Men and Care Policies

Georgie Dent is the CEO of The Parenthood, Australia’s leading parent advocacy organisation representing over 80,000 parents, carers and supporters. She is a best-selling author, former lawyer and prominent advocate for children, families, gender equity and mental health. The Parenthood champions paid parental leave, access to quality early childhood education and care and family-friendly workplaces. She is a mum of three and lives in Sydney with her husband & co-partner in chaos.

Diana Riley is an Australian public policy specialist and researcher working at the intersection of gender equality, caregiving, fatherhood and masculinity. With a background spanning public administration, academic research and the community sector, her work has contributed on both a domestic and international basis to human rights legal reforms, women’s safety initiatives, and gender equality policy development. Diana’s career began in women’s rights and gender-based violence policy, which led her to a central question: gender equality has transformed women’s lives — but how is it also reshaping the lives of boys and men. Her doctoral research advances this question by examining how law, public policy, and cultural narratives shape masculinity, fatherhood and men’s participation in care. Diana holds three Master’s degrees in Social Work, Human Rights, and Politics and Public Policy. Her work focuses on building more inclusive approaches to gender equality that strengthen outcomes for women, men, girls and boys alike — recognising that more equal, caring and connected societies benefit us all.

With over twenty-five years of experience in international development Carolina Robino currently works as a Senior Program Specialist at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), where she leads programming on the care economy, women’s economic power, and impact economies across Latin America and globally. Carolina builds bridges between feminist research and movements, public policy communities, and private‑sector actors to co‑create innovative solutions with lasting impact. She has facilitates South–South peer learning across Latin America and Africa, contributing to transformative policy shifts on care systems, gender equality and inclusive development. She has published extensively on these issues and speaks frequently in conferences and multilateral spaces. Carolina holds a PhD in Development Studies from Nelson Mandela University (South Africa), an MA in Latin American Social and Political Studies from Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile), and an Economist Degree from Universidad de la República (Uruguay).

M. Caridad Araujo is the Chief of the Gender and Diversity Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In this role, she leads efforts to promote gender equality and inclusion across Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously, she served as Principal Economist in the IDB’s Social Protection and Health Division, focusing on early childhood development and anti-poverty programs. Her career also includes academic experience as a professor at Georgetown University and work at the World Bank. A native of Ecuador and mother of two daughters, she holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley

Adewunmi Emoruwa is a global policy leader and CEO of Gatefield, a Sub-Saharan Africa-focused public strategy and media group. He has led landmark policy and regulatory reforms across public health, governance, fiscal policy, democracy, and gender equity, contributing to improved health outcomes, stronger democratic institutions, and expanded economic opportunity for millions of Africans.

He advises foundations and multilateral institutions — including the Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Luminate, Open Society Foundations, the World Bank, African Development Bank, and the European Union — on strategy, narrative, political risk, and public accountability. An investor in African media, he is known for building coalitions, shaping public discourse, and holding institutions and political power to account by aligning evidence, narrative, and platforms to deliver lasting reform. Adewunmi regularly speaks on evidence-based advocacy, gender and power, and the politics of policy design, contributing to global debates across the World Economic Forum, The Guardian, Project Syndicate, Bloomberg, BBC World, and Al Jazeera.

Alex is co-founder of The Dad Shift, a grassroots, dad-led campaign for active fatherhood in the UK. The UK has the worst paternity leave in Europe, and The Dad Shift was launched in September 2024 with a mission to change that. To date, the campaign has mobilised tens of thousands of members of the public and sent paternity leave racing up the media and political agenda. The UK Government is now reviewing parental leave in 2026, creating a once in a generation opportunity to win longer, better paid paternity leave.

Before co-founding The Dad Shift, Alex spent his career working on digital campaigns with charities and the UK Labour Party. As co-founder and CEO of Forward Action, a digital campaigning agency for progressive causes, Alex worked on issues including domestic abuse, assisted dying and climate change. He also launched the “Campaigns By You” platform at online campaigning organisation 38 Degrees, which gives thousands of people the technology to run their own campaigns every year.