08/10/2018
Independent Task Force on Workplace Gender Discrimination and Harassment at UNICEF
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UNICEF is pleased to introduce the members of its recently launched Independent Task Force on Workplace Gender Discrimination and Harassment. The Task Force brings together external leaders from a range of backgrounds, including from the development, business and non-profit sectors, as well as experts in gender equality and human rights advocacy.…, Meet the Task Force, The members of the Task Force have a wealth and wide variety of experience. Collectively, they have been champions of gender equity, diversity and organizational change. They all have established reputations in their sectors and were selected on that basis. , The Co-Chairs, Photo of Purnima Mane., Purnima Mane, has served as the President and CEO of Pathfinder International Pathfinder International , as an Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and as Deputy Executive Director for Programmes at the United Nations Population Fund. She has an ongoing appointment as Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia.…, Debrework, Zewdie, is a distinguished scholar at the City University of New York’s School of Public Health and Health Policy. She was formerly the Director of the World Bank Global AIDS Program, and Deputy Executive Director and COO of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Zewdie is an Ethiopian national who has led strategy, implemented policy…, The Members, Photo of Mabel Abraham., Mabel Abraham, is an Assistant Professor of Management at Columbia Business School, where she examines gender inequality, entrepreneurship and social networks, and assesses how organizational and social processes contribute to gender differences in business outcomes. Her academic work includes comparing the relative benefits received by male and female…, Chernor Bah, is a former refugee who founded a children’s parliament in Sierra Leone and is now a global advocate for education and girls’ rights. Bah is the co-founder and Executive Director of Purposeful Productions, which supports movements to empower girls and positively transform communities in Africa. He also co-founded A World at School, a global…, Stefano Bertozzi, was formerly the Dean and is currently Dean Emeritus and Professor at the School of Public Health, Berkeley. Previously, he directed the HIV and tuberculosis programmes at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and worked at the Mexican National Institute of Public Health as Director of its Center for Evaluation Research and Surveys. He was also…, Amel Karboul, , a social entrepreneur, author and politician, is currently CEO of the Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and the Middle East, and Commissioner of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity. She has held leadership roles at Mercedes-Benz and DaimlerChrysler, was a senior strategic advisor at the Boston Consulting Group…, Marcelo Modica, is the Chief People Officer at the global consulting firm Mercer, where he is responsible for developing the company’s talent strategy through all aspects of human resources management. Modica joined Mercer from JP Morgan Chase, where he was the General Manager driving a culturally relevant strategy for Hispanic customers. He had previously served…, John Mullen, has extensive experience in international transportation and logistics. With more than two decades in senior positions at some of the world’s largest transport companies, Mullen has lived and worked in 12 countries. He is currently Chairman of Telstra, Executive Chairman of the Toll Group and a director of Brookfield Infrastructure, a publicly…, Aimee Sentmat de Grimaldo, is CEO of Banistmo, Panama’s second-largest bank, and a member of the Board of Directors at Sumarse, a non-governmental organization that supports social responsibility programmes to advance sustainable development across Panama. As the only woman leading a major Panamanian bank, she works to build gender equality and women’s access to financial…, Madjiguene Sock, is Dalberg Advisors’ Global Operations Partner based in Dakar, Senegal. She has supported development projects and organizational transformation initiatives in various sectors, including agriculture, health, information and communication technologies, and economic development. Prior to joining Dalberg, Sock worked for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in…, Learn more, UNICEF’s position on sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment
