Joëlle Bou Abboud is a lawyer and the Group General Counsel of HOLDAL Group which is a third generation family business born in Lebanon working in retail, distribution, manufacturing and supply chain in beauty, personal and household care, healthcare, lifestyle and luxury. She also serves as the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5) champion in the company and is a key player in empowering women.

Hayat Mirshad is a Lebanese feminist activist. In 2012, she initiated the first-ever feminist radio programme in Lebanon “Sharika wa Laken” (A Partner Not Yet Equal), where she remains as one of the web and content managers. She is a co-founder and co-director at FE-MALE, a non-profit feminist collective, and head of communications and campaigning at the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering- RDFL, a women’s rights organization working for gender equality in Lebanon for more than 40 years. She is also a member of UN Women’s Youth Gender Innovation Agora. Hayat attended the Regional Youth Forum on Ending Violence against Women supported by the Government of Japan