The SVRI in partnership with the World Bank held the SVRI and World Bank Group Development Marketplace Awards on 18 April 2017 in Washington D.C. During the event 10 teams from around the world were granted funds totalling US$1.14 million for innovations to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.
Moderator:
Ghida Fakhry, International Broadcast Journalist
Presenters:
Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
Morgan Landy, Director, Environment, Social and Governance, International Finance Corporation
Caren Grown, Senior Director, Gender Cross-Cutting Solution Area, World Bank Group
Alessandra Guedes, Co-chair of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, Regional Advisor on Family Violence at the WHO Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization
Jorge Familiar Calderon, Latin America & Caribbean Regional Vice President, World Bank
Annette Dixon, South Asia Regional Vice President, World Bank
Victoria Kwakwa, East Asia & Pacific Regional Vice President, World Bank
Samia Msadek, Director, Strategy and Operations, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Cyril E. Muller, Europe & Central Asia Regional Vice President, World Bank
Photos taken by: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank