AGENDA^*

Registration and Exhibition Opening

Guests are invited to explore the exhibition during registration, featuring visual narratives on humanitarian struggle, resistance, and community action.

Opening Remarks

Dr Farhat Mantoo, Executive Director, Médecins Sans Frontières South Asia

Keynote Address:

Aarathi Krishnan, Founder and Executive Director, RAKSHA Intelligence Futures

The Humanitarian Script is Broken. Who Rewrites It?
A provocation on the collapse of humanitarian norms—and what comes next.

Panel One

Failing the Mandate: Shared Responsibility & The Crisis of Humanitarian Legitimacy

Theme: Examining accountability and legitimacy in humanitarian crises

Moderator: Tammam Aloudat - CEO of the New Humanitarian

Vincent Bernard, – Lecturer, Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva

Emily Tannock, - Lecturer in War Studies, Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University

Neve Gordon, Professor of Human Rights Law, QMUL

Morning Tea Break

Panel Two:

Governing Reproduction: Health, Law, and the Politics of Denial in Crisis Settings
Theme: Addressing SRH challenges in conflict and crisis contexts across South Asia

Moderator: Prabina Bajracharya, Director Asia, Center for Reproductive Rights

Seema Ghani, Vice President, AFGA Governing Board

Melissa Upreti, Human Rights Expert

Roshmi Goswami, Feminist Human Rights Activist

Sophie Desoulieres, Head of Humanitarian Affairs, Advocacy and Operational Communications, (OSCAR), MSF-OCA

Lunch

Spotlight Talk – Sudan
A focused reflection on the war in Sudan, the erasure of accountability, and the consequences of international neglect.

Panel Three-

Local Resilience in a Fractured World: The Role of Communities, Civil Society, and South-To-South Solidarity

Theme: Building solidarity networks and grassroots movements across the Global South

Moderator: Leena Menghaney, Public Health Policy Expert

Shalmali Guttal, Senior Analyst, Focus on the Global South (Focus)

Pradeepa Jeeva, Vice President, Brand and Communications, Global Fund for Women

Dr Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow, Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale University

Renata Reis - General Director, MSF Brazil

Closing Remarks

Dr. Farhat Mantoo – Executive Director, MSF South Asia

Afternoon Tea Break, Exhibition Viewing, Networking & Sand Art Performance
A space to close the day with reflection, informal exchange, and artistic engagement.