Masuma Ahuja is a journalist and former head of Freeda UK. Before that, she worked at CNN and the Washington Post. She led CNN's editorial strategy on emerging social platforms and managed digital innovations and storytelling for the Washington Post. She’s the author of Girlhood, a book documenting the lives of teenage girls around the world.

Kathy Calvin is the former President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation. She is a passionate advocate for the inclusion of women and girls at all levels and in all sectors.

Natashya Gutierrez is the President of Rappler, the Philippines’s leading digital media company known for its hard-hitting and courageous journalism. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of VICE News Asia-Pacific.

Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; former Jordanian Ambassador to the United States; President and CEO of the International Peace Institute; outspoken advocate for human rights.

Payzee Mahmod survived child marriage; her sister, Banaz, did not. Now, she fights to protect other girls. A campaigner for IKWRO, she advocates for Middle Eastern, North African, and Afghan women in the UK facing child marriage, FGM, and domestic violence. An Obama Leader and Girls Not Brides member, she pushes for policies that save lives.