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Deborah Kan is a media entrepreneur and award-winning journalist. Previously the Executive Producer at the Wall Street Journal, Deborah launched the Journal’s video operation in Asia and grew it into a substantial operation, spanning a geographical reach from Japan to Australia. She has interviewed many world leaders and CEOs during her tenure as a journalist, including Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, when in 2014, she broke the story about Google’s criticism of the National Security Agency. Prior to joining the Journal in 2011, Deborah launched Reuters Insider at Thomson Reuters and Star News Asia at Star TV. Deborah is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. A mom of three children, she also enjoys early morning runs in the mountain trails of Hong Kong.
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Australia’s former prime minister, Julia Gillard, is now chair of the board at the Global Partnership for Education. She tells Women and Girls Hub about how education changed her life and how she’s planning to get more girls into school.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the former finance minister of Nigeria who is now the chair of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. She tells Women and Girls Hub how educating women can save money and reduce the spread of disease.
Rainy Octura Wente is only the second woman on Sumba Island in eastern Indonesia to file for a divorce, after suffering domestic abuse. Now, she works for the Sumba Foundation, organizing a school lunch program and educating children about domestic violence.
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