Monika
Chabior
Monika Chabior
Deputy Mayor for social development an equal treatment - City Hall in Gdańsk
Gdańsk | Poland
Biography
Monika Chabior - Deputy Mayor of the City of Gdańsk for Social Development and Equal Treatment. Sociologist and social activist. Manages Gdansk's education, social assistance, cooperation with NGOs and support for social innovation, as well as coordinates implementation of horizontal policies: "Gdańsk Model for Equal Treatment", "Gdańsk Model for Integration of Immigrants". She is an active social activist for human rights, social inclusion, and emancipation of groups at risk of exclusion.
Organisation
City Hall in Gdańsk
Public Institution
Speaker session
Patrick Charlier
Chair - Equinet
Brussels | Belgium
Biography
Patrick Charlier has a law degree (UCL Belgium). He worked at the Ligue des droits humains, first as legal adviser (1992 to 1996), then as director (1996 to 2001). Since joining Unia in 2001, he has held various positions, in the racism department, at the Migration Observatory before becoming coordinator of the Discrimination department and finally director since 2016. Patrick has been president of Equinet (European network of equality bodies) since October 2023 and is an alternate member of the Central Prison Supervisory Board. He was the Belgian member of the Management board of the FRA (2010-2015)
Organisation
Equinet
International organisation
Speaker session
Helena DALLI
Commissioner for Equality - European Commissioner
Brussels | Belgium
Biography
Dr. Helena Dalli is the first EU Commissioner for Equality. Her role is to deliver on the Union of Equality chapter within the Political Guidelines of President von der Leyen, by strengthening Europe's commitment to equality and inclusion in all of its senses. Prior to taking her role as Commissioner, Dr Helena Dalli held various political roles in Malta including Member of Parliament (1996 to 2019), Minister for European Affairs and Equality (2017 to 2019), and Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties (2013-2017). She was also opposition Shadow Minister for public administration, equality, public broadcasting, and national investments (1998-2013) and Junior Minister for Women's Rights in the Office of Prime Minister (1996-1998). Dr Helena Dalli holds a PhD in Political Sociology from the University of Nottingham, and lectured in Economic and Political Sociology, Public Policy, and Sociology of Law at the University of Malta.
Organisation
European Commissioner
EU Institution