WOMEN IN GAMES CEO TO SPEAK AT THIS WEEK’S RIGHTSCON HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT

Marie-Claire Isaaman, CEO at Women in Games, will this week take to the virtual stage alongside international government representatives, business leaders and activists at the RightsCon Summit.

RightsCon is the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital world. It takes place virtually all this week, with speakers including:

  • Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Valeriya Ionan, Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine
  • Zahra Nader, Journalist covering women in Afghanistan
  • Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Canada
  • Agnes Callamard, Secretary General, Amnesty International
  • Angela Hession, Global VP of Trust and Safety, Twitch
  • Natalie Patrice Tucker, Senior Accessibility Lead, Spotify
  • Vint Cerf, VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
  • Sara Matthieu, Member of the European Parliament
  • Nick Allardice, CEO. Change.org
  • Sophie Zhang, Whistleblower
  • Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
  • Antony J Blinken, United States Secretary of State
  • Emilar Ghandi, Global Head of Inclusivity, Policy Development, Meta

Marie-Claire will be taking part in a panel session hosted by Kirsten Mettler from Stanford University. The session, Let Her Play: Gender-Based Violence in Video Games, will take place on Wednesday June 8th from 5.45-6.45 ET.

Find out more about the line-up here.