Speakers 2022
SPEAKERS 2022
BUILDING
ALLIANCES FOR
SUSTAINABLE PEACE
H.E.Dr. Vjosa OSMANI SADRIU
President of the Republic of Kosovo
Co-host of the WPS Forum
H.E. Donika GËRVALLA SCHWARZ
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kosovo
Co-host of the WPS Forum
H.E. Albin KURTI
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo
H.E. Glauk Konjufca
Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo
H.E. George Vella
President of Malta
H.E. J. Uduch Sengebau Senior
Senior - Vice President of the Republic of Palau
H.E. Jovana Marović
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of European Affairs of Montenegro
H.E. Artan Grubi
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia
Dr. Anna Lührmann
Minister of State for Europe and Climate in the German Foreign Office, Germany
Slavjanka PETROVSKA
Minister of Defense of the Republic of North Macedonia
Saranda BOGUJEVCI
Deputy Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo
H.E. Dr. Dipu MONI
Minister of Education of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Albulena HAXHIU
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo
Armend Mehaj
Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kosovo
Artane RIZVANOLLI
Minister of Economy of the Republic of Kosovo
H.E. Dr. Maitha bint Salem AL SHAMSI
Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates
Ambassador Lydia María Peralta Cordero
Vice Minister of Bilateral Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Costa Rica
Velislava PETROVA
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria
Anita VANDENBELD
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development of Canada
Liza gashi
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Republic of Kosovo
Irene Fellin
NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
(Video address)
Katrina FOTOVAT
Senior Official to the Secretary of State in the Office of Global Women’s Issues
Alicia HERBERT OBE
Director of Education, Gender and Equality Directorate and Special Envoy for Gender Equality at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of UK
H.E. Atifete JAHJAGA
President of the Republic of Kosovo (2011-2016) Founder and Chair of the Board of Directors of Jahjaga Foundation
H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President of Croatia (2015 – 2020)
H.E. Kersti KALJULAID
President of the Republic of Estonia (2017 – 2022)
Clare HUTCHINSON
NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (2018 - 2021)
H.E. Ann Christin LINDE
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2019 - 2022)
Monica McWILLIAMS
Peace activist, Signatory of the Belfast (Good Friday) Peace Agreement (Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland)
Ambassador Jeffrey Hovenier
Ambassador of the U.S. to the Republic of Kosovo
Jo-Anne BISHOP
UN Women, Deputy Regional Director ad interim for Europe and Central Asia
Greta TUCKUTE
WPS Advisor at the Office of the NATO Secretary General
Ambassador Eric NELSON
Associate Director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Ambassador Wolfgang ISCHINGER
President of the Foundation Council, Munich Security Conference Foundation
Drita PEREZIC
External Security Sector Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kosovo
Albert HANI
Director General, Regional Youth Cooperation Office
Maliha Iqbal
Head of Partnership, Youth Opportunities, Bangladesh
Chamithri RAMBUKWELLA
Diplomat, Republic of Sri Lanka
Daniel del VALLE BLANCO
High Representative for Youth at the International Human Rights Foundation
Neha Swain
Recipient Queen Elizabeth’s Young Leaders Award & Co-founder Rubaroo NGO, India
Marigona SHABIU
Executive Director, Youth Initiative for Human Rights
Mimoza Kusari- Lila
Member of the Parliament, Republic of Kosovo
Adriatik Hasantari
Executive Director of NGO Roma, Active Albania
Vesa Batalli
Senior Program Manager, NGO Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians
Mimoza Gavrani
Expert of National Policies
Dr. Grida DUMA
Member of Parliament of the Republic of Albania
Ilhan KYUCHYUK
Co-President of ALDE and Member of the European Parliament
Magnus JACOBSSON
Member of Riksdag (Parliament), Sweden
Draginja VUKSANOVIĆ-STANKOVIĆ
Member of the Parliament of Montenegro
Yevheniia KRAVCHUK
Member of Parliament, Ukraine
WPS
Dr. Valbona ZENELI
Chair of the Strategic Initiatives Department at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Edita TAHIRI
Former deputy Prime Minister and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Kosovo (2011 – 2017), Kosovo - Serbia Dialogue
Sonja BISERKO
Founder and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia
Miroslav LAJČÁK
EU Special Representative
Rachada DHNADIREK
Deputy Government Spokesperson and Government Representative on Conflict Resolution for the Southern Border Provinces, Kingdom of Thailand
Dr. Julia STRASHEIM
Deputy Managing Director and Programme Director for European and International Politics, Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Stiftung
Besa Luzha
Programme Coordinator, FES Office Prishtina
Igballe ROGOVA
Executive Director, Kosovo Women’s Network
Ariana Qosaj Mustafa
Women’s rights activist and Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) Advisory Board Member
Feride RUSHITI
Executive Director of the Kosova Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims
Majlinda Behrami
Co-author, Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN)
H.E. Delphine BORIONE
Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights, France
Drita HAJDARI
Prosecutor for the Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo
Dr. Kathleen Roberts
Co-director of Partners in Justice International
Emily Kenney
Policy Specialist, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice, UN Women
Rozafa KELMENDi
Spokesperson and Advisor on Transitional to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo
Christine DANKBAR
Berliner Zeitung
Fatou WARKHA SAMBE
Journalist, Senegalese feminist activist
Ines LESKAJ
Executive Director of Albanian Women Empowering Network (AWEN)
Jennifer ADAMS
Expert on gender, media, and international development
Ognen JANESKI
CoE & EU No Hate Speech Ambassador for Western Balkans & Gender and Media Expert at British Council's "Media for All" Project, North Macedonia
Paola SEVERINI MELOGRANI
Journalist, Director of the News Agency AngeliPress, Organizer of “Dialoghi a Spoleto” Italy
Teuta ARIFAJ
Journalist, ATV
Donjeta Miftari
Chief Communications Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kosovo
Dr. Nita SHALA
Deputy Minister of Justice and National Coordinator against Domestic Violence of the Republic of Kosovo
Dr. Nina NORDSTRÖM
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Finland to the Council of Europe
Tanya L. DOMI
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
Dubravka ŠIMONOVIC
Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
Colonel Taibe CANOLLI BRAJSHORI
Director of the Human Resources Department, Kosovo Police
Luljeta DEMOLLI
Executive Director of the Kosovar Gender Studies Center
Tijana Simić LaValley
Executive Director, Women’s Rights
Ambassador Lars-Gunnar WIGEMARK
Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
Carlien Scheele
Director, European Institute for Gender Equality (video address)
Viola Von Cramon
Member of the European Parliament/ Rapporteur for Kosovo at the European Parliament
Lucy MAYCOX
Researcher at Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University
Laura ALTINGER
Regional team leader, Nature, Climate and Energy Bureau of Policy and Programming Support at UNDP
Vesa REZNIQI PALLASKA
Gender Programme Officer at UNDP Kosovo
Jeta STATOVCI
Member of Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo
Albena RESHITAJ
Member of Parliament from the rankings of the Alliance for the Future of Kosova
Dr. Granit ALMOG-BAREKET
Director of the Mandel Graduate Unit of the Mandel Foundation-Israel
Vlora ÇITAKU
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo
Marijana GRANDITS
Co-Founder, Senior Academic Advisor & Lecturer, Austria
Heidi MEINZOLT
Member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Dr. Jehona LUSHAKU SADRIU
Chair of the Women’s Forum of the Democratic League of Kosovo
Dr. Ruth Gaby VERMOT-MANGOLD
Co-President of Peace Women Across the Globe, Switzerland
Juraj Sevella
Foreign Policy Counsellor to the President of the Slovak Republic
Jeta XHARRA
Executive Director at Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
Mgr. Bc. Šárka HAVRÁNKOVÁ
Vice-President of INTERPOL, INTERPOL Executive Committee
Major General Manushaqe Shehu
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Albanian Armed Force
Arta BILALLI ZENDELI
Head of Delegation of the Republic of North Macedonia at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Commissioner General Catherine BOURDÈS
Ministry of the Armed Forces, Fance
Brigadier General Pamela McGaha
Commander of the NATO HQ Sarajevo
LTC Laura L. LYONS
Defense Policy Advisor, Defense Operations Directorate, U.S. Mission to NATO
Lt. Col. (res.) Avital LEIBOVICH
Director of AJC Jerusalem, Israel
Major General Irfete SPAHIU
Inspector-General of the Kosovo Security Force
Mentor Vrajolli
Executive Director at Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS)
Teuta Sahatqija
Women in Tech Kosova
Tamara Srzentić
Minister of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro (2020 - 2021)
Arbesa KASTRATI
VP, Strategy and Implementation at DAZN
Roxanne TURNER
Women, Peace and Security Research Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense Facility, The Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Mergim CAHANI
Founder & CEO of Gjirafa
Ema ANDREA
Actress, producer, and lecturer
Rada BORIĆ
Feminist and peace activist, member of the Assembly of City of Zagreb, Former member of Croatian Parliament
Hedwig FIJEN
Curator, cultural advisor, Founder of Manifesta
Blerta ZEQIRI
Filmmaker
Maja MITIĆ
Actress/ Director/ Artistic director of International Nisville Jazz Theater Festival
Dijana Milošević
Theater director, writer, and lecturer (video)
Zana HOXHA
Theater director, activist, Founder & Executive of Artpolis and FemArt Festival
