Gender Equality Advisory Council
2018 GEAC members
Chairs:
- Melinda Gates – Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Isabelle Hudon – Ambassador of Canada to France and Monaco
Members:
- Dillon Black – Anti-Violence Advocate, LGBTQ Advocate, PhD Candidate (Canada)
- Emma Bonino – President, WE-Women Empower the World; President, European Council on Foreign Relations Rome (Italy)
- Winnie Byanyima – Executive Director, Oxfam International (Uganda)
- Diane Elson – Economist and Gender and Development Social Scientist (United Kingdom)
- Rosemary Ganley – Community Organizer (Canada)
- Leymah Gbowee – Nobel Laureate, Peace Activist (Liberia)
- Dayle Haddon – Founder, WomenOne (Canada)
- Yoko Hayashi – Member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Japan)
- Katja Iversen – President & CEO, Women Deliver (Denmark)
- Roberta Jamieson – President & CEO, Indspire (Canada)
- Michael Kaufman – Co-founder, White Ribbon Campaign (Canada)
- Farrah Khan – Manager, Consent Comes First, Ryerson University (Canada)
- Isabelle Kocher – CEO, ENGIE Group (France)
- Christine Lagarde – Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (France)
- Phumzile Mlambo – Executive Director, UN Women (South Africa)
- Maya Roy – CEO, YWCA Canada (Canada)
- Isabell Welpe – Professor, Chair for Strategy and Organization, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
- Christine Whitecross – Canadian Forces Lieutenant General, Commandant of NATO Defense College in Rome (Canada)
- Malala Yousafzai – Nobel Laureate, Activist for Girls' Education (Pakistan)
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Source: Canada's 2018 G7 Presidency
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