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JWF High-Level Reception 2022

Working Areas

The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) focuses on three major areas

Culture of Peace

Human Rights

Sustainable Development

What We Do?

Peace and Conflict Resolution

Countering Violent Extremism

Interfaith/ Intercultural Dialogue

Advocating Human Rights

Monitoring and Reporting Human Rights Violations

Building Capacity and Facilitating Partnership

Women Empowerment

Youth Empowerment

Democracy and Social Justice

Past Speakers

Hon. Helen Clark

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Hon. Sofia Voultepsi

Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum in Charge of Integration, Member of the Greek Parliament, New Democracy

H.E. Charlotta Schlyter

Ambassador, Head of Section for Sustainable Development, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN

H.E. Saša Jurečko

Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the UN

H.E. Sophia T. Yohannes

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the UN

Dr. Brian Kerr

Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Mark Dalton

Senior Director, Digital Program Management Office, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

The Hon. Verity Firth

Executive Director Social Justice at University of Technology Sydney New South Wales, Australia

Célia Parnes

Head of the Secretary of Social Development of the State of São Paulo Brazil

H.E. Ms. Markova Concepción

Ambassador Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN Panama

HON. PROF. BOB CARR

Former Foreign Minister of Australia Industry Professor of Business and Climate Change at the University of Technology Sydney

Houry Geudelekian

Chair of the NGO CSW

Dr. Wayne Henry, JP

Chairman and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica

Adama Dieng

Former UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide

Donna Orender

Founder and CEO of Orender Unlimited and Generation W, Former President of The Women’s National Basketball Association

Tushar A. Ghandi

President Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

Craig Foster

Former Athlete, Human Rights Activist

Seda Pumpyanskaya

Director for Strategic Communications Division UN Department of Global Communications

Michelle Breslauer

Senior Manager, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, UN Global Compact

Robert Mahoney

Deputy Executive Director, Committee to Protect Journalists

Victoria Mozgacheva

Vice Mayor of Capital Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Ulziisuren Jamsran

UN Women Representative to Kyrgyzstan

Azra Jafari

First Woman Mayor of Afghanistan, Province of Nili

Gulnoza Said

Head of Europe & Central Asia Program, Committee to Protect Journalists

OUR PROJECTS

The Journalists and Writers Foundation is associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications (UN DGC). This association constitutes JWF’s commitment to disseminate information, raise public awareness about the goals and objectives of the United Nations within its network of 36 Global Partners from 24 countries, and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to promote and implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

“Working for Universal Peace”