Women Pursuing Change

Women Pursuing Change
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Our podcast will seek to discuss the G20's task forces through a women expert on the field considering her cultural background and life experiences. The dialogue will also capture discussions on how to pursue our ambitions with women leaders, to inspire us all with their stories, solutions that work and ideas that we can replicate.

Episodes

  1. 05/17/2021

    The role of Financial Inclusion Towards Gender Equality

    In this episode we invited Lina Zdruli (Albania) and Aylén Ferrari (Argentina) to discuss the importance of women's financial inclusion for social and economic empowerment. With hands-on experience in this area, our speakers explain the challenges of financial inclusion worldwide, successful country experiences and the role of governments and private sector in enabling women to access to bank accounts.

    The role of Financial Inclusion Towards Gender Equality

  2. 03/22/2021

    Measures to Combat Early Marriages

    In 2020, half million girls globally were at a risk of child marriages according to Save the Children International. Their analysis reveals 2.5 million additional girls that will potentially be married by 2025 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering the importance of debating this issue globally, we invited Lily Gyammerah from Ghana and Fajer Rabia from Pakistan to share their views and experiences working with this topic.

    Measures to Combat Early Marriages

  3. 07/06/2020

    Technology as a tool for gender and health equity during COVID-19

    In this episode, we invited Nuria Oliver from Spain to explain how she created a survey to understand people’s perception of COVID-19 and Sweetie Anang from Ghana to share her experience building a career in STEM and co-founding the strokeAid Foundation. We will touch on the G20 taskforce “Economy, Employment, and Education in the Digital Age” which highlights the digital gender gap and the growing need to humanize technology, with an additional emphasis on COIVD-19.

    Technology as a tool for gender and health equity during COVID-19

  4. 03/31/2020

    Impacts of Trade Policy on Women

    Listen to Shamarukh Mohiuddin (Bangladesh) and Renata Amaral (Brazil) discuss the impact of trade policies and negotiations on women.  They discuss the current global trade imbalances and ways to have a supportive and inclusive trade and investment system. The conversation also brings forth the challenges faced by small and medium enterprises as well as ways to enhance trade policies to empower women, providing examples from different countries.

    Impacts of Trade Policy on Women

  5. 11/25/2019

    Youth Empowerment in the Climate Crisis

    Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement has mobilized thousands of people in over 200 countries to protest against the lack of government action on the climate crisis. This episode will discuss how youth engagement has been critical to mainstream the climate change agenda in policymaking, providing tips on how we can help and support this movement for environmental change. We invited Paloma Costa, a Brazilian law student and climate activist who gave a speech right next to Greta at the UN Climate Action Summit in NYC and Johanna Schwarz, a young McKinsey Consultant and member of the UN Department of Global Communication Youth Representative Steering Committee to discuss with us the importance of building a strong network of youth worldwide to tackle climate change.

    Youth Empowerment in the Climate Crisis

  6. 09/08/2019

    The Future of Work and Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia

    In this episode we had the pleasure of talking to Sumu Alkhudair and Sarah AlSharqi about the future of work and entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Both work for the Public Investment Fund and believe things are changing for the better in their country, making their insights on Saudi's Vision 2030 and women representation truly relevant to the G20 discussions of the Future of Work.

    The Future of Work and Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia

  7. 08/07/2019

    Fireside Chat on Women Issues and Gender Equity

    Two Women Global Changers, share their experiences as change makers in India, UK, China, South Africa and ways we can pursue gender equality. They share their perspectives on current women leaders they admire, gender equity, and common biases women face in the workplace. Women leaders discussed include  Mira Nayer, Melinda Gates, Megan Ripinoe, and Queen B, Beyoncé.

    Fireside Chat on Women Issues and Gender Equity
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Our podcast will seek to discuss the G20's task forces through a women expert on the field considering her cultural background and life experiences. The dialogue will also capture discussions on how to pursue our ambitions with women leaders, to inspire us all with their stories, solutions that work and ideas that we can replicate.

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  • Creator
    Women Pursuing Change
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Women Pursuing Change
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