Welcome to the launch of our year-long celebration of 10 Years of Harvard GlobalWE! Join us in both familiar and new programs that trace our evolution and point us forward!
Welcome to our official 10th Anniversary webpage!
Please join us as we celebrate how far Harvard GlobalWE has come, with so many of you along for the ride. We were officially recognized as an HAA SIG in October of 2013, and we will be looking back to those early days and recalling the people and events and programs that started us off, and on to those memories from throughout this past decade.
Please check here often for updated information about our anniversary events, about ways for you to share your favorite programs, most memorable speakers, most enjoyable discussions, and most lasting inspirations. And as we move forward together these next ten years, we'll keep convening on this new website to learn, share, and grow together on our mission to empower women globally.
Thank you for your commitment. Thank you for being part of Harvard GlobalWE.
From our president, Leah Abaya Keane:
Our Mission
Harvard GlobalWE is a shared interest group of the Harvard Alumni Association. We are dedicated to the empowerment of women through education, dialogue, and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide. Harvard GlobalWE does not advocate a specific ideology or agenda; rather, we highlight and raise awareness about issues concerning women's empowerment worldwide, including but not limited to education, political rights, freedom from violence, women's health, and economic empowerment.
Greetings from the Board
Retrospective Panel: GlobalWE After 10 Years.
Flagship Program: Student Essay Contest
βWhat is the biggest challenge
facing women and girls in your country today?β
2023 GlobalWE Essay Contest Winners!
The GlobalWE Essay Contest was established to invite students to think critically about the status and rights of women. In most regions, we work in partnership with local schools. The contest is open to 11th-grade students around the world. Students from 31 countries have participated in the Essay Contest so far.
Students write an essay responding to the question: βWhat is the biggest challenge facing women and girls in your country today?β We choose winners each year to celebrate studentsβ powerful reflections on this critical question. Please join us in congratulating all winners of the 2023 Essay Contest, and read their inspiring and thought-provoking essays below.
List of 2023 Winners
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Abdullah Mohamed, Egypt
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Amanda Siy
Lucas Bakker
Wynette Kristi Chua
Janine Hung
Risha Sam Sy
Miktam Martinez
Arianne Nicole De Leon
Julia Adelle David
Shawn James Maravilla
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Deanna Pearlynn Wong Ann Rei
Kit Hoi
Chloe Pang Kai Yi
Su Tze Ching
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Serene Elmusharaf
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Nora Koutooupes Guessous
Allison Hayes
Luran Yu
Sophia Memon
Our initiatives
Women's Empowerment Expo
The Women's Empowerment Expo creates opportunities for organizations supporting women and girls to engage with Harvard University's community for internships, volunteering, mentoring, career exploration, and charitable giving.
20+ Participating organizations in every Womenβs Empowerment Expo
5 Continents where women and girls are served by these organizations
Participating organizations
Watch our featured video!
Our initiatives
Fireside Chat Series
The Womenβs Empowerment Fireside Chat Series features dialogues with senior leaders of organizations serving women and girls worldwide about the challenges and opportunities they encounter in a rapidly-changing world.
1 Feb 2023 Vital Strategies: A Discussion with Sharon Kim-Gibbons, Vice-President, Public Health Programs
3 Dec 2022 Special Needs Initiative for Growth: A Discussion with Racheal Inegbedion, Founding Executive Director
25 Jun 2022 CAMFED USA: A Discussion with Brooke Hutchinson, Executive Director
12 Mar 2022: Women for Women International: A Discussion with Laurie Adams, CEO
25 Sep 2021: BRAC & BRAC USA: A Discussion with Donella Rapier, CEO, and Rozina Haque, Program Head
Our initiatives
Student-Alumni Roundtable
The Student-Alumni Roundtable is a more intimate event that allows our students and alumni to both hear from experts on current and relevant topics and to engage in dialogue with these speakers, as well as in discussion with their fellow audience members.
19 Feb 2022: Women Creating Impact Through Entrepreneurship
21 Feb 2021: The Impact of COVID on Women
8 Feb 2020: Clothing & Womenβs Oppression, Exploitation, and Empowerment
9 Feb 2019: How Women are Reshaping a Polarized Media
10 Feb 2018: Sexual Harassment, Assault, Misconduct and #MeToo
Commemorating a Decade of GlobalWE Events!
Click the button to view our past activities.
Retrospective Panel: GlobalWE After 10 Years
November 12
Virtual meeting
On November 12, please join us on Zoom for a conversation with our Presidents Emeritae Julie Palmer (2013-2018) and Sajida Shroff (2018-2022), early board members and current Advisory Council members Paul Schied and Rebecca Ribaudo, and current president Leah Abaya Keane. This dialogue about GlobalWEβs history and growth, as well as its future trajectory, will be moderated by Chuck Bergen, another Advisory Council member. Learn about our journey and share your own memories of engaging with us!
Some of you have been with us for 10 years, and most probably for fewer years. What has your journey with Harvard GlobalWE been like? Whether youβve walked alongside us as we grew or only started to engage with us after our programs and structure had expanded and organized, we hope youβre willing to re-enlist for continued and deeper engagement with our mission.
Membership continues to be free, but our aim is that your enjoyment of GlobalWE moves you to assist with the rising operational costs for our growing projects as we extend our reach even further. Please consider a voluntary contribution! May we suggest $10 for every year youβve been a Member or Friend, or for each event that youβve attended? We continue to offer a thank you gift for donations of $99 or more: a beautiful hardcover collection of the winning essays from the first five years of our contest for high school students. Canβt commit to this amount right away? Consider a monthly donation of $10 or more and receive our book after completing your donation amount of $99.
Commemorate your own anniversary with GlobalWE with a donation!
Follow our journey
Thank you for joining us in our mission!
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