Suzanne Toton is an associate professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova (Pa.) University. One of her specialties is development ethics.

Michael Clark is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Nottingham. He is a humanist philosopher and the editor of the leading journal Analysis.

Timothy Patrick Moran is a sociologist at Stony Brook (N.Y.) University with expertise in globalization and inequality.

William F. Fisher is director of the Program for International Development, Community and Environment at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. He is an expert in global civil society and transnational advocacy.

Stephen Burwood is a lecturer at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. He is co-opted member on the Executive of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group. His research interests are primarily in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of human embodiment.

Maggie Boden is a research professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex. She is a specialist in the implications of psychology for neuroscience, artificial intelligence, our view of humanity and the nature of creativity and human freedom. She is a fellow of the British Academy and a humanist philosopher.

Simon Blackburn is a Distinguished Research Professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and a professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is a humanist philosopher and the vice president of the British Humanist Association.

Helen Beebee is a humanist philosopher and the Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is dedicated to advancing women’s rights and gender equality. It works on implementing international commitments at national levels. Media contact is Oisika Chakrabarti.