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An initiative of both Reporters d'Espoirs and the Women's Forum with the support of Groupe Caisse d'Epargne, WALC (Women Actors for Leading Change) offers opportunity to 4 exceptional women to present their work in helping women in their own country. Genius “actors for leading change”, the selected women will interact with the participants of the Women's Forum and serve as role models in motivating them to bring change around them.
The women selected are:
- - Gilliane LE GALLIC (France), founder of « Alofa Tuvalu », an association helping the inhabitants of this archipel in the Pacific to set up initiatives to preserve the environment.
- - Nora Khan (Bangladesh), Executive Director of « Friendship », a NGO looking after 50,000 patients per year on a boat transformed into a hospital. The NGO is also actively involved in education and environment.
- - Dora Nkem Akunyili (Nigeria), Director General of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), an association fighting again counterfeit medicine.
- - Anne-Christine Bandin (France), president and co-founder of Approche, an association to fight against poverty and for insertion in Val de Marne department (supported by Caisse d'Epargne).
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