2025 ASEAN ICT Forum on Child Online Protection

Convened by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and the Ministry of Communications of Malaysia, in collaboration with the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Malaysia and Thailand, and supported by UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, the 2025 Forum aims to provide a positive space for discussion and collaboration. This event brings together industry leaders, government representatives, and other key stakeholders to ensure the safety of children online.

Recognising the rapidly growing numbers of children at risk of online harms, the need to accelerate action on child online protection and the necessity of providing guidance for ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Heads of State adopted the Declaration on the Protection of Children from All Forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse in 2019, followed, in 2021, by the endorsement of the Regional Plan of Action for the Protection of Children from All Forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse in ASEAN to support implementation of the Declaration.

Priority Action 7 of the Regional Plan of Action highlights the critical role of collaborations between industry and the private sector in preventing and responding to online harms, and calls for an annual convening of industry, government and other sectors to identify key actions and areas for collaboration.

The 4th ASEAN ICT Forum on Child Online Protection will take place on 18-19 November 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Forum will address a range of pressing and emerging issues, as well as share key findings from the End of Term Review of the Regional Plan of Action on the Protection of Children from All Forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse in ASEAN 2021-2025 and the highlights of the extended Regional Plan of Action 2026-2030 for national and regional action.

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The event will be held in-person.

In-person attendance is limited to invited and registered guests only.

Non-sponsored delegates may arrange their own accommodation directly with the hotel, or at numerous other local hotels such as below:

  • Aloft Hotel (4 Stars, 5 minute walk to the Hilton, 5, Jalan Stesen Sentral, Kuala Lumpur Sentral)

Programme

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Tuesday 18 November 2025

Registration & safety briefing
8.45 – 9.00

OPENING

‘Speaking the language’ of young people online
9:00 – 10:00
PLENARY

Welcome remarks

Accelerating Action for Child Online Protection in ASEAN

Highlights of the new Regional Plan of Action on the Protection of Children from All Forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse 2026-2030

Objectives of the 2025 ASEAN ICT Forum
10.00 – 10.30
PLENARY

Group Photo Session of Dignitaries and Delegates

BREAK
10.30 – 11.00
PLENARY

Restricting access for online protection and well-being? Rethinking restrictions through young people’s eyes.

Reflections from children and young people on “social media bans” and other access restrictions
11.00 – 12.30
PLENARY

Lessons learned in design and implementation of legislation regulating access in ASEAN and beyond

Keynote

Reflection panel
12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH

Pillar A

Pillar B

Pillar C
14.00 – 15.30
Parallel Sessions

A1. Children’s mental health in an always-on world

Discussion panel

Explores evidence around the impact of digital technology on children’s mental health and wellbeing, and identifies collective actions that go beyond restricting access to foster resilience, connection, and safety online.

B1. Online safety, wellbeing and rights for children with disability and neurodiversity

Discussion panel

Deepen understanding of the unique online safety, wellbeing, and rights needs of children with disabilities and neurodiverse children, and to identify inclusive approaches in technology design, policymaking, and service delivery.

C1. Smart tools, tough choices. Demystifying content moderation on digital platforms

(limited availability, by registration)

Unpack the realities of moderating user-generated content, especially CSAM, revealing the limitations of even the most sophisticated tools and highlighting the need for human judgment, ethical frameworks, and shared responsibility in creating safer digital spaces.

C2. Co-designing technology and apps for children with children

(limited availability, by registration)

Explore how meaningful child participation can be embedded in the design of digital products, and to demonstrate practical approaches for co-designing technology with children that prioritizes their rights, safety, and lived experiences.
15.30 – 16.00 BREAK
16.00 – 17.30
Parallel Sessions

A2. Finding the right balance in age assurance online: Learnings from the Australia Trial

Presentation/sharing + extended Q&A

Share insights and learning from the age assurance trial in Australia. Explore how age assurance technologies can be implemented in ways that protect children from online harm while respecting the privacy and data rights of all users, including children and individuals with varying capacities

B2. Raising children in a digital world. Empowering and supporting parents and educators

Discussion panel

Explore the evolving challenges parents and educators face in guiding children’s digital lives, and to identify practical strategies, tools, and collaborative approaches that build adults’ capacity to support children’s safety, wellbeing, and resilience in increasingly connected environments.

 SESSION RE-RUN

C1. Smart tools, tough choices. Demystifying content moderation on digital platforms

(limited availability, by registration)

Unpack the realities of moderating user-generated content, especially CSAM, revealing the limitations of even the most sophisticated tools and highlighting the need for human judgment, ethical frameworks, and shared responsibility in creating safer digital spaces.

 SESSION RE-RUN

C2. Co-designing technology and apps for children with children

(limited availability, by registration)

Explore how meaningful child participation can be embedded in the design of digital products, and to demonstrate practical approaches for co-designing technology with children that prioritizes their rights, safety, and lived experiences.

Wednesday 19 November 2025

8:15 – 8:45

Morning coffee and networking
8.45 – 10.30
PLENARY

Beyond words. How harmful online narratives are fuelling online and offline child abuse and gender-based violence

Keynote

Explore the role of negative social and gender norms and narratives (manosphere, pornography etc) across a range of online platforms (gaming, social media, chatrooms in online harms, exploitation and abuse. What does evidence tell us?

Interrupting pathways to online harmful behaviour in young people

Discussion Panel

Explore the role of different sectors (schools, justice, health, child protection, tech platforms, influencers) in shaping the online narrative and interrupting pathways to online harmful behaviour and what has been achieved
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Pillar A

Pillar B

Pillar C
11:00 – 12:30
Parallel Sessions

A3. What’s new and what’s next in global and regional tech regulation?

Discussion Panel

Provide an overview of emerging regulatory trends and their implications for child protection and digital rights, while identifying entry points for regional cooperation, policy influence, and multisector engagement.

B3-1. Planning a regional response to harmful sexual behaviour in children and adolescents

Round table

Identify practical and coordinated next steps for ASEAN to prevent and respond to harmful sexual behaviour among children and adolescents, building on insights from research and practice shared in earlier sessions

B3-2. Caring for carers: Supporting health and wellbeing of frontline workers

Round table

Raise awareness of the psychological impact of frontline justice and child protection work and to identify concrete measures that organisations and systems can adopt to support the long-term health, safety, and effectiveness of their staff.

C3. Talking to the machines. Rethinking children’s rights and online safety in the age of AI assistants

Format TBD

Examine the growing role of chatbots and conversational AI in children’s digital lives. Discuss opportunities, risks and design principles that ensure these tools are safe, age-appropriate, and aligned with children’s rights.
12.30 – 13.45 LUNCH
13.45 – 15.15
Parallel Sessions

A4. Building actionable and impactful industry standards for child safety in ASEAN

Workshop

Examine current gaps and opportunities in industry-led efforts to protect children online in ASEAN, and to identify practical, context-specific standards—such as codes of conduct, safety-by-design principles, and accountability mechanisms

B4. Promoting and facilitating identification and disclosure by victims across different types of OCSEA

Discussion panel

Examine the challenges posed by different types of national and transnational OCSEA in reaching victims nationally and transnationally. Identify practical, cross-sector (including justice, welfare, immigration, private sector) and cross border strategies to create safer, more responsive mechanisms and environments that support victims to seek help and access support.

C4. Ensuring rights and protection in and throughdigital transformation of education

Format TBD

Assess the risks and regulatory gaps in the use of EdTech platforms, and to explore how governments, education systems, and developers can ensure these tools are effective, safe, inclusive, and accountable to children’s rights
15.15 – 15.30 Coffee Break / Return to plenary
15.30 – 16.45

Moving From Paper to Action for the next Regional Plan of Action

Sector, country and private sector discussion on most urgent national actions for child online protection
16.45 – 17.30
PLENARY		 CLOSING
Location

VENUE INFORMATION

Hilton Sentral Hotel

Address: 3, Jalan Stesen Sentral, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable People

The Forum organisers take the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people seriously.

As part of their registration, all participants agreed to abide by the requirements of the Forum specific child safeguarding policy.

• ASEAN ICT Forum Child Safeguarding Policy

During and following the event, the Safeguarding Focal Point may be contacted directly in person by notifying staff on the registration table. She may also be contacted by the below details:

Rachel Harvey

Regional Adviser, Child Protection
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Office
Mobile: +66 (0) 65 415 4814
Email: rharvey@unicef.org

A1. Emerging technologies, their impact on OCSEA and considerations for prevention in ASEAN

Discussion panel

Ms April Turner (Moderator)
Senior Child Protection Advisor, ChildFund Australia

April Turner is the Senior Child Protection Advisor at ChildFund Australia, where she also serves as the strategic lead for the flagship program on online safety called Swipe Safe. With expertise in child safeguarding, online child protection, helpline management, and referral pathways, April plays a pivotal role in ensuring children's safety in both online and offline environments. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Development and a Bachelor’s Degree in Asian and International Studies and International Business. April has over 15 years of experience in child protection and community development across diverse international settings.

Ms Deepali Liberhan
Global Director Safety Policy, Meta

Deepali Liberhan is a Director at Meta and heads the Global Safety Policy, Regional and Regulatory team.  In her role, she is responsible for developing and overseeing Meta’s regional safety policy and regulatory strategy on core safety issues including women’s safety; child safety and youth safety and well- being globally. This includes shaping the company responses to safety policy, legislative and regulatory developments on new and upcoming safety legislations or regulations and engaging with and responding to key stakeholders such policy makers, regulators and safety partners. Previously, Deepali was the Director and Associate General Counsel at Meta, where, as regional counsel for India and South Asia, she oversaw and handled legal and regulatory issues for the region. Prior to joining Facebook, Deepali worked with the Indian Anti-Trust Agency, the Competition Commission of India and before that, practiced intellectual property law at the law firm of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas. Deepali has also served as a law clerk for a Judge at the Delhi High Court, India. Deepali holds a law degree from Delhi University and a Master’s degree in law from Columbia Law School, where she graduated in 2008 as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She is qualified to practice in India and New York.

Ms Ella Serry
Manager, International Engagement, eSafety Commissioner

Ella Serry is the Manager of International Engagement at the eSafety Commissioner, Australia’s online safety regulator.

Ella is passionate about the power of education to make a difference, gender equality, human rights and social justice. In her current role, she leads a team focused on advancing eSafety’s international strategic priorities with other regulators, governments, multi-lateral organisations, international NGOs, academics and policy experts, as well as delivering online safety capacity building projects in the Indo-Pacific region.

Ms Hazel Bitaña
Deputy Regional Executive Director, CRC Asia

Hazel is the Deputy Regional Executive Director of Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia), in charge of the development and implementation of the overall strategy of the coalition. Aside from supervising the day-to-day operations, she provides strategic advice on the coalition’s advocacy efforts and partnership engagements.

Since joining CRC Asia in 2015, Hazel has contributed to the development of several regional and international documents. She also authored a number of CRC Asia publications and, among these, she is most proud of the child-friendly materials she helped produce. With a decade of experience in the development sector, she has gained a strong background on children’s rights, particularly on child participation and the rights of the child in the digital environment.

Before being part of CRC Asia, Hazel worked for Plan International in the Philippines (2014-2015) and Asia against Child Trafficking (2011-2013). She also served as a Creative Writer for Television and Production Exponents, Inc. for two years.

Hazel has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Communication with a Magna cum Laude distinction from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She also holds a Master of Statistics degree from the same university.

Hazel takes pride in developing her knitting skills. She makes scarves for friends and knits hats for children survivors of cancer.

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B1. Gaming for good: promoting child safety, well-being and positive gender norms in virtual worlds

Discussion panel

Mr Francesco Cecon (Moderator)
Head of the Global Boys Initiative, ECPAT International

Francesco Cecon is the Head of the Global Boys Initiative at ECPAT International. He leads on the organisation’s work on ending sexual exploitation of boys, and supports the coordination of the work of the Global Alliance on the Protection of Boys from Sexual Violence (GAPB), which aims at conducting global advocacy to end sexual violence against boys, while transforming rigid gender norms and ideas of masculinity;

Ms Anthea Ow
Manager, Government and Public Affairs APAC, the LEGO Group

Anthea Ow is Manager, Government Relations and Public Affairs, APAC at the LEGO Group. She leads on the company’s sustainability policy and risk agenda in the region, and is also responsible for engaging with policy stakeholders on Learning through Play and digital wellbeing. Prior to joining the LEGO Group, she was at TheCityUK, where she developed engagement strategies and advocated for policies that create commercial opportunities for the UK-based financial and related professional services industry in Asia. She has also held roles at Asia House, a think tank driving commercial and political engagement between Asia and Europe, as well as at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore.

Mr Antonio Gabriel Abad
Creative Director and Senior Game Designer, Taktyl Studios

Creative Director and Senior Game Designer, TAKTYL STUDIOS, Tobie Abad has been working in the creative industry since 1999, working with one of the major television networks in the Philippines and its expansion to other countries.  Started working on game design as early as 2012, and continues to work on numerous white-labeled game experiences for varying audiences until the present. Also works on numerous other creative independent projects  such as board games, card games, and tabletop role-playing games.

Ms Nina Bual
CEO, Cyberlite

Nina Bual is the Co-Founder of Cyberlite, a leading social enterprise dedicated to promoting sustainable and equitable cyber safety and generative AI education across the Asia-Pacific region, with offices in Singapore and India. Cyberlite designs and implements comprehensive programs for child online safety and cyber resilience building in diverse communities, with an innovative approach to localisation that aligns with international policies and curricula. Nina is an active online safety advocate and speaker at international events organised by the ASEAN-Singapore Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (ASCCE), ECPAT, and the GFCE. Cyberlite is also the recipient of the Digital for Life Catalyst award by Singapore’s President Shanmugaratnam for its significant contributions to child online safety education.

Mr Terry Chen
Chief Operating Officer, Modulate

Terry was trained as a scientist at UCLA, spending time in the corporate strategy sector before returning to academia at Harvard University. After founding a recording studio specialized in vocal recordings and processing, he led the audio team at Modulate, getting the company off the ground in 2019. He currently serves as Modulate’s COO, overseeing all day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives founded on a unique company culture of continuous improvement. Born and raised in Boston, he is deeply passionate about building ethical foundational safeguards into AI technology.

Ms Josianne Galea Baron
Programme specialist (Child Rights and Business), UNICEF HQ

Josianne Galea Baron is part of UNICEF’s Business Engagement and Child Rights team, within Programme Group Leadership Team. The team leads UNICEF’s engagement around responsible business conduct in relation to children’s rights.

In this role, Josianne is the technical lead on how companies in the technology sector can take action to respect and support children’s rights throughout their activities. This includes developing tools and guidance for businesses in different industries, from online gaming to mobile network operators.

Prior to joining the team, Josianne led the digital agenda within the children’s rights and business unit at UNICEF’s national committee in the UK. She has a master’s in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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C1. Evidence-led policies and programs for child online safety and well-being

Discussion panel

Prof Sun Sun Lim (Moderator)
Vice President & Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication & Technology, Singapore Management University

Prof Sun Sun Lim is Vice President, Partnerships & Engagement and Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication and Technology at Singapore Management University. She has researched extensively the social impact of technology, focusing on technology domestication, future of work and AI ethics. She has over 100 publications including Transcendent Parenting - Raising Children in the Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2020) and articles in top journals including Nature and Big Data and Society. She was a Nominated Member of the 13th Parliament of Singapore and an honoree of the Top 50 Asia Women Tech Leaders 2024 and Singapore 100 Women in Tech 2020 awards. She is also Fellow of the International Communication Association and Singapore Computer Society. She serves on fourteen journal editorial boards and the Singapore Environment Council, SkillsFuture Research Advisory Panel and Media Literacy Council. See www.sunsunlim.com

Ms Sinni Lim
APAC Regional Strategy and Impact Officer, International Justice Mission

Sinni has extensive experience in policy-making and implementation across various sectors, including health, finance, and labor. In her current role, Sinni provides regional strategic leadership to IJM’s offices across the APAC region to support governments in protecting vulnerable people in poverty from exploitation. She partners with national, regional, and global organizations to build thought leadership on emerging, cross-sector, and trans-boundary crimes such as online sexual exploitation of children and forced labor. She has also held several leadership positions in non-profit organizations, most recently being an Asia 21 Next Generation Fellow, class of 2023. Sinni holds degrees from both Oxford and Stanford Universities. 

Prof Michael Salter
Director, ChildLight, University of New South Wales

Dr Michael Salter is the Director of Childlight UNSW, a research hub dedicated to research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation, based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research is focused on child sexual abuse, gender-based violence and complex trauma, including intersections with technology. Dr Salter is the immediate Past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) where he has served on the Board of Directors since 2018. He is the Chair of the Grace Tame Foundation, which is dedicated to the prevention of child sexual abuse. Dr Salter sits on the editorial boards of the journals Child Abuse Review and the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.

Dr Mark Kavenagh
Director, Evident “Leaked: Research on self-generated sexual content in Thailand”

Dr Mark Kavenagh is the Director of Evident, a small Bangkok-based social research company focused on sexual exploitation of children and human trafficking. Current projects include the US State Department funded ‘Project Possible’ exploring LGBTQI+ vulnerability to trafficking in Bangkok and Pattaya and ‘Leaked’ a partnership with HUG Project to research self-generated sexual content involving young people in Thailand and develop an evidence-based intervention.

Mark began his career as a registered psychologist working with children and families in Australia before moving into child protection work in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. His career has often involved translating evidence into real-world programming to protect children – now the main drive for Evident. Mark’s career has involved work with small organizations as well as in larger regional roles such as Child Online Protection Consultant for UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in 2023. From a research perspective, Mark headed ECPAT International’s research team from 2018-2021 during which time he oversaw the release of 90+ research publications. He has authored papers in peer-reviewed journals on child sexual abuse and trafficking including guest editing issue 142(2) of the International Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect focused on the sexual exploitation of boys. Mark holds a Doctorate of Educational Psychology from the University of Melbourne.

Mr Ayel Del Valle
Program Officer, RIGHTS Click – Children and Young People’s Digital Rights, Health, and Wellbeing Program, Amnesty International Philippines

Ayel is a young digital rights advocate from the Philippines. His work focuses on supporting children and young people support to exercise their rights and freedoms in digital spaces. Since 2021, he has led the implementation of projects that provide young people the tools and resources they need to lead their own human rights research and digital campaigns. He is passionate about mainstreaming wellbeing and collective care in youth participation and integrating participatory action in policy advocacy.

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A2. The Impact of Generative AI on Detection and Takedown of CSAM

Discussion panel

H.E. Mr Wanchai Roujanavong (Moderator)
Thailand Children’s Rights Representative to the ACWC

H.E. Wanchai Roujanavong is currently serving his second term of services as Thailand 's ACWC Representative for Children's Rights, H.E. Wanchai is a seasoned public prosecutor and legal expert who has dedicated more than twenty years in advocating for a safer and more inclusive world for children in Thailand and beyond. Through his able leadership in chairing the joint ACWC-SOMSWD working group, the Regional Plan of Action for Protection of Children from All Forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse in ASEAN (RPA on COEA) was successfully developed and noted by the ASEAN Leaders in 2021 to supplement the Declaration on the Protection of Children from all Forms of Online Abuse and Exploitation in ASEAN which was adopted in 2019.

Ms Smita Mitra
Criminal Intelligence Officer, Crimes Against Children, INTERPOL

Smita Mitra is a Criminal Intelligence Officer with INTERPOL’s Crimes against Children Unit. Smita holds a post-graduate degree in Social Sciences with specialization in Criminology and Correctional Administration, and has previously worked with UN Women on Peace, Security and empowering women migrant workers in Asia and the Pacific. At INTERPOL she is responsible for building strategic partnerships, enhancing police cooperation with a focus on Crimes Against Children, support investigations and uptake of INTERPOL’s International Child Sexual Exploitation data-base for victim identification and child safeguarding.

Ms Soyoung Park
Manager, Digital Sex Crime Content Review Bureau, Korea Communication Standards Commission

Soyoung Park is the Manager at the Digital Sex Crime Content Review Bureau of the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), an independent statutory organization that regulates media content in South Korea. Since joining the KCSC in 2013, she has led numerous international initiatives and is currently responsible for KCSC’s activities within INHOPE and the Global Online Safety Regulators Network (GOSRN). Her primary focus is on global cooperation to protect Korean citizens from online sexual harms, including the non-consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII) and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In addition, she has extensive experience in reviewing political programming on television.

She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Sungkyunkwan University and has completed the coursework for a master’s degree in International Law from Korea University, providing a strong foundation for her work in media content regulation.

Mr Khemachart Prakaihongmanee
Director of Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime, Department of Special Investigation, Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Thailand

Mr. Khemachart Prakaihongmanee is currently working as the director of Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) of the Kingdom of Thailand. Prior to accepting his current position at DSI, Khemachart was a senior detective in the Bangkok Metropolitan Police. His numerous accolades include Investigator of the Year and Thailand's Most Outstanding Civil Servant. He is recognized as an expert in the investigation of transnational crimes including crimes against children.

Prior to his current position, he served as the head of Transnational Crimes Division 1, Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime. His work mainly involves with a variety of cybercrimes: boiler room scams, romance scams, credit card fraud and identity fraud. He was also responsible for the management of MLA and extradition requests.

He began his career in Royal Thai Police as detective in Bangkok Metropolitan Police. His investigation ranged from street crimes to sophisticated organized crimes, where he put his expertise in information and communication technologies in order to bring cases to success.

Apart from his current work, he is also a special lecturer in Law for leading Universities in Thailand.

He used to be the Director of the DSI’s Child Sexual Exploitation Crime Center (CSECC) and now he is in charge of DSI’s Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime. He is the pioneer in child sexual exploitation work at DSI. Also, he holds his expertise and experience in various type of child sexual exploitation, especially online child sexual exploitation.

Dr Marlyn Thomas Savio (virtual)
Research Manager, Global Wellness and Resiliency Division of Research, TaksUs

Marlyn is a Chartered Psychologist with a PhD specialising in health psychology. In her current role at TaskUs, she leads a global team of researchers focussed on employee wellness and productivity. Prior to this, she undertook clinical and teaching roles in healthcare and academia. Marlyn cares deeply about making research accessible and actionable in the trust and safety domain.

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B2. Mobilizing Private Sector Expertise and Resources for Impactful Social Initiatives

Discussion panel

Mr Ding Ping Wu (Opening remarks)
Deputy Secretary General, China Federation of Internet Societies

 

Ms Shailey Hingorani (Moderator)
Head of Policy, Advocacy and Research, WeProtect Global Alliance

Shailey is a human rights professional who has spent over 14 years advocating for the rights of the most marginalised women and children in South Asia, United States and Southeast Asia. She has worked with the Association of Women for Advocacy and Research (AWARE), Open Society Foundations, and Save the Children.

Ms Diena Haryana
Founder, SEJIWA Foundation

• AFS Exchange Student Program: American Field Service, Delaware, USA, Full Grant, 19/6-19/7
• Master's Degree in TEFL, Warwick Univ, Coventry, UK, Chevening Award - The British Council, UK, 1986-1987
• Graduate Degree, Teacher Training Institute, FPBS, IKIP Jakarta, 1977, scholarship
• Business Leadership in Community, TOT, Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Kenan Institute in Washington, 2003, short course, sponsored
• Living Values Education, Global Retreat Centre, Oxford-UK, TOT Program, short course, 2004, sponsored by UNESCO
• Child Protection and Good Parenting, Psychology Dept, Univ of Manitoba, Canada, 2010, sponsored
• Ashoka Fellow, 2022
• Lecturer of Teacher Training Institute Jakarta, majoring in English Language Teaching, 1990-2000
• Founder & Director of Business Dynamics, Jakarta, Corporate Training & Consulting Firm, 1993-2014
• Founder of SEJIWA Foundation, 2004-present, Working in "Violence against Children", "Parenting" and "Child Online Safety"
• Vice Chairperson of Indonesia Child Online Protection (alliance), 2019 Present
• Member of Advisory Board of Siberkreasi, National Movement of Digital Literacy, 2018-present
• Counselor and Life Coach, 2017-present
• Parental Engagement in Optimizing Children's Development, Psychology Dept, Univ of Queensland, Australia, 2016, short course
• Member of Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia), 2008-present

Ms Karen Flanagan AM
Child Protection Strategic Advisor, Save the Children Australia

Karen has been referred to as one of Australia’s foremost child protection advocates. She is a qualified social worker with many years clinical, managerial, training and research experience in child protection and safeguarding. She specialises in prevention and response to child sexual abuse and designed award winning therapeutic programs for victim/survivors and perpetrators of sexual violence.

In 2010 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “Service to the community in the area of Child Protection through contributions to policy and program development and legislative reform”.

Currently Karen is Save the Children’s Strategic Advisor for Child Protection responsible for innovation and adaptation to changing digital environments and funding landscapes. She leads on the provision of technical support, program design and mentoring for staff and partners nationally and internationally, to ensure children are kept safe and protected from harm in all aspects of Save the Children's work. She has also authored numerous journal articles, edited and published in a recent book on modern slavery and developed resources and toolkits on a range of child protection and child rights issues.

Mr Syed Khairulazrin
Policy Director (Asia Pacific), GSMA

Syed is the Policy Director (Asia Pacific) for GSMA.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to GSMA, he was the Head of the Spectrum Planning and Assignment in the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the Malaysian regulatory agency that oversees the communication and multimedia activities. He was in charge of policy development particularly related to spectrum and was instrumental in setting the direction for the Malaysian policy of the mobile industry.

Syed holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia and an MBA in Strategic Management from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He has also been awarded the title of Professional Technologist by the Malaysia Board of Technologists.

Ms Katia Potapov
VP of Membership Development, Tech Coalition

Katia Potapov serves as the Vice President of Membership Development at the Tech Coalition, an alliance of more than 45 tech companies united in the fight against online child sexual exploitation and abuse. With over two decades of experience in strategic operations, member engagement, and development, she is leading the Coalition’s growth to extend its reach and strengthen industry’s trust and safety capacities. In addition to her professional efforts, Katia is deeply committed to child safety and welfare, an attribute she demonstrates through her leadership roles in youth-focused organizations.

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C2. Generating and Sharing Evidence on What Works for Online Safety Initiatives

Discussion panel

Prof Amanda Third (Opening remarks)
Western Sydney University

Professor Amanda Third is Professorial Research Fellow in Digital Social and Cultural Research in the Institute for Culture and Society and Co-Director of the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University; and Research Stream Co-Lead in the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (Deakin; Western Sydney University and Victoria University).

An international expert in user-centred, participatory research, her work investigates children's and young people's technology practices, focusing on marginalised groups and rights-based approaches. She has led child-centred projects to understand children's and young people's experiences of the digital age in 68 countries, working with partners across corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors. She is committed to working with communities to generate research that can be activated for effective policy and practice.

From 2011-2016, Professor Third led Research Program 2: 'Connected and Creative', of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, a cross-sector research entity that united young people with researchers, practitioners, innovators and policy-makers from over 75 partner organisations across the not-for-profit, academic, government and corporate sectors to explore the role of technology in young people's lives, and how technology can be used to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 12 to 25. The research program Professor Third led investigated how to better connect vulnerable young people with their communities by enhancing and leveraging their technology practices and their creative engagements. This experience led Professor Third to work with colleagues at Western Sydney University to adapt an open innovation process – known as a Living Lab – to co-research and design, with children, young people and stakeholders across sectors, technology-based strategies to support intergenerational resilience. She has co-developed a range of innovative data and analysis techniques (e.g. distributed data gathering via a workshop-based method), as well as digital tools (e.g. 'Invisible City' emotion mapping app) to enable children, young people and their communities to generate data and, thereby, enable them to tackle the challenges they face.

Dr Srida Tanta-atipanit (Moderator)
Managing Director, Internet Foundation for the Development of Thailand

Dr. Srida Tanta-Atipanit is a leading expert in online safety and child protection with over 20 years at the Internet Foundation for the Development of Thailand (IFDT).

With degrees in computer science and education administration, she has played a key role in developing and implementing national policies and educational programs for online safety. Dr. Srida oversees ThaiHotline, which has been operating for 15 years, and is a member of INHOPE, a global network of 54 hotlines across 50 countries dedicated to combating child sexual abuse materials. Her work includes capacity building for law enforcement, promoting multidisciplinary teamwork, and advancing a child-friendly justice system. She initiated Thailand's National Safer Internet Day, which received cabinet approval last year, and played a pivotal role in amending the penal code to address online child grooming. The draft law is now awaiting consideration by the parliament. Dr. Srida's efforts have made a significant impact nationally and her collaborative work extends regionally and globally.

Prof Kenneth Poon
Singapore Children’s Rights Representative to the ACWC

Kenneth Poon is Lien Foundation Chair Professor. A clinical psychologist and early interventionist by training, he serves concurrently as Dean, Education Research, as well as Centre Director of the Centre for Research in Child Development at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. His research focuses on the development of children, especially those with disabilities and those from low-income environments. Kenneth currently serves as Singapore's child representative to the ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children. He also serves in consultancy, advisory, or Board roles to the government, social service agencies, as well as international organizations. 

Ms Gulsum Adas
Manager, Children, Youth and Families team, eSafety Commissioner

Gulsum an experienced regulatory and policy specialist with a proven track record in the safety, education, communications, and media sectors. With extensive involvement in high-profile federal policy development and legislative implementation, she has made significant contributions to the telecommunications and online safety industries. Gulsum has addressed critical issues such as cyberbullying among Australian children and the management of illegal online content. With a strong background in Education, Policy and Law, she has developed internationally recognized resources aimed at educators, youth, and parents.

Gulsum is deeply interested in the intersection of legislation, regulation, and the rapidly changing landscape of technological platforms.

Ms Siriprapa Weerachaising
Outreach and Partnerships Manager, Trust & Safety, TikTok

KahnJi Siriprapa Weerachaising is the Outreach & Partnerships Manager, Trust & Safety at TikTok. She focuses on building a safer, more inclusive community through policy engagement, safety education campaigns, and public safety initiatives. KahnJi cultivates strong relationships with NGOs and experts, identifying opportunities to enhance TikTok's product policies for its diverse user base.

Mr Muhamad Nuzul
Regional Online Safety Coordinator, ChildFund Australia

Muhamad Nuzul is a dynamic professional with over five years of dedicated experience at the intersection of educational technology and online safety. In his current role as the Regional Online Safety Coordinator at ChildFund Australia, Nuzul plays a pivotal role in ensuring the online world is safe for children and young people across Southeast Asia. His passion for leveraging technology to benefit the younger generation is evident in both his current position and his past roles with esteemed organizations such as ASEAN Foundation, UNICEF, and Save the Children.

With a deep understanding of the delicate balance between harnessing the advantages of technology and safeguarding the well-being of children and young people, Nuzul brings valuable expertise to his work. He continues to be a driving force in the realm of educational technology, advocating for responsible digital practices and championing online safety. Muhamad Nuzul's commitment to creating a secure and enriching digital environment underscores his significant contributions in the field.

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Generative AI and beyond: impact for online protection in ASEAN

Keynote address

Prof Sun Sun Lim
Vice President & Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication & Technology, Singapore Management University

Prof Sun Sun Lim is Vice President, Partnerships & Engagement and Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication and Technology at Singapore Management University. She has researched extensively the social impact of technology, focusing on technology domestication, future of work and AI ethics. She has over 100 publications including Transcendent Parenting - Raising Children in the Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2020) and articles in top journals including Nature and Big Data and Society. She was a Nominated Member of the 13th Parliament of Singapore and an honoree of the Top 50 Asia Women Tech Leaders 2024 and Singapore 100 Women in Tech 2020 awards. She is also Fellow of the International Communication Association and Singapore Computer Society. She serves on fourteen journal editorial boards and the Singapore Environment Council, SkillsFuture Research Advisory Panel and Media Literacy Council. See www.sunsunlim.com

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Understanding intersections of technology-facilitated gender-based violence and online child sexual exploitation and abuse

Discussion panel

H.E. Stephanie Copus Campbell (Moderator)
Australia Ambassador for Gender Equality

Ms Copus Campbell has extensive experience working across the public, private, philanthropic and community sectors in Australia and the Indo Pacific. She has served as head of Australia's bilateral aid programs with Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Tuvalu and head of Australia's Pacific Regional programs. Ms Copus Campbell has worked in senior executive roles with CARE Australia and the Oil Search Foundation.

Stephanie is a founding Director on the Femili PNG Board (providing services to survivors of family and sexual violence) and the PNG City Pharmacy Ltd. Board. From 2018 to 2023 she was Chair of the Southern Highlands Provincial Health Authority Board (the third largest province in PNG).

Stephanie holds a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University (UK) in international relations and a bachelor's degree from the University of California in political science, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She is currently undertaking a Masters of Social Work through the University of Melbourne. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She volunteers in palliative care at Clare Holland House Hospice and as a wildlife carer and rescuer for ACT Wildlife.

Dr Ratchada Jayagupta
Thailand Women’s Rights Representative to the ACWC

Dr.Ratchada Jayagupta (Assistant Professor Dr. Ratchada Jayagupta) is the Representative of Thailand to the ACWC for Women's Rights, the Director of The Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM), Center of Excellence in Asian Migration at Institute of Asian Studies Chulalongkorn University, and a specialist researcher and lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

In addition, she is an advisor to the Minister of Justice, Thailand, a member of a National expert working group for monitoring and follow up the implementation of Eastern Economic Corridor sub-committee work plan - on human capital development, a member of National Sub-Committee on anti-human trafficking in the Mekong Sub-Region, a member of ‘CMP Committee’: National Coordinating and Monitoring of Anti-Trafficking in Persons Performance Committee as stated in section 22 of the Thailand anti-trafficking in Person Act B.E.2551 (2008), a member of Ad-Hoc Committee on Amending the Civil Procedure Code (No.__) B.E. ___, and a Committee Member of the Master of Fine Art in Communication Design, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University (Since 2023).

Since November 2019, she has been appointed as a Gender Champion from CU-Collar (Collaborating Centre for labour research, Chulalongkorn University). In August 2018, she received the distinguished award from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Ministry of Justice, Thailand; the Network Model Award 2018 in saluting and recognition her collaboration with DSI on the prevention, protection and a support for prosecution of the organised crime in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

In addition, May 2024, she received the National honourable justice award called “Yutidham Thamrong Badge” (Distinguished Justice System). This national distinguished award is to recognize her consecutive and active supports and collaborations at both national and international activities and affairs of the Ministry of Justice for more than two years.

Her areas of expertise are Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Gender Based Violence, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, Voluntary and Forced Migration; which including Female Labour, Migrant Worker, People Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, Statelessness, the Promotion of Women’s Participation and Decision Making in Politics, and the Promotion and Protection the Rights of Women and Girls.

Ms Melissa Alvarado
Regional Programme Manager, Ending Violence against Women (EVAW), UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Melissa Alvarado is the Ending Violence against Women (EVAW) Regional Programme Manager at UN Women, Asia-Pacific Regional Office.  Melissa has been working specifically on ending violence against women and children for 25+ years, through programme management and design, policy and legislation development and implementation, direct service, developing interagency response systems, technical assistance, capacity building, advocacy and research.

Prior to joining the Asia-Pacific office, Melissa managed UN Women’s Ending Violence against Women portfolio in the Pacific Islands, based in Suva, Fiji Islands; provided dedicated technical assistance to the UN Women Afghanistan office; engaged in global policymaking through the Policy Division at UN Women headquarters on EVAW; managed gender-based violence programmes in Darfur, Sudan with UNFPA; and supported refugees and people affected by conflict with international NGOs in Thailand and Kosovo.  Melissa has experience in addressing violence in adulthood and child abuse, including multi-disciplinary approaches to prevention, response and investigation of child sexual abuse, violence against women and fatalities.  Melissa holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Her work is informed by decades of experience advocating for and directly supporting survivors of violence against women and children in crisis.

Dr Yoel Roth
VP Trust & Safety, Match Group

Yoel Roth is the Vice President of Trust & Safety at Match Group, the parent company of Tinder, Hinge, and more than a dozen other dating apps used by millions of people worldwide. He is also a Non-Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research, teaching, and writing focus on trustworthy governance approaches for social media, AI, and other emerging technologies. Previously, he was the Head of Trust & Safety at Twitter. For more than 7 years, he helped build and lead the teams responsible for Twitter’s content moderation, integrity, and election security efforts. Before joining Twitter, Yoel received his PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. His research examined the technical, policy, business, and cultural dynamics of social networking and online dating at the dawn of the smartphone age.

Prof Michael Salter
Director, ChildLight, University of New South Wales

Dr Michael Salter is the Director of Childlight UNSW, a research hub dedicated to research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation, based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research is focused on child sexual abuse, gender-based violence and complex trauma, including intersections with technology. Dr Salter is the immediate Past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) where he has served on the Board of Directors since 2018. He is the Chair of the Grace Tame Foundation, which is dedicated to the prevention of child sexual abuse. Dr Salter sits on the editorial boards of the journals Child Abuse Review and the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.

Ms Soyoung Park
Manager, Digital Sex Crime Content Review Bureau, Korea Communication Standards Commission

Soyoung Park is the Manager at the Digital Sex Crime Content Review Bureau of the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), an independent statutory organization that regulates media content in South Korea. Since joining the KCSC in 2013, she has led numerous international initiatives and is currently responsible for KCSC’s activities within INHOPE and the Global Online Safety Regulators Network (GOSRN). Her primary focus is on global cooperation to protect Korean citizens from online sexual harms, including the non-consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII) and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In addition, she has extensive experience in reviewing political programming on television.

She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Sungkyunkwan University and has completed the coursework for a master’s degree in International Law from Korea University, providing a strong foundation for her work in media content regulation.

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A3. Creating future-resilient policies for new technologies: opportunities, risks and progress in ASEAN

Discussion panel

Ms Alexandra Chernyavskaya (Moderator)
Regional Child Online Protection Consultant, UNICEF EAPRO

Alexandra is a tenured policy professional with over 12 years of experience dedicated to combating online child sexual exploitation and advocating for children's digital rights. Her work spans the non-profit sector, academia, and industry across Central Asia, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, providing her with a comprehensive understanding of OCSEA and possible ways of tackling it. She was most previously a senior policy specialist at Twitter and currently serves as a consultant with the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office.

Dr Jasmine Begum
Regional Director, Legal & Government Affairs, Microsoft

Jasmine leads Microsoft's Corporate External and Legal Affairs for the ASEAN region, addressing issues at the intersection of technology, policy, and society in ASEAN. With over 30 years of award-winning experience, she brings extensive expertise in legal, policy, regulatory, geostrategy, and communications. Prior to Microsoft, Jasmine held leadership positions at Dell, the UNDP, and the United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary-General in New York.

She has made significant milestones in her career, including being the first Malaysian appointed to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Her remarkable achievements have also earned her prestigious accolades such as the inaugural WIM's Tan Sri Napsiah Omar Women Leaders Award and the Global Leadership Award for ICT Excellence. These honors recognize her exceptional contributions to advancing policies on accessibility, promoting women in the field of technology and shaping policy and regulatory landscape for frontier technologies. Jasmine is also an advisor to various Digital Economy Agencies in the region, as well as Multilateral and International Organizations.

Jasmine holds a double degree in Law from the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur, pursued post-graduate studies in the UK, and earned a Ph.D. in business and human rights. With admission to practice law in multiple jurisdictions, she is currently an Adjunct Professor in several Universities across the region and has received an Honorary Doctorate for her outstanding leadership and contributions in Public Policy and Governance from UNITAR International University.

Ms Saidatul Ashikin Abu Hassan
Head, Centre for Communications Safety Department, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

 

Ms Dian Wulandari
Center of International Affairs, Ministry of Communications and Informatics of Indonesia

Dian currently serves as the Chief of Economics, Information, and Postal Cooperation for International Affairs, as well as the Deputy Director of the ASEAN ICT Center (AICTC) for 2024-2025. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Communications Science from the University of Airlangga and a Master's degree in Political Communication from the University of Leeds.

With 16 years of experience as a government official in the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Dian has been appointed as Indonesia's focal point for several international organizations, including the Universal Postal Union (UPU), Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) G20, APEC Digital Economy Steering Group (DESG) and Telecommunications Working Group (TELWG), ASEAN Digital Senior Official Meeting (ADGSOM) and Senior Official Meetings Responsible for Information (SOMRI). She was appointed as the Chair of the ASEAN Task Force on Fake News (TFFN) for 2023-2024 and the Vice-Chair of Sub-Committee on Information (SCI) for 2024.

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C5: Taking a gendered approach to OCSEA

Discussion panel

Mr Francesco Cecon (Moderator)
Head of the Global Boys Initiative, ECPAT International

Francesco Cecon is the Head of the Global Boys Initiative at ECPAT International. He leads on the organisation’s work on ending sexual exploitation of boys, and supports the coordination of the work of the Global Alliance on the Protection of Boys from Sexual Violence (GAPB), which aims at conducting global advocacy to end sexual violence against boys, while transforming rigid gender norms and ideas of masculinity;

Ms Monticha Puthawong
Former Director of Case Management, Board Member, Urban Light Foundation

Monticha Puthawong is a former social worker at Urban Light Foundation (Thailand) providing social services to male street-living youth, at-risk young males and male victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. After several years of experience as a frontline-responder, she was promoted to a Director of Case Management to oversee a youth drop-in center, after care programs and the Male Empowerment Program. Monticha specializes in compiling statistics regarding child labour, child sexual exploitation and human trafficking matters.

Mr Sophearoth Yorn
Child Protection Team Leader, M’Lop Tapang

Sophearoth Yorn, Child Protection Team Leader at M’Lop Tapang for 8 years, has a background in law and supports a team of 7 social workers to ensure specialized care for abuse cases. His legal expertise strengthens his ability to advocate for children’s rights and protection.

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A4: A child-rights based approach to age verification and age assurance in the ASEAN region

Discussion panel

Ms Josianne Galea Baron
Programme specialist (Child Rights and Business), UNICEF HQ

Josianne Galea Baron is part of UNICEF’s Business Engagement and Child Rights team, within Programme Group Leadership Team. The team leads UNICEF’s engagement around responsible business conduct in relation to children’s rights.

In this role, Josianne is the technical lead on how companies in the technology sector can take action to respect and support children’s rights throughout their activities. This includes developing tools and guidance for businesses in different industries, from online gaming to mobile network operators.

Prior to joining the team, Josianne led the digital agenda within the children’s rights and business unit at UNICEF’s national committee in the UK. She has a master’s in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ms Deepali Liberhan
Global Director Safety Policy, Meta

Deepali Liberhan is a Director at Meta and heads the Global Safety Policy, Regional and Regulatory team. In her role, she is responsible for developing and overseeing Meta’s regional safety policy and regulatory strategy on core safety issues including women’s safety; child safety and youth safety and well-being globally. This includes shaping the company responses to safety policy, legislative and regulatory developments on new and upcoming safety legislations or regulations and engaging with and responding to key stakeholders such policy makers, regulators and safety partners. Previously, Deepali was the Director and Associate General Counsel at Meta, where, as regional counsel for India and South Asia, she oversaw and handled legal and regulatory issues for the region. Prior to joining Facebook, Deepali worked with the Indian Anti-Trust Agency, the Competition Commission of India and before that, practiced intellectual property law at the law firm of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas. Deepali has also served as a law clerk for a Judge at the Delhi High Court, India. Deepali holds a law degree from Delhi University and a Master’s degree in law from Columbia Law School, where she graduated in 2008 as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She is qualified to practice in India and New York.

Ms Emma Day (virtual)
CEO Asia & North America, TechLegality

Emma is a human rights lawyer, specialising in human rights and technology. She holds two LLMs (University of London 2006, UC Berkeley 2020 as a Fulbright Scholar), and she qualified as a solicitor and barrister in Canada in 2010. Emma is Co-Founder and CEO of Tech Legality, a fully remote consulting company specialised in human rights and technology. Tech Legality is working on several projects for UNICEF related to data governance, the governance of EdTech, child sexual exploitation and abuse online, and how to enhance children’s wellbeing online. Tech Legality’s clients also include social impact technology companies who are being guided through human rights impact assessments to ensure that AI4Good projects do not cause any unanticipated adverse impacts on human rights. Tech Legality has a particular focus currently on maximising the full spectrum of children’s rights and human rights within technology governance frameworks, and in human rights due diligence by the private sector, centering vulnerable and marginalised communities. Emma is a Non-Resident fellow at the Atlantic Council DFRLab, an Alumna of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, and she is part of the European Data Protection Board support pool of experts, and part of the privacy expert advisory group to the Digital Public Goods Alliance.

Dr Yoel Roth
VP Trust & Safety, Match Group

Yoel Roth is the Vice President of Trust & Safety at Match Group, the parent company of Tinder, Hinge, and more than a dozen other dating apps used by millions of people worldwide. He is also a Non-Resident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research, teaching, and writing focus on trustworthy governance approaches for social media, AI, and other emerging technologies. Previously, he was the Head of Trust & Safety at Twitter. For more than 7 years, he helped build and lead the teams responsible for Twitter’s content moderation, integrity, and election security efforts. Before joining Twitter, Yoel received his PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. His research examined the technical, policy, business, and cultural dynamics of social networking and online dating at the dawn of the smartphone age.

Mr Wanchai Roujanavong
Thailand Children’s Rights Representative to the ACWC

H.E. Wanchai Roujanavong is currently serving his second term of services as Thailand's ACWC Representative for Children's Rights. H.E. Wanchai is a seasoned public prosecutor and legal expert who has dedicated more than twenty years in advocating for a safer and more inclusive world for children in Thailand and beyond. Through his able leadership in chairing the joint ACWC-SOMSWD working group, the Regional Plan of Action for Protection of Children from All Forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse in ASEAN (RPA on COEA) was successfully developed and noted by the ASEAN Leaders in 2021 to supplement the Declaration on the Protection of Children from all Forms of Online Abuse and Exploitation in ASEAN which was adopted in 2019.

Ms Hanneke Oudkerk
Regional Director Asia, ChildFund International

Hanneke Oudkerk is an international development professional with over two decades of experience in child rights and public health. Since August 2023, she is the Regional Director for Asia at ChildFund International. Previously, she was the Country Director for Indonesia at the same organization. Hanneke, a Dutch by birth,  has made Asia her home, she has lived in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia since 2012, alongside her family.

In her career, she emphasizes the importance of innovation, including technological and systems-based advancements. She believes in the power of ideation, brainstorming, and design thinking that contribute to effective work methods. Hanneke values collaboration with motivated organizations, companies, and individuals to promote positive change for children so that they can stay healthy, educated, skilled, and safe.

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B3. Role and accountability of financial institutions for child online protection

Discussion panel

Ms Maria Yohanista (Moderator)
Project Manager, ECPAT Indonesia

 

Ms Sinni Lim
APAC Regional Strategy and Impact Officer, International Justice Mission

Sinni has extensive experience in policy-making and implementation across various sectors, including health, finance, and labor. In her current role, Sinni provides regional strategic leadership to IJM’s offices across the APAC region to support governments in protecting vulnerable people in poverty from exploitation. She partners with national, regional, and global organizations to build thought leadership on emerging, cross-sector, and trans-boundary crimes such as online sexual exploitation of children and forced labor. She has also held several leadership positions in non-profit organizations, most recently being an Asia 21 Next Generation Fellow, class of 2023. Sinni holds degrees from both Oxford and Stanford Universities. 

Ms Georgia Brookes
Head of Financial Crime Investigations, National Australia Bank

 

Ms Diana Soraya Noor
Director of Strategy and International Cooperation, PPATK (Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre)

 

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A5. Translating updated Luxembourg guidelines. How does terminology apply to the ASEAN context and languages?

Round Table Discussion

Ms Shailey Hingorani (Moderator)
Head of Policy, Advocacy and Research, WeProtect Global Alliance

Shailey is a human rights professional who has spent over 14 years advocating for the rights of the most marginalised women and children in South Asia, United States and Southeast Asia. She has worked with the Association of Women for Advocacy and Research (AWARE), Open Society Foundations, and Save the Children.

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C3. Intersections of TFGBV and OSCEA: implications for response

Discussion panel

Ms Sujata Tuladhar (Moderator)
Regional Advisor – Gender Based Violence, UNFPA

Sujata Tuladhar is the Technical Adviser on Gender Based Violence with UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office. Sujata has over 17 years of experience in programming and coordination to address gender based violence in both development and humanitarian settings. Prior to joining the UNFPA AP Regional Office, Sujata worked in the Philippines, Pakistan and Nepal with UNFPA as well as for Asian Development Bank.

Born and raised in Nepal, Sujata hold a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School, Tufts University (US) and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Connecticut College (US).

Ms Gulsum Adas
Manager, Children, Youth and Families team, eSafety Commissioner

Gulsum an experienced regulatory and policy specialist with a proven track record in the safety, education, communications, and media sectors. With extensive involvement in high-profile federal policy development and legislative implementation, she has made significant contributions to the telecommunications and online safety industries. Gulsum has addressed critical issues such as cyberbullying among Australian children and the management of illegal online content. With a strong background in Education, Policy and Law, she has developed internationally recognized resources aimed at educators, youth, and parents.

Gulsum is deeply interested in the intersection of legislation, regulation, and the rapidly changing landscape of technological platforms.

Ms Christina Torsein
Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF EAPRO

Christina Torsein is a Child Protection Specialist for UNICEF’s East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office. She is a child protection practitioner with over twenty years’ experience including twelve years in the field. In her current role Christina focuses on systems strengthening, including the social service workforce, public finance management for systems strengthening and leads ending violence against children initiatives. She has assisted UNICEF and sister UN agencies with the development of strategic organisational documents, including an Assessment of the Social Service Workforce for Child Protection for UNICEF West and Central Africa, and developed UNRWA’s Child Protection Framework, amongst other guidance. She has provided technical guidance to Global Affairs Canada; and to IOM, UNHCR and UNICEF on the inclusion of children affected by migration in national child protection systems. Christina holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law and a Masters in Public Policy and Public Administration.

Ms Barbara Mae Flores
National Coordination Center against Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children and Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials, Department of Justice

Our speaker is the OIC Executive Director of the NCC-OSAEC-CSAEM and has been a prosecutor since 2008. She also served as the Chief of Operations and was a pioneer member of the DOJ-IACAT Region XI Anti-Trafficking in Persons Task Force, established in 2011. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Ateneo de Davao University and her Bachelor of Science in Commerce, majoring in Legal Management, from De La Salle University.

With a deep commitment to combating human trafficking, child pornography, online sexual abuse or exploitation of children (OSAEC), and child abuse, she has worked closely with law enforcement to investigate and prosecute these cases. Her leadership has been instrumental in multiple anti-trafficking initiatives, including establishing an anti-trafficking team at Davao International Airport.

She is the Philippine representative to the Global Experts Consortium on Prosecuting Human Trafficking, launched by Justice and Care and the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University. This consortium brings together experienced prosecutors from around the world to develop targeted policy recommendations and align the best available evidence for prosecuting human trafficking cases with a victim-centered approach. Additionally, she is a 2020 fellow of the WeProtect Global Alliance Fellowship, which convened stakeholders from across Asia to combat OSAEC, and a 2022-2023 fellow of Fulbright’s 10-month Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship at American University in Washington, DC, with a focus on Anti-Trafficking in Persons.

She has also served as a lecturer on trafficking in persons and online sexual abuse or exploitation of children. She has conceptualized and organized several inter-agency anti-trafficking training programs. Most notably, she is leading the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children Webinar/Workshop for Investigators and Prosecutors Against Exploitation (OSAEC WIPE Out), which has already trained prosecutors and law enforcers in several regions of the country.

Beyond her professional commitments, she remains actively involved in extracurricular activities. She is the treasurer and Director of the Davao Lady Lawyers Association and once served as a Division Director for Toastmasters International. She is also a devoted wife and mother to two beautiful daughters.

Ms Yuko Nishiguchi
Asia Regional Child Protection Technical Advisor, Save the Children International

Yuko is the Asia Child Protection Technical Advisor, and has been working with Save the Children for more than 15 years with a particular focus on Child Protection. This includes experience with the following technical areas: strengthening Child Protection systems, providing high-quality Case Management services, supporting families in the prevention of violence against children, enhancing Community Led Child Protection, and strengthening of social welfare workforce. She has worked on Child Protection programs in both development and humanitarian contexts, with longer term roles in Myanmar (2013 – 2016 and 2018 – 2022) and Lebanon (2016 - 2018). She started the current role in August 2022 and supports countries in Asia, such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Napal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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C4. Preventing recidivism and escalation of online sexual offending of children and adults – what works?

Discussion panel

Ms Milen Kidane (Moderator)
Regional Advisor for Child Protection, UNICEF East Asia & Pacific Regional Office

 

Ms Amanda Paton
Deputy Director Practice, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia

Amanda Paton is an executive leader and Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience specialising in child abuse, complex trauma, child sexual abuse, harmful sexual behaviours, child advocacy centre methodology and multidisciplinary team responses. She has worked across the not-for-profit, government and university sector in clinical practice, research and executive management roles, working across Australia on many projects. She is currently the Deputy Director, Practice for the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP), at the University of South Australia’s (UniSA) and is responsible for leading and overseeing the research, development, and implementation of evidence-based therapeutic models for responding to child abuse, neglect, trauma, and harmful sexual behaviours including the creation of a suite of Workforce Development trainings and a Graduate program. Amanda serves as Chair of the National Clinical Reference Group for Harmful Sexual Behaviours, reporting to the National Office for Child Safety. She was chief investigator developing Australia’s Minimum Practice Standards for Specialist and Community Support Services Responding to Child Sexual Abuse, and currently leads large scale projects across jurisdictions to develop responses for harmful sexual behaviours, increasing sector knowledge, policy, and practice solutions. This has included development of statewide Frameworks and a Layered Continuum for Understanding Harmful Sexual Behaviours, and assessment and treatment models.

Ms Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen (virtual)
Executive Director, Soujellan Lapsia – Protect Children Finland

Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Protect Children (Suojellaan Lapsia ry) and a Trauma-Focused Cognitive Psychotherapist. With 30 years in the health sector and 20 years dedicated to protecting children from sexual violence, particularly online, she has extensive experience in both clinical work and global advocacy. Nina has contributed to numerous governmental and international expert groups, advancing the rights of victims and survivors.

Nina spearheaded the ReDirection research project, which for the first time engaged with over 50,000 CSA offenders on the dark web, revolutionizing academic understanding of this offender group. She also leads the You Are Enough™ peer support groups for parents of child victims and directed the Our Voice - Global Survivor Survey, involving 21,600 survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation.

A recognized lecturer and trainer, Nina has educated thousands of professionals and law enforcement officers worldwide. She has devoted her career to championing the rights of child victims and survivors of sexual violence

Ms Eunice Gan
Psychologist, Community and Communications Psychology Branch, Home Team Psychology Division, Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs

Eunice Gan is a Psychologist with the Home Team Psychologist Division, at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Headquarters, Singapore. Her research interests include offending behaviours amongst youths, societal perceptions of justice and laws, and sexual violence.

She conducts behavioural science research as well as trainings for law enforcement officers and community professionals, to support MHA’s efforts in community crisis resilience and preventing serious crimes. As part of the team leading the prevention of sexual offending amongst youths, she engages in policy development and implementation strategies to combat youth sexual offending with other agencies.

Prof Michael Salter
Director, ChildLight, University of New South Wales

Dr Michael Salter is the Director of Childlight UNSW, a research hub dedicated to research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation, based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research is focused on child sexual abuse, gender-based violence and complex trauma, including intersections with technology. Dr Salter is the immediate Past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) where he has served on the Board of Directors since 2018. He is the Chair of the Grace Tame Foundation, which is dedicated to the prevention of child sexual abuse. Dr Salter sits on the editorial boards of the journals Child Abuse Review and the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.

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B4. Taking a Survivor Centered Approach

Discussion panel

Ms Jessica Leslie (Moderator)
Director, Online Protection Programs, ChildFund International

As Director of Online Protection Programs at ChildFund, Jessica Leslie brings years of experience leading strategic initiatives in the areas of sexual violence prevention and response, child protection, policy advocacy, and global program operations.  At ChildFund, she leads the organization’s efforts to design and implement online protection programs, coordinating closely with country offices throughout ChildFund’s areas of operation in Asia, the Americas and Africa to support their efforts with local communities and governments to ensure implementation of evidence-based, victim and survivor-centered and trauma-informed interventions to prevent and respond to online harms experienced by children and youth. Throughout her career, which has included significant roles at The Trevor Project and the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), Jessica has dedicated her efforts to prevent and address violence in all its forms, both offline and online, and will bring this expertise and experience to Project Lens.

Mr Lim Puay Tiak
Chair, ASEAN Disability Forum

 

Ms Yanti Kusumawardhani
Indonesia Representative on Children’s Rights to ACWC

In 2021, Ms. Yanti was appointed as Indonesia Representative on Children Rights to the ASEAN Commission on The Promotion and Protection of The Right of The Women and The Children (ACWC). In 2023 to April 2024, Ms. Yanti is taking the leadership as the chair of ACWC. Ms. Yanti is dedicated to work on Child Rights, Child Protection, Disability Inclusion and Social Work practice for more than 15 years.

In 2005, Ms. Yanti received her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, US. Along with her master’s degree, she obtained certification of Social Work in Child Welfare. Ms Yanti holds her international accreditation on child protection from NCFE-UK. She has experienced as national and regional trainer on child protection, case management and positive parenting with her 11 years of work for Save the Children Indonesia.

Dr Mark Kavenagh
Director, Evident “Leaked: Research on self-generated sexual content in Thailand”

Dr Mark Kavenagh is the Director of Evident, a small Bangkok-based social research company focused on sexual exploitation of children and human trafficking. Current projects include the US State Department funded ‘Project Possible’ exploring LGBTQI+ vulnerability to trafficking in Bangkok and Pattaya and ‘Leaked’ a partnership with HUG Project to research self-generated sexual content involving young people in Thailand and develop an evidence-based intervention.

Mark began his career as a registered psychologist working with children and families in Australia before moving into child protection work in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. His career has often involved translating evidence into real-world programming to protect children – now the main drive for Evident. Mark’s career has involved work with small organizations as well as in larger regional roles such as Child Online Protection Consultant for UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in 2023. From a research perspective, Mark headed ECPAT International’s research team from 2018-2021 during which time he oversaw the release of 90+ research publications. He has authored papers in peer-reviewed journals on child sexual abuse and trafficking including guest editing issue 142(2) of the International Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect focused on the sexual exploitation of boys. Mark holds a Doctorate of Educational Psychology from the University of Melbourne.

Ms Rebeka Haning
Senior Specialist, Child Protection & Advocacy, ChildFund International in Indonesia

 

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A Call to Action for online safety for the next five years

John Timothy Palima
Young People Action Team (YPAT), UNICEF EAPRO

 

Tazqia Al-Djufri
“Debate 2 Regulate 2024 Future Online Safety Leaders” Delegate

 

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Combating future threats: tools and tactics for child online safety

Discussion panel

Ms Rachel Harvey (Moderator)
Regional Advisor for Child Protection, UNICEF East Asia & Pacific Regional Office

Rachel Harvey is the Regional Adviser Child Protection for UNICEF’s East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office. She has 22 years of experience in research, advocacy and programming on child protection, justice for children and child rights in development and emergency contexts, including in Central Asia, Africa, East Asia, Central America, Eastern Europe and the Caucuses. She joined UNICEF in 2010 in Tanzania, moved to Nigeria as the Chief of Child Protection in 2014 and then to the UNICEF HQ Child Protection team in 2017, working on the VAC agenda. Prior to joining UNICEF, Rachel worked with the Children and Armed Conflict Unit (University of Essex, UK) and then the Children’s Legal Centre (now Coram International) for over 10 years, where she was Head of International Programmes. She holds a Masters Degree in International Human Rights Law.

Mr Hokky Situngkir
Director General of Informatics Application, Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Republic of Indonesia

Hokky Situngkir, an avid researcher and public servant for the Indonesian public in the sector of technology, informatics and communications, has played a significant role since 2018, in ensuring the digital safety of Indonesia through his works as the Information Technology Advisor at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs, and later on at the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN).

As the Director General of Informatics Applications, Ministry of Communications and Informatics of the Republic of Indonesia, he has utilized his years of experiences within the ICT sector to eradicate online gambling and creating a safe as well as productive digital landscape for all stakeholders.

Prof Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan
Philippines Children’s Rights Representative to the ACWC

Professor Aguiling-Pangalangan is a full Professor of the University of the Philippines College of Law and the Director of the Institute of Human Rights of the UP Law Center.

She obtained her A.B. (1978) and LL.B. (1983) at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and her Master of Laws degree (1989) from Harvard Law School (HLS). She was a fellow of the International Family Planning Leadership Program at the University of California Sta. Cruz (2005), and a Visiting Scholar (1997-98) and Research Fellow (2007) at the East Asian Legal Studies Program of HLS.

For the past 25 years, Professor Aguiling-Pangalangan has taught Persons and Family Relations, Conflict of Laws, Child’s Rights, Contracts, Agency, Partnership, Legal Ethics and Bioethics. She has lectured at the Leiden University Law School’s Advance Masterclass in Human Rights, and Summer School on Children’s Rights (2019), and was part of the Faculty Panel of the Masterclass for Migration at the University of Antwerp Faculty of Law (2018). She has served the University as Executive Director of the U.P. Center for Integrative and Development Studies (2007-2009).

Prof. Aguiling-Pangalangan has authored several books including Marriage and Unmarried Cohabitation: The Rights of Husbands, Wives and Lovers, Not Bone of My Bone But Still My Own: A Treatise on the Philippine Law on Adoption; Conflict of Laws: Cases Materials and Comments (co-authored with Justice Jorge Coquia), and Towards Better Enforcement of the Decisions of the UN and other International and Regional Human Rights Bodies (co-authored with Atty. Daniel Lising). She has been published by Cambridge University Press, Routledge Law and Kluwer Law International.

She is a member of the Hague Conference of Private International Law (HCCH) Experts’ Group on Parentage and Surrogacy, and the Special Commission on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. She attended The Hague Academy of International Law on a scholarship in 1997 and lectured in its Extension Programme in 2003. Professor Aguiling-Pangalangan drafted the Domestic Adoption Act of 1998, and was a member of the drafting committee of the implementing rules and regulations of the Magna Carta of Women (2010) and the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law (2013). She was a consultant to the UN Women on CEDAW Based Legal Review of Migration and Trafficking Laws in the Philippines, the WHO on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the Department of Foreign Affairs on the Development of ASEAN Legal Instruments on Human Rights, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development on adoption and alternative child care, among others.

Mr Jeff Wu
Co-Founder and Chief Safety Officer, k-ID

Jeff Wu is a Co-Founder and Chief Safety Officer for k-ID, a new technology transforming how kids and teens access age-appropriate experiences. Jeff works with government agencies and safety organizations to support k-ID in providing age-appropriate and region-specific feature access in more than 200 markets around the world as well as building out the Family Platform product. Jeff brings almost two decades of experience in Trust & Safety, Government Outreach, and Investigations at top technology companies, including pre-IPO hyper growth stages at both Meta Platforms and Google Inc. He has been recognized for his ability to develop government relationships and drive impactful solutions to combat online abuse while delicately balancing community safety and user privacy on a global scale, including his team receiving the prestigious FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in International Operations in 2019. In addition to his role at k-ID, Jeff serves as a community leader in his role as the District Councillor for the North West Community Development Council in Singapore, and was a former Council Member on the National Crime Prevention Council of Singapore.

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Contextualising adolescent sexual offending within a ‘Harmful Sexual Behaviour’ frame

Keynote address

Ms Amanda Paton
Deputy Director Practice, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia

Amanda Paton is an executive leader and Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience specialising in child abuse, complex trauma, child sexual abuse, harmful sexual behaviours, child advocacy centre methodology and multidisciplinary team responses. She has worked across the not-for-profit, government and university sector in clinical practice, research and executive management roles, working across Australia on many projects. She is currently the Deputy Director, Practice for the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP), at the University of South Australia’s (UniSA) and is responsible for leading and overseeing the research, development, and implementation of evidence-based therapeutic models for responding to child abuse, neglect, trauma, and harmful sexual behaviours including the creation of a suite of Workforce Development trainings and a Graduate program. Amanda serves as Chair of the National Clinical Reference Group for Harmful Sexual Behaviours, reporting to the National Office for Child Safety. She was chief investigator developing Australia’s Minimum Practice Standards for Specialist and Community Support Services Responding to Child Sexual Abuse, and currently leads large scale projects across jurisdictions to develop responses for harmful sexual behaviours, increasing sector knowledge, policy, and practice solutions. This has included development of statewide Frameworks and a Layered Continuum for Understanding Harmful Sexual Behaviours, and assessment and treatment models.

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Welcome Remarks

Ms Yanti Kusumawardhani
Indonesia Representative on Children’s Rights to ACWC

In 2021, Ms. Yanti was appointed as Indonesia Representative on Children Rights to the ASEAN Commission on The Promotion and Protection of The Right of The Women and The Children (ACWC). In 2023 to April 2024, Ms. Yanti is taking the leadership as the chair of ACWC. Ms. Yanti is dedicated to work on Child Rights, Child Protection, Disability Inclusion and Social Work practice for more than 15 years.

In 2005, Ms. Yanti received her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, US. Along with her master’s degree, she obtained certification of Social Work in Child Welfare. Ms Yanti holds her international accreditation on child protection from NCFE-UK. She has experienced as national and regional trainer on child protection, case management and positive parenting with her 11 years of work for Save the Children Indonesia.

Ms Maniza Zaman
Representative UNICEF Indonesia

 

H.E. Stephanie Copus Campbell (Moderator)
Australia Ambassador for Gender Equality

Ms Copus Campbell has extensive experience working across the public, private, philanthropic and community sectors in Australia and the Indo Pacific. She has served as head of Australia's bilateral aid programs with Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Tuvalu and head of Australia's Pacific Regional programs. Ms Copus Campbell has worked in senior executive roles with CARE Australia and the Oil Search Foundation.

Stephanie is a founding Director on the Femili PNG Board (providing services to survivors of family and sexual violence) and the PNG City Pharmacy Ltd. Board. From 2018 to 2023 she was Chair of the Southern Highlands Provincial Health Authority Board (the third largest province in PNG).

Stephanie holds a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University (UK) in international relations and a bachelor's degree from the University of California in political science, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She is currently undertaking a Masters of Social Work through the University of Melbourne. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She volunteers in palliative care at Clare Holland House Hospice and as a wildlife carer and rescuer for ACT Wildlife.

H.E. I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati (pre-recorded)
Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, Republic of Indonesia

 

Mr Miguel Musngi
Assistant Director, Poverty Eradication and Gender Division of the ASEAN Secretariat

 

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