I believe that the examples of Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka are something that we should honor and practice in our own lives. We need to listen to ourselves, own our feelings and be kind — not only to ourselves, but to others who are going through struggles we may not understand.
Read MoreGender Equity with Dr. Agnes Binagwaho
My guest today on Dangerous Women: Leading Onward is Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, a woman leader in Rwanda whom I’ve had the privilege of knowing for several years. As the former Minister of Health in Rwanda during the AIDS and Ebola epidemic, and now as Vice Chancellor and Co-Founder of the University of Global Health Equity, Dr. Binagwaho’s story is one of courageous leadership.
Read MoreConserving Africa with NatGeo Explorer Beverly Joubert
I had the honor of speaking with renowned photographer and filmmaker Beverly Joubert on this week’s Dangerous Women: Leading Onward episode. During our discussion, Beverly spoke of the dangers of her work and of the life changing lessons she learned from a near-death experience.
Read MoreBillions Pledged to Accelerate Gender Equity at Generation Equality Forum
The Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris from June 30 - July 2, 2021 and livestreamed to participants around the world, was a monumental event that set a new and unprecedented level of funding to prioritize and implement gender equality programs and commitments.
Read MoreCo-Existing with Lions: Resson Kantai Duff
Co-existing is possible, and conservation can come from the community itself.
Read MoreKathy Eldon on Creative Activism and Igniting Social Change with Media
Kathy’s organization, the Creative Visions Foundation, emboldens creative activists. Their mission is to spark awareness of critical issues and ignite change through impact media, art and technology: creative activism. I had the pleasure of speaking with Kathy in the most recent episode of Dangerous Women: Leading Onward, and discovered just how dangerous she can be when chasing a story.
Read MoreAction Coalition Leader Joanita Babirye on Feminist Action for Climate Justice at the Generation Equality Forum
Today's blog post is an excerpt from The InfluencHER Project’s newsletter, featuring the words of guest editor, Joanita Babirye, the co-founder of the Girls for Climate Action, an organization that has stepped up as a Leader of the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Feminist Action for Climate Justice. She writes why she felt called to be a Leader at GEF.
Read More'Rewilding' in Africa with Roar Africa's Deborah Calmeyer
Today’s episode of Dangerous Women: Leading Onward features Deborah Calmeyer, founder and CEO of Roar Africa — a luxury African safari company for women and by women.
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New Paradigm: Shifting Power as We Rebuild America with a Gender Lens
This is a crucial moment and the Generation Equality Forum is a crucial gathering for women all over the world, as the pandemic has pushed back women's rights and girl's protections in too many places. In a new op-ed written by Ms. Foundation President and CEO Teresa C. Younger and Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute, they discuss the need to shift power as we rebuild.
Read MoreMayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Injustice in the Atlanta Community
This week on Dangerous Women: Leading Onward, I spoke with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, Georgia. We discussed standing up for our communities, staying calm in adversity, and what it means to be a dangerous woman.
Read MoreGeneration Equality Forum: Accelerating Gender Equality Around the World
25 years after Beijing, no country is even close to fully delivering on true gender equality. As we begin to recover from the pandemic, we must put gender equality at the heart of that process. Later this month in Paris, the United Nations will convene the Generation Equality Forum. This week I talk with UN Assistant Secretary General and UN Women Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia about the Generation Equality Forum.
Read MoreKimberlé Crenshaw Explains Intersectionality
In this episode of Dangerous Women: Leading Onward, I have the privilege of speaking with the Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, Kimberlé Crenshaw. She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and we talk about some of the myths surrounding intersectionality today.
Read MoreCEO Musimbi Kanyoro on Women's Leadership in Africa
This week on Dangerous Women: Leading Onward, I had the pleasure of speaking with Musimbi Kanyoro. She told me about what she has learned from women leaders in the over 130 countries she has visited as the CEO of Global Fund for Women. "Every kind of liberation or freedom that happens to one woman, will impact other women,” she tells me. Watch now.
Read MoreSoiya Gecaga on Bringing a New Standard of Education to Africa
Soiya Gecaga joins me in this week’s Dangerous Women: Leading Onward episode to discuss the We The Change Foundation, of which she is Founder and Executive Director.
Read MoreAuthor Mia Birdsong on Economic Equality
Join me as I speak with activist and author Mia Birdsong about how we must show up to stay connected during and after COVID.
Read MoreFour Women Activists Uplifting Communities in Africa
Watch profiles of four extraordinary women that are making a difference on the African continent – Christine Schuler Deschryver, co-founder of City of Joy in the DRC; Soiya Gecaga, founder of We The Change Foundation in Kenya; Dr. Lucy King, leader at Elephants and Bees Project in Kenya; and Juliet Asante, CEO of the National Film Authority in Ghana.
Read MoreCatalina Escobar on Disrupting Cycles of Poverty
In this conversation, Catalina Escobar, founder and president of Foundación Juanfe, discusses how to lead women from the poverty cycle into economic prosperity.
Read MoreWomen Moving Millions' Co-Founder Jacki Zehner on Women and Finance
Investor, philanthropist and activist Jacki Zehner has a lot of wisdom to share about women and finance. In this interview, she reflects on her first job at Goldman Sachs, where she became the first female trader ever at the company and the youngest woman ever to be made partner, and how everyone can use money as a tool for social change.
Read MoreChina's Media Powerhouse Yang Lan on the Power of Asking 'Why Not'?
In this “Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” episode, I’m joined by the global powerhouse media personality Yang Lan, a woman often called the “Oprah of China.” In this candid interview, she talks frankly about how she bounced back from early failures to success with Sun Media Group, one of China’s leading privately owned media companies.
Read MoreThe InfluencHER Project: Q&A with Gloria Walton of The Solutions Project
In honor of Earth Day, I want to amplify this InfluencHER Project interview with Gloria Walton, a longtime community organizer and president and CEO of The Solutions Project, a national climate justice organization that supports climate changemakers, innovators, and 'solutionaries’ at the grassroots level. I met Gloria recently and she is one of the most inspiring young women climate activists/leaders I’ve met.
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