dominik: gdominik@ida-secretariat.org
9	8/19/2013 14:36:50	6 February: Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the promotion of durable peace										Lea Felluss	Yes					Lea Felluss - LFS@iccwbo.org										Louise Kantrow	Yes					LKW@iccwbo.org
10	8/21/2013 10:30:16	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Jessica Woodroffe, Director, UK Gender and Development Network	Yes	The Gender and Development Network represent over 90 organisations and individuals working on women's rights and gender equality in the UK. We have been working within the post-2015 process to support the inclusion of a standalone goal on gender quality and women's empowerment, and effective mainstreaming throughout other goals, targers and indicators. We would be interested in supporting the steering committee to effectively integrate these aspects.							francesca.rhodes@gadnetwork.org.uk																francesca.rhodes@gadnetwork.org.uk
11	8/29/2013 9:26:17	4 February: Forests and biodiversity																j.hontelez@fsc.org				John Hontelez	Yes	Is the Chief Advocacy Officer of the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC is a lead organisation in putting sustainable forest management in practice, and in particular in practicing multi-stakeholder balanced procedures to come to practices that combine biodiversity, environmental, social (labour, indigenous peoples, forest people) and economic interests										j.hontelez@fsc.org
12	9/27/2013 11:53:57	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Sarah Gold	Yes	In addition to being an active member of the Major Group for Children and Youth, I work with the International Women's Health Coalition to promote and protect women's and girls health and rights. I have been actively engaging in the Open Working Groups thus far.							sgold@iwhc.org							Chelsea Ricker	Yes	Chelsea Ricker works with the International Planned Parenthood Federation and has been working on issues of gender equality and women's empowerment for over 5 years. She is a member of the MGCY and has been actively engaging with the Open Working Group process.							cricker@ippf.org
13	9/27/2013 22:02:42	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							BLESSING MMEJE	Yes	To promote the interest of women.							blessing.m@live.com							BLESSING MMEJE	Yes								blessing.m@live.com
14	10/7/2013 4:48:11	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Dr. Dimitrina Petrova	No	Dr. Dimitrina Petrova is the founding Executive Director of The Equal Rights Trust, an international human rights organisation launched in January 2007 whose purpose is to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a basic principle of social justice. Established as an advocacy organisation, resource centre and a think tank, it focuses on the complex relationship between different types of discrimination, developing strategies for translating the principles of equality into practice. Previously, Dr. Petrova headed the European Roma Rights Centre, an international human rights organisation based in Budapest, of which she was the founding Executive Director in 1996 and which has been the recipient of a number of awards for pioneering work on racial equality. The Equal Rights Trust is the author of “Equal Rights at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, a position paper calling for the adoption of comprehensive equality legislation to be included as a specific development goal in the framework established to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).							dimitrina.petrova@equalrightstrust.org							Dr. Dimitrina Petrova and Jim Fitzgerald	No	Dr. Dimitrina Petrova is the founding Executive Director of The Equal Rights Trust, an international human rights organisation launched in January 2007 whose purpose is to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a basic principle of social justice. Established as an advocacy organisation, resource centre and a think tank, it focuses on the complex relationship between different types of discrimination, developing strategies for translating the principles of equality into practice. Previously, Dr. Petrova headed the European Roma Rights Centre, an international human rights organisation based in Budapest, of which she was the founding Executive Director in 1996 and which has been the recipient of a number of awards for pioneering work on racial equality. The Equal Rights Trust is the author of “Equal Rights at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, a position paper calling for the adoption of comprehensive equality legislation to be included as a specific development goal in the framework established to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Dr. Petrova’s contribution as a panellist would be to present and discuss goals, indicators and targets which would operationalize the already agreed incorporation of equality principles in the post-2015 development agenda. Jim Fitzgerald is the Head of Advocacy at The Equal Rights Trust, an international human rights organisation launched in January 2007 whose purpose is to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a basic principle of social justice. Established as an advocacy organisation, resource centre and a think tank, it focuses on the complex relationship between different types of discrimination, developing strategies for translating the principles of equality into practice. The Equal Rights Trust is the author of “Equal Rights at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, a position paper calling for the adoption of comprehensive equality legislation to be included as a specific development goal in the framework established to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Jim Fitzgerald’s contribution as a panellist would be to propose and discuss indicators that would reflect the inclusion of equality rights in the post-2015 agenda.							dimitrina.petrova@equalrightstrust.org jim.fitzgerald@equalrightstrust.org
15	10/8/2013 5:24:44	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Esmee Russell	No	Esmee Russell is the international Campaign Coordinator at End Water Poverty - a global civil society coalition campaigning to end the water and sanitation crisis. The lack of access to sanitation and drinking water disproportionately affects women and girls and without achieving gender equality we will not achieve true access to water and sanitation. For example women spend over 200 million hours a day walking for water. The time that it takes to fetch water prevents women from earning a living, which would help to lift their families out of poverty and also increase national wealth.							esmeerussell@endwaterpoverty.org							Esmee Russell	No	Esmee Russell is the international Campaign Coordinator at End Water Poverty - a global civil society coalition campaigning to end the water and sanitation crisis. The lack of access to sanitation and drinking water disproportionately affects women and girls and without achieving gender equality we will not achieve true access to water and sanitation. For example women spend over 200 million hours a day walking for water. The time that it takes to fetch water prevents women from earning a living, which would help to lift their families out of poverty and also increase national wealth.							esmeerussell@endwaterpoverty.org
16	10/9/2013 6:35:33	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							HE Carlos Enrique Garcia Gonzalez	Yes	I am Director of Gender and Cultural Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology and Co-Vice President of the International Health Awareness Network, and work on and teach about these issues. I have spoken at and will speak at CSW58 on Empowering women for sustainable development.							Dawn.Digrius@stevens.edu, dawn.digrius@gmail.com							Dr. Dawn M. Digrius	Yes	I have over three years' experience conducting research on this subject, direct my university's gender program, and support this issue through my globally focused NGO, The International Health Awareness Network.							Dawn.Digrius@stevens.edu, dawn.digrius@gmail.com
17	10/23/2013 0:27:13	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																blessing.m@live.com							Blessing Mmeje	Yes	She has passion for women empowerment and has contributed a lot to help women to get empowered.							blessing.m@live.com	BLESSING MMEJE
18	10/23/2013 17:09:59	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment	Jana Abou diab	Yes		Jana abou diab	Yes		oussama kaiss	Yes		jana abou diab	Yes		jana abou diab	Yes		ila-falastin@hotmail.com	Diam abou diab	Yes		diam abou diab	Yes		Jana abou diab	Yes		Oussama Kaiss	Yes		Diam abou diab	Yes		ila-falastin@hotmail.com
19	10/24/2013 3:58:59	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment				Yes	Yes	Interested in hearing and resolving critical variables/challenges							Yes	Yes	Interested in hearing and resolving critical variables/challenges	Zekolointllink@hotmail.com				Yes	Yes	Interested in hearing and resolving critical variables/challenges							Yes	Yes	Interested in hearing and resolving critical variables/challenges	Zekolointllink@hotmail.com	Yes
20	10/26/2013 7:24:13	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																2, avenue Echangeur Q/Echangeur C/Lemba Kinshasa-R.D.Congo coupdepouceongd@yahoo.fr Tél. 00243810585453 - 00243892005957																2, avenue Echangeur Q/Echangeur C/Lemba Kinshasa-R.D.Congo coupdepouceongd@yahoo.fr Tél. 00243810585453 - 00243892005957
21	10/31/2013 14:38:06	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																n/a							Amanda Klasing	Yes	Co-author of HRW's paper on inequality and discrimination in teh post-2015 process (http://www.worldwewant2015.org/es/node/299887) and a women's rights specialist.							klasina@hrw.org
22	11/4/2013 7:07:08	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Gay McDougall	No	Gay McDougall is the Mulligan Distinguished Visiting Professor of International law at Fordham University Law School. She formerly served as the first United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues from 2005 through 2011, and was Executive Director of the international NGO Global Rights from 1994 through 2006. Among her many international roles, from 1997- 2001 she served as an Independent Expert on the UN treaty body that oversees compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, during which time she negotiated the adoption of General Recommendation XXV on the Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination, which requires governments to report explicitly on the situation of women impacted by racial discrimination. She played a leadership role in the UN Third World Conference against Racism. As Special Rapporteur on the issue of systematic rape and sexual slavery-like practices in armed conflict when she served on the UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (1995-1999), she led that body in calling for international legal standards for the prosecution of such acts. She was one of five international members of the South African governmental body established through the multi-party negotiations to set policy and administer the country’s first democratic, non-racial elections in 1994, resulting in the election of President Nelson Mandela and the transition from apartheid. For 14 years prior to that appointment she had served as Director of the Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In that capacity she worked with South African lawyers to secure the release of thousands of political prisoners from jail. Among her recent academic roles have been the Mulligan Distinguished Visiting Professor in International Law at Fordham Law School (2013); the Robert Drinan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. (2011-2012); Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American University Washington College of Law (2006-2008); and Professor in the annual Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the American University (2010 and 2012). In 1999 she was a recipient of the coveted MacArthur “Genius” Award. She has also received the Butcher Medal of the American Society of International Law for outstanding contributions to human rights law and the Thurgood Marshall Award of the District of Columbia Bar Association among numerous other national and international awards.							gay@gaymcdougall.net							Gay McDougall and Bob Hepple	No	Gay McDougall See above for Gay McDougall’s experience in working on issues of equality and non-discrimination at the national and international level. Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC Professor Sir Bob Hepple is Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Equal Rights Trust, an international human rights organisation launched in January 2007 whose purpose is to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a basic principle of social justice. Established as an advocacy organisation, resource centre and a think tank, it focuses on the complex relationship between different types of discrimination, developing strategies for translating the principles of equality into practice. Professor Hepple was Master of Clare College from 1993-2003, and Professor of Law in the University of Cambridge from 1995-2001. He was appointed an Honorary Queen's Counsel in 1996, and was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003. He was an Honorary Professor of Law in the University of Cape Town from 1999-2005, and has been a visiting lecturer in many other universities. He has practised as a barrister in the areas of international, EU and UK employment and discrimination and human rights law. He has been a chairman of industrial tribunals (England and Wales), a Commissioner for Racial Equality, and a Chair of the European Roma Rights Centre, and was Senior Vice-President of the UN Administrative Tribunal. Born in South Africa in 1934, he was active in the anti-apartheid struggle. As an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar he defended ANC leaders including Mandela. In 1963 he was indicted with Mandela and others on charges which carried the death penalty. He managed to flee the country and was a banned person in South Africa for 27 years. He is the author or co-author of more than 20 books, including Race, Jobs and the Law in Britain (1968 and 1970). His most recent book is Equality: the New Legal Framework (Feb 2011).							gay@gaymcdougall.net bgh1000@cam.ac.uk
23	11/5/2013 10:06:11	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment										Paul Okumu	No	Part of the Global CSO team working on the Post 2015 agenda with special focus on Peaceful and stable societies. Engaged in extensively in work with Conflict affected countries and as part of the Global Civil Society Team supporting the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and State Building.Also engaged in state-society relations in conflict affected states and supporting the Global CSO Platform on Peacebuilding and Statebuiding				Paul.okumu@gmail.com										Paul Okumu	No	Extensive engagement with Conflict affected states and more specifically in Peace and Stability within the context of Post 2015.Working on various related areas within the Post 2015 agenda and engaged in Peacebuilding and Statebuilding as part of our work on state-society relations in Conflict affected states.				paul.okumu@gmail.com	6 February: Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the promotion of durable peace
24	11/12/2013 8:18:33	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																Lynda.dearlove@watw.org.uk																Lynda.dearlove@watw.org.uk	lynda.dearlove@watw.org.uk
25	11/12/2013 12:06:47	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment	JEREMIAH K. RIRO	Yes	Being a Finance Professional passionate about sustainable development, I have a great desire to be part of the people building the future of our global economy. Being part of this steering committee will give me the chance to employ my professional and leadership knowledge and skills in helping more people contribute to sustainable development strategy formulation													jeremyriro@gmail.com	Dr. Josiah Aduda	Yes	He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi, School of Business. He is the Chairman of the Department of Finance and Accounting in the School of Business and has wide knowledge and experience on matters to do with economic development and finance.													josiahaduda@yahoo.com, jaduda@uonbi.ac.ke
26	11/18/2013 5:09:59	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment	mr ashok kumar sharma	Yes	I am working for a long time for the development of sustable development so i am more intrest in the steering CommitteeFacilitators from each steering committee must set up a mailing list to enable good advance coordination, and each steering committee will hold at least one face-to-face meeting between facilitators and panellists in New York to finalize all outstanding issues before their morning meeting with the OWG co-chairs.	Mr Jagmoahnjit Singh	Yes	He is a member of this organization and working as a asst director for the development of forest and biodiversity.All presentations should aim to directly address any guiding questions provided by the co-chairs in advance of the session. Such guidance material would be made available to all stakeholders online well in advance of the meeting. P	Mr Jiwan Kumar	Yes	He is also accredidation with this organization for the development of sustainable development of forest and biodiversity and intrested to gain more knowledge in steering Committee This helps to ensure good balance of representatives among the different themes under discussion, as well as promote transparency across the bottom-up organizing process. Interventions must advance recommendations of goals, targets and indicators relevant to the SDG process. As these are meant to be interactive dialogues, all speakers should stand prepared to answer on-the-spot questions from the	Mr Ashok Kumar Sharma	Yes	He is accredidation to this organization and want to more knowlege in the working with the steering Committee&each steering committee will hold at least one face-to-face meeting between facilitators and panellists in New York to finalize all outstanding issues before their morning meeting with the OWG co-chairs.	Mr Jagmohanjit Singh	Yes	He want to more knowledge and working with steering committee and with a global/regional focus that work actively in the specific themes under discussion, and must represent the results of broad and inclusive research, having consulted thoroughly with other partners.	Mr Ashok Kumar Sharma E Mail ashoksharma087@gmail.com 2. Mr Jagmohanjit Singh E Mail jjsehmi@gmail.com Mr Jiwan Kumar E Mail : ashoksharma087@gmail.com	Mr Ashok Kumar Sharma	Yes	Facilitators from each steering committee must set up a mailing list to enable good advance coordination, and each steering committee will hold at least one face-to-face meeting between facilitators and panellists in New York to finalize all outstanding issues before their morning meeting with the OWG co-chairs. I recommended to participate the major group conference	Mr Jagmohanjit Singh	Yes	In order to advance quickly and make efficient use of the time, all participants must express flexibility in collaborating with others who intend to make similar presentations. Steering committees must give speaking priority to those groups that show willingness to join forces. I recommended hi8m for participate the majpor group conferences	Mr Jiwan Kumar	Yes	Yes i recommended him for participate the cxonference of major group	Mr Ashok Kumar Sharmas	Yes	I recommedned to particiate the major group conferences	Mr Jagmohanjit Singh	Yes	I recommednded to participate the conference	mr jagohanjit singh ; jjsehmi@gmail.com Ashok Kumar Sharma ; ashoksharma087@gmail.com and askatil@redi9ffmail.com Jiwan Kumar askatil@rediffmail.com and ashoksharma087@gmail.com	incl social equity
27	11/19/2013 13:52:30	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																none																none
28	11/20/2013 13:09:48	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment , 6 February: Conflict Prevention, Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and the Promotion of Durable Peace	Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab 0096170286864 ila-falastin@hotmail.com	Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab	No		Jana Abou Diab 0096170286864 ila-falastin@hotmail.com	Jana Abou Diab
29	12/2/2013 4:43:39	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment , 6 February: Conflict Prevention, Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and the Promotion of Durable Peace							Pinar İlkkaracan - Gender Equality	Yes	Pinar Ilkkaracan is a prominent women's human rights activist, working in the area of gender equality, VAW and SRHR for many years, she is also the founding president of Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways Association. Her addition to the Steering Committee will ease an effective participation of the civil society stakeholders to the process and also will allow the Steering Committee to come up with good speakers and panelists for the meetings.	Deniz Kaynak	Yes	Deniz Kaynak is the international advocacy consultant of Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways Association. Women in conflict situations and women's equal participation to peace processes are essential for establishment of a durable peace. We would like to be a part of this Steering Committee to ensure that women's voices are heard.	Ebru Batik	Yes	Ebru Batik is the national advocacy consultant of Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways Association. WWHR - New Ways has worked extensively on law and governance in Turkey, to ensure gender equality becomes a part of the national legislation.	pinar.ilkkaracan@boun.edu.tr denizkaynak@gmail.com ebru.batik@wwhr.org																merve.agin@wwhr.org sehnaz.kiymaz@wwhr.org
30	12/9/2013 9:53:12	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment															I have worked on issues related to gender equality and women's empowerment for many years and until most recently as the President of the International Federation of University Women. I have worked particularly on the health, including the sexual and reproductive health and rights, and education of girls and women at all levels. I have been involved with all the UN Women's Conferences and have regularly attended meetings on the Commission on the Status of Women and previously meetings of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. As such, I feel that I have the background to contribute effectively to the work of the Steering Committee.	mh@commat.org																mh@commat.org
31	12/12/2013 10:22:44	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							Melissa Ditmore		I would like to work with this steering committee because promoting equality is central to the mission of the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, and is critical to the aims of the Civil Society Working Group on HIV in the Post-2015 Agenda. HIV is a development issue that affects economics and key populations, with extensive effects on women as caregivers. Finally, HIV has catalyzed public-private partnerships for development of life-saving medicine and ways to finance this for access for all.							Melissa Ditmore, melissa@nomadcode.com, with the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations																melissa@nomadcode.com	Melissa Ditmore, melissa@nomadcode.com
32	12/15/2013 21:50:00	5. Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women's empowerment: 6. Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the promotion of durable peace										Yvonne Akoth	Yes	I would to be a member of this committee because as a young woman with a degree in peace and conflict studies, and representing the biggest organization (with more than 10 million members) that addresses the needs of girls and young women .i.e the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), I am the impact violence has in the lives of girls and women. WAGGGS has championed peace programmes for youth all over the world and has worked closesly with Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee, who was awarded for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. She has inspired and mentored many young women in the Girl Guide Movement to be agents of social change. I started working on conflict resolution from the age of 16 as a member of the Eastern Africa Model United Nations (EAMUN), focusing on disarmarment. Presently, I coordinate a violence prevention programme in the Kenya Girl Guides Association supported by UN Women. I have just finished my term serving in the World Health Organization - Violence Prevention Alliance as a participant. My committment to peace and conflict resolution to transformation grew to a higher level having been appointed Kenya's official youth delegate to the Horn of Africa Youth Form in Djibouti 2010. This was important because I addressed the impact of conflict in the lives of young people in the region. Being the only female delegate, I was privilaged to speak out against conflict because of the impact it has in the lives of womena nd girls. I also increased advocacy on non-violence conflict resolution strategies during the International Youth Violence Prevention Conference in Dar es Salaam August 2012 and the 3rd Pan-African Youth Leadership Summiti in Ouagadougou, December 2012. My local organization, Kenya Girl Guides Association has demonstrated its commitment to peace and conflict transformation through a Peace Educationa Programme implemented in the Dadaab Refugee Camp. As a Post2015 Ambassador for my organization, I look forward to ensuring peace and conflict resolution strategies such as good governance, respect for human rights and democracy are included in the next development agenda.This includes championing non-violent means to prevent or resolve conflicts in Africa.				yvonnea@kgga.co.ke							Yvonne AKoth	Yes	The World Association of Girl Guide and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is the biggest organization with more than 10 million members advocating for the needs of girls and young women. WAGGGS focus has always been on gender equality and women empowerment, championing the rights of girls to access education, health care, economic empowerment opportunities, a life free of violence, women and leadership etc. I would like to be a member of this committee because I will bring in relevant expertise and experiences having worked for womens organizations for the past 7 years. As a representative of WAGGGS, I have had the opportunity to implement sexual and reproductive health programmes, gender based violence programmes and programmes on women and leadership in the Kenya Girl Guides Association. This includes representing the needs of women and girls in local and international platforms such as the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) and UNDP CSO consultation on HIV/AIDS and the Millenium Development Goals among other key platforms. Having worked at a regional level especially in the socio-cultural and economic aspect on HIV in the lives of girls and young women in Africa, I believe gender equality in totality will put an end to major obstacles impeding the growth of girls and young women in Africa. Participating in this committee will accord me the opportunity to share my experiences over the years on the role of women in development. I will also join fellow committee members to ensure gender equality is placed at the forefront of the next Post2015 Development Agenda.							yvonnea@kgga.co.ke
33	12/17/2013 17:15:24	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																rreingold@ippfwhr.org							Marta Royo	Yes	Marta Royo is from Colombia and currently serves as the Executive Director of Profamilia Colombia. Under her leadership, Profamilia Colombia organized the national consultation on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for the post-2015 development agenda in Bogota in April 2013. Marta has also been involved in the regional post-2015 development agenda processes, participating in the “Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the Development Agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20” in Bogota in March 2013.							rreingold@ippfwhr.org
34	12/20/2013 9:57:38	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																gillian@gyca.org							Ivens Reyner	Yes	Ivens Reyner first became involved in the sexual and reproductive rights movement through his experience in an adolescents group at his primary and secondary school called Pensamento Legal. For six years, Ivens worked in different spaces on behalf of the Pensamento Legal, including at the Movimento de Adolescentes do Brasil (MAB). At MAB, Ivens was able to work in partnership with other youth organizations in his country promoting the creation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs for young people and adolescents, particularly in the areas of sexual and reproductive rights, women’s rights and HIV/AIDS. After his work with Pensamento Legal and MAB, he joined the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS where he worked for three years being able to develop a more in-depth knowledge of the Latin American context of young people, especially those living with HIV/AIDS. Ivens has been part of the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights since 2009.							ivens@youthcoalition.org
35	12/25/2013 13:40:37	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment																maryannt@icaso.org																maryannt@icaso.org
36	12/29/2013 12:28:39	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment							5 February: promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women's empowerment	Yes	As I work in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights, I would like to sign up to serve on the steering committee for OWG 8 and nominate speakers.							jihansalad1990@hotmail.com							Jackie Kemigisha (from IWHC), Sarah Gold (IWHC), Ivens Reyner, Maghnild Bogseth (YCSRR), Timo Bravo Rebolledo and Michiel Andeweg (CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality)	Yes	These are very passionate advocates in the areas of sexual reproductive health and rights. They took part in various international conferences and have developed good public speaking skills. They are vibrant public speakers on issues related with youths and development.							jihansalad1990@hotmail.com
37	1/28/2014 13:02:26	5 February: Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment					Yes						No			No		rafael@article19.org rafaelsampaio3@gmail.com																rafaelsampaio3@gmail.com