Agenda

Aimée Vega Montiel is a feminist scholar at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico. She is expert on women’s human rights, media and ICTs. She is Chair of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) and Co-Chair of the UNESCO UniTwin University Network on Gender, Media and ICTs. She is a past vice-president of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). She has served as an expert for the Council of Europe Recommendation of Gender Equality in the Audiovisual Sector and for other global human rights entities.

Philip Lee is General Secretary of WACC and editor of the international journal Media Development. His publications include: Many Voices, One Vision: The Right to Communicate in Practice (ed.) (2004); Communicating Peace: Entertaining Angels Unawares (ed.) (2008), and Public Memory, Public Media and the Politics of Justice (co-ed.) (2012). In 2013, he was conferred Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration in Chennai, India. 

Anita Gurumurthy is a founding member and Executive Director of IT for Change where she leads research and advocacy on data and AI governance, platform regulation, and feminist frameworks on digital justice. She serves as an expert on various bodies – including as co-chair of the T20’s digital transformation working group on platform governance and has been part of the High Level Committee of the NetMundial+10 under Brazil’s leadership , the UN Secretary-General’s 10-Member Group on Technology Facilitation, and the Paris Peace Forum’s working group on algorithmic governance. Anita is also a Board member of global justice organizations such as the ETC Group, and University centers such as the Tech & Policy Lab at the University of Western Australia, and International Development and Social Change program of Loughborough University. Anita contributes regularly to academic and media spaces.

Albertina Piterbarg is an Electoral Expert and journalist working at UNESCO Freedom of Expression and Security of Journalists section. She has more than 20 years of experience working in the areas of communications, elections and women’s political participation in the Organization of the American States (OAS), UN Peacekeeping Operations, UNDP, UN Women and most recently, UNESCO ranging from head of office, team leader, field officer, government advisor, independent consultant, and certified BRIDGE trainer. She studied Philosophy and Literature in the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and a master’s in Journalism in Saint Andrews University of Argentina, where she was bestowed with the Outstanding University Graduate award 2018.

Ms. Reem Alsalem (Jordan) is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, since August 2021. She holds a Masters in International Relations from the American University in Cairo, Egypt (2001) and a Masters in Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2003). She is an independent consultant on gender issues, the rights of refugees and migrants, transitional justice and humanitarian response.

Sylvia manages META's safety policy development and strategic policy engagements across over 70 countries in the Africa, Middle East and Turkey (AMET) region. Her role is focused on building relationships with key policy stakeholders and collaborating on regulatory and policy initiatives that advance the safety of online communities in the region. Sylvia is a recognised thought leader on human rights, internet freedom and trust & safety. Among other accomplishments, she has advised the Global Internet Governance forum dynamic coalition on Gender and Internet Governance, Arusha Women School of Internet Governance and Kenya ICT Action Network.