Speakers

Debbie Stothard

Debbie Stothard’s first public activism was when she was 15 years old. At 17 she became a crime reporter at a national daily in Malaysia, and she hasn’t stopped causing trouble since. More recently she founded ALTSEAN-Burma, served as Secretary-General of FIDH, the International Federation for Human Rights (2013-2019). She is the Chair of ESCR-Net (International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), and Board member of the global feminist organization AWID. She is also Chair of the International Campaign for Rohingya, and Chair of Innovation for Change.