GPF Ambassadors

HE First Lady of Gabon, Madame Sylvia Bongo Ondimba: Founder, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation

tl_files/images/Syliva_Bongo_Ondimba.jpgSylvia Bongo became the First Lady of Gabon at the inauguration of her husband, Ali Bongo, as President of the Republic of Gabon on October 16, 2009. In January 2011, she created the Sylvia Bongo Foundation.

 

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Ms. Cherie Blair, Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

tl_files/avatars/member_11.jpgCherie Blair is a leading barrister specialising in discrimination and human rights and a committed campaigner for women’s equality. She is closely involved with over 20 charities with a special emphasis on those working with women, and is founder and patron of her own charity, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which provides integrated business development support for women entrepreneurs in developing and transition countries.

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Ms. Geena Davis, Founder, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Geena DavisAcademy Award winner Geena Davis is one of Hollywood's most respected actors, appearing in several roles that became cultural landmarks. Earning the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series -- Drama, Davis broke ground in her portrayal of the first female President of the United States in ABC's hit show "Commander in Chief."

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Ambassador Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

Ambassador Diarra

Mr. Cheick Sidi Diarra, Special Adviser on Africa and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, has over 25 years of professional experience in international relations – bilateral and multilateral, law and development.}

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The Lord Loomba, CBE Founder, Loomba Founation

Ambassador Diarra

Baron Loomba of Moor Park is a Liberal Democrat Life Peer in the UK House of Lords. He is widely known as a pioneer of widows’ rights. Initiatives by the Loomba Foundation which he created in 1997 helped prompt adoption by the United Nations of International Widows Day by a Resolution sponsored by the Government of Gabon in 2010.

 

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