Delegates from Australia

We are actively seeking 2-4 Aboriginal women leaders and young Australian men and women who can make a significant contribution to the discussions and dialogue of the summit, and who would like to apply to be considered for sponsorhip.

If you know anyone who you think would be interested, please !

Eugine Ngalim, Cameroon

Eugine is passionate about ending the distribution of small arms worldwide. This is not merely an idea, but an actual campaign to which he has devoted the last 5 years of his life. He has been successful in this effort by organizing several national awareness campaigns in Cameroon, which have resulted in the end of small arms toys being sold in the country to date.

Coming from a continent vulnerable to civil war, ethnic and political tensions, he believes strongly that youth must commit and contribute to a culture of non-violence and human rights to avoid conflicts in which arms are used. A youth advocate, he is also founder & executive director of the Cameroon Youth and Students Forum for Peace.

Geoff Cooper, Trinidad & Tobago

This young man is an ambitious self-starter impacting his community through his spirituality and strong belief in human rights. Geoff is currently completing an undergraduate degree in the United States. He has played a very active role in his university’s student and academic associations. While in Trinidad, he was a member of the Trinidad & Tobago National Drama Association, which aims to use theater as a means of education.

Geoff was also the first member and president of the Official Student Council on Public Relations through which he participated in education workshops on HIV/AIDS, after school programs and youth empowerment initiatives. He has also participated in a national HIV/AIDS prevention campaign with the Ministry of Community Development and Culture in his home country of Trinidad. Geoff has been an active youth member and volunteer intern with the Global Peace Initiative of Women since 2005.

Ms. Hauwa Umar, Nigeria

This young woman is a reminder that women in Africa have not given up the struggle for gender equity and greater transparency in government. Hauwa is an outspoken advocate for equal rights for both women and youth. She has participated in a number of youth leadership initiatives and helped to organize and moderate dialogues implemented by her employer, the Family Health International – part of the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Nigeria (GHAIN) project.

Hauwa carries herself with great poise, is an inspirational speaker and represents the future of African leadership. The Global Peace Initiative of Women has recommended and invited Hauwa to a number of dialogues internationally.

Ms. Lida Manga, Afghanistan

Lida has focused her work on women’s issues and gender equality. She was a gender advisor at the Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy-Conservation in Afghanistan (AREA) from 2000 to 2001. The following two years she worked as assistant to the Director of Leprosy and Tuberculosis is Curable (LEPCO) also in Afghanistan.

Throughout 2003 she was an English instructor at Brishna English Language Center, and in 2004 went on to work for the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) as a program assistant in the Kabul office.

Lida holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (BBA) from Preston University USA, Peshawar Campus in Pakistan, and was recently granted a scholarship to study in Australia.

Solange Marquez, Mexico

Solange is one of Mexico’s up and coming women leaders that poses great integrity and drive. She is working towards her Masters degree in Constitutional Law at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her civic responsibilities include serving as the national representative of the Freedom From War organization and she is the founder of Rescue Mission: Planet Earth, Mexico.

Solange is currently a member of the National Parliamentarian Investigators Network, where she serves as a political and international adviser. She also is the Mexican editor and columnist for One World International. A youth member of the National Democratic Dialogue in Mexico, Solange works on the Scenarios and Political Contacts Commission. She is also the Chair of the Central America and Mexican Network, created after the UN & GPIW Latin American Youth Leadership Summit in Brazil, and serves as the public relations coordinator for the Youth Program of the Mexican Foreign Affairs Council.

In addition to her accomplishments nationally, Solange is a youth member of the Advisory Committee of the Global Integrity Alliance and the International Steering Committee of the Youth Leadership Integrity Alliance, and has been invited multiple times to deliver lectures in other countries on topics such as Mexican political and international processes, the environment, youth civic participation, UN reform and the MDGs.