Zainab Salbi is a published author, an activist, a social entrepreneur, and founder of the Women for Women International, focusing on women facing adversity due to wars. She is from Iraq and focuses her work on giving a voice to Arab and Muslim women. Salbi has released several subversive books since 2005, most notably “If You Knew Me You Would Care,” which documents true stories of women from places such as Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Congo.

Born in Bandar Lampung on August 26, 1962, Sri Mulyani earned her bachelor degree in Economics major from the Universitas Indonesia (1986). She continued her studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States and earned a Master of Science of Policy Economics (1990). In 1992, she earned a PhD in Economics.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Senior Adviser at Lazard and Chair-Elect of Gavi. She was previously the Minister of Finance in Nigeria and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. In this role, Dr Okonjo-Iweala was responsible for managing the finances of Africa’s most populous nation and one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. From December 2007 to August 2011, she was Managing Director of the World Bank where she had oversight responsibility for the World Bank’s $81 billion operational portfolios in Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia. She also spearheaded initiatives to assist low-income countries during the food crisis and later the financial crisis, and chaired the raising of $49.3 billion in grants and low-interest credit for the world’s poorest nations.

María de Lourdes “Mia” Villiers Farrow, born February 9, 1945, is an American actress, activist and former fashion model.

Sindi is a medical scientist who was the first Saudi Muslim woman in the Middle East to get a PhD in biotechnology, was one of the first female members of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, and is the co-founder of Diagnostics For All; an NGO that works to provide medical care in remote impoverished areas.

Ms Kimie Iwata is Chairman at Japan Institute of Worker’s Evolution.

She graduated from the Faculty of Education at the University of Tokyo and joined the former Ministry of Labor in 1971, where she was engaged in support for working women and international labour issues.

Sheila Dinotshe Tlou is a Botswana specialist in HIV/AIDS and women’s health and a nursing educator. She was Minister of Health from 2004 to 2008.