Workshop led by Dr. Shelley Thompkins, Senior Faculty – Center for Creative Leadership.
This conversation focuses on what leading “fearlessly and unapologetically” means, how we can rethink traditional ideas of leadership, and how to advance the widespread empowerment and representation of African women leaders at all levels of the global health field.
Featuring H.E. Monica Geingos, First Lady, Republic of Namibia, interviewed by Tumi Makgabo, South African Journalist, Broadcaster, and Entrepreneur.
Panelists identify and explore practical, tangible steps to reimagine how those in power lead. The session articulates the current limitations of conventionally-defined leadership, explore the gendered perceptions of leadership traits and envision leadership qualities that better represent all of us.
The session highlights how female community health workers play a key role as grassroots leaders in South Asia and Africa, the common struggles they face, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their lives.
Panelists share their experiences as researchers and leaders in science; discuss the unique barriers that African women in STEM face today – from limited resources, to stereotypes and regressive norms — and highlight what it will look like to reimagine leadership and close the gender gap in the field.
In this conversation co-hosted by Akili Dada and Global Health Corps, young leaders weigh in on the power of a networked, collective leadership approach to catalyze a sea change in closing the gender gap.
The conversation explores how Kiran has navigated a male-dominated industry to become a trailblazer in biotechnology, her approach to leadership and her advocacy work.
The discussion focuses on how the pandemic has changed expectations of leadership, and the role leaders play in ensuring research outcomes are equitable and inclusive. Panelists share their personal experiences in research and speak to leadership traits and qualities that they have found helpful during the crisis.
This panel discusses how increasing women’s leadership in the malaria fight is essential to accelerating progress and ending the disease for all. Drawing on their expertise as researchers, health workers, practitioners, leaders and advocates, panelists speak to the impact that their lived experiences have made in the malaria fight and the potential that intentionally increasing women’s full participation in the malaria fight can have.
This session focuses on the critical role that affordable, quality child care plays in achieving gender parity in leadership roles and examines strategies and policy solutions to support women in the workforce.
Attendees experience real-life campaign examples led by women who demonstrated systems thinking and amplified their stories online and offline.
Swastika Jajoo, Award-Winning Poet
In this partner-led panel by Just Human Productions, panelists speak about who they are, how they got involved in science communication, and what that looks like.
This interactive workshop led by Global Health Corps is designed to introduce participants to the concept of leadership storytelling — the idea that stories can and should be used effectively and powerfully by leaders to motivate and inspire, galvanize, and deliver results.
Panelists explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing reproductive health barriers for millions of women, girls and gender non-conforming people around the world and will speak to concrete methods and solutions to overcome historic and recent challenges in order to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights are protected.