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Harvard Alumni for Global Women's Empowerment Holiday Social
Sip and chat with fellow members while gathering to reflect on 2024 and celebrate the holidays together.
Date: Sunday, December 15th
Time: 12 PM - 1PM EST (1 hour)
Location: Virtual (online) event. Login details will be sent to registrants upon completion of the registration process.
Cost: While this event is FREE we would appreciate any accompanying donation to help support us as we put on these and other events throughout the year!
Register: http://tinyurl.com/WEholidaysocial2024
This online, one-hour event will be casual, laid back, and fun! Attendees are encouraged to wear their holiday best and bring a drink of their choosing. We will start off in a large group to reflect on 2024, followed by small group breakouts for an opportunity to network and connect deeper with other GlobalWE members. We will conclude by reconvening as a larger group to wish everyone happy holidays and a prosperous new year!
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Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Annual Student/Alumni Roundtable: Education and Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Date & Time: October 26, 2024 | 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Event Title: Annual Student/Alumni Roundtable: Education and Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Location: In-person on the Harvard University campus OR virtually via Zoom.
Event Overview: This event marks the culmination of Harvard GlobalWE's 10th Anniversary celebrations, It will focus on the pivotal role of education in advancing women's rights. Lauryn Oates, Executive Director of Right to Learn Afghanistan, will share her experiences advocating for girls’ education amidst severe restrictions by the Taliban.
On 26Oct2024, Harvard GlobalWE was pleased to have the culminating event of our 10th anniversary celebration, our annual Roundtable, on campus, in Cambridge.
We were honored to host Dr. Lauryn Oates, Executive Director of Right to Learn Afghanistan, who spoke about “Education and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan.” Dr. Oates shared her powerful experiences advocating for and enabling girls’ education under the severe restrictions imposed by the Taliban.
Dr. Oates first outlined the multiple interlinked crises – education, humanitarian and human rights – that the gender apartheid practiced by the Taliban has created. She then described RTL Afghanistan’s responses to mitigate them: creating access for girls from their homes to free self-study courses and a virtual library and providing devices, power banks and satellites, and Learning Plus baskets with books, learning materials, food aid, and hygiene and winterization supplies. They also provide scholarships for higher education for the advanced students who are able to leave Afghanistan, and work with higher education institutions to accept transfer students, enable virtual enrollment, and contribute resources and volunteers. With their passion and dedication to their mission, Right to Learn Afghanistan is an ideal collaborator for Harvard GlobalWE and we look forward to further engagement with RTLA.
Our moderators then facilitated an invigorating Q&A session that included questions and insights from our rapt audience which combined participants in the room as well as online attendees. Discussion focused on both what RTLA is doing as well as other global challenges where such interventions could make a difference.
We would like to thank Dr. Oates as well as our attendees and our team for such a powerful and insightful discussion - one that truly epitomizes the mission of GlobalWE which is to empower women through education, dialogue, and connection.
Speaker:
Lauryn Oates, PhD, Executive Director
Dr. Lauryn Oates, Executive Director of Right to Learn Afghanistan, formerly known as Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, holds a BA Honours in International Development from McGill University, an MA in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University, and a PhD in Language and Literacy Education from the University of British Columbia. Lauryn has worked with a variety of development organizations, multilateral agencies, and governments designing, planning, evaluating, or implementing programming in education and in gender equality, particularly in war-affected countries. She authored UNICEF’s 2012 Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (AMICS) and is the recipient of multiple awards and distinctions including a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal awarded by the province of British Columbia.Dr. Lauryn Oates, Executive Director of Right to Learn Afghanistan, formerly known as Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, holds a BA Honours in International Development from McGill University, an MA in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University, and a PhD in Language and Literacy Education from the University of British Columbia. Lauryn has worked with a variety of development organizations, multilateral agencies, and governments designing, planning, evaluating, or implementing programming in education and in gender equality, particularly in war-affected countries. She authored UNICEF’s 2012 Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (AMICS) and is the recipient of multiple awards and distinctions including a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal awarded by the province of British Columbia.
Discussion Moderator:
Julie Palmer
Founder and President Emerita of GlobalWE
Q&A Moderator:
Sajida H. Shroff
President Emerita of GlobalWE
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Harvard GlobalWE Movie Club presents Hidden Figures.
Join GlobalWE on August 25th for a discussion on the movie "Hidden Figures" (2016), which is available on Netflix. Please register for the event below and join us for the discussion via Zoom at 11 am EST on August 25th.
Registered Participants
Upon completion of Zoom registration, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the Zoom meeting. Please be sure to watch the film prior to the live discussion.
Hidden Figures will be the second one in our 2024 Movie Club series. The first was Below the Belt.
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked at NASA during the Space Race. Other stars include Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell. *wikipedia
Support the GlobalWE mission while in the comfort of your home!
Every quarter GlobalWE announces a new film that is widely available on platforms. We ask that you watch the film at your leisure from the comfort of your home and then join us online, on the given date, for a lively discussion. In our virtual gathering, we will discuss the film, raise questions, and advance the mission of GlobalWE: the empowerment of women through education, dialogue, and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide. We hope to see you then!
Event Details
Film: Hidden Figures
Date: August 25th
Time: 11 am EST
Location: Virtual (online) event.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard University graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
While membership and most of our events are free, GlobalWE is grateful for donations from members to support its programming and initiatives. Please consider making an accompanying donation here:
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, we appreciate donations from members to support GlobalWE's programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE highly encourages our members to do their own research before getting involved in any organization unaffiliated with Harvard. Harvard GlobalWE does not advocate a specific ideology or agenda; the views expressed and actions taken by the organizations listed on this page are independent of Harvard University and Harvard GlobalWE.
Fireside Chat -Vital Voices Global Partnership
On Friday, July 26, GlobalWE Connect will hold the seventh edition of our Women’s Empowerment Fireside Chat Series featuring Vital Voices Global Partnership and Senior Vice President of Leadership and Social Impact Zoë Dean-Smith.
For more than 25 years, Vital Voices Global Partnership has been investing in women leaders solving the world’s greatest challenges. They are “venture catalysts,” identifying those with a bold vision for change and partnering with them to make that vision a reality. They scale and accelerate their impact through long-term investments to expand the skills, connections, capacity, and visibility of women leaders.
Vital Voices provided early support for leaders who went on to become Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, U.S. Youth Poet Laureates, prime ministers, and breakthrough social entrepreneurs. Since its founding in 1997, Vital Voices has directly supported more than 20,000 women change makers across 185 countries and built the most powerful global network of women leaders who are daring to reimagine a more equitable world for all.
Discussion Circles: The Impact of On-Going Conflicts on Women's Basic Needs.
This event took place on May 19, 2024. Registration is no longer available.
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Harvard GlobalWE's fourth Discussion Circle will highlight the impact of the mass suffering of women through starvation, displacement, and acute lack of medical care because of the ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, and Haiti. We will discuss the tragic loss of basic human rights for women in these areas and its long-lasting impact on peacebuilding and post-conflict reconciliation. A panel of experts will share their research and analysis on this topic, followed by small group discussions.
Discussion Circles are an initiative of GlobalWE to discuss current, pressing news. We work to empower women by addressing fundamental hindrances to their equality and well-being; in the same vein, we want to offer a space to discuss respectfully pressing topics of the day.
We hope you will be able to join us and participate in a robust and meaningful discussion with other people passionate about women’s empowerment.
If you have any questions, please contact info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Ground Rules
Themes and broad ideas can be shared, but personal stories stay within the room.
The expectation that this event is not recorded or to be shared in any way.
Share air time and share responsibility for the group's success and well-being.
Treat participants with respect and consideration.
Highlight the value of a diversity of perspectives as an essential part of the process.
Everyone has come here to learn, grow, and share.
Come up with ideas to share on resources about the discussion topics.
Event Details
Date: May 19, 2024
Time: 12 pm EST
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email. Click here to Register.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Harvard GlobalWE 10th Anniversary Summit
This event took place on Apr 13, 2024. Registration is no longer available.
Harvard GlobalWE is excited to announce its "10th Anniversary Summit." For the first time, we will combine our two flagship events, the Annual Alumni/Student Roundtable and the Women's Empowerment Expo, on the same day, Saturday, April 13th, at Boylston Hall on Harvard's Cambridge Campus! (The Expo will be in two parts, with the second part being held virtually on April 20th.) Registration details for both events are below. Please note separate registration is required for the Roundtable and for each part of the Expo.
Harvard GlobalWE invites you to "Innovating Equality: Women at the Forefront of AI," a distinguished Student/Alumni Roundtable scheduled for April 13th on Harvard's Cambridge campus. This event is dedicated to exploring the integral role of women in the advancement and ethical development of Artificial Intelligence, aiming to spotlight the transformative impact of female leadership in tech.
This engaging roundtable will convene a diverse group of speakers and participants, including industry leaders and emerging innovators, to delve into the multifaceted dimensions of AI. The discussions will focus on identifying and overcoming barriers to gender equality in AI, enhancing female representation in STEM fields, and leveraging AI for social good with a gender-inclusive perspective.
"Innovating Equality: Women at the Forefront of AI" aims to inspire a collaborative effort toward a future where the principles of inclusivity and diversity guide AI development. Join us for an inspiring day of dialogue and discovery as we envision an equitable future in AI-powered by women's innovation and leadership.
Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 12.30 pm - 2:00 pm ET
Location: Boylston Hall
Please note that the April 13th Expo is IN PERSON ONLY. Even though there is a Zoom registration, it will not be streamed via Zoom. The full virtual expo is on April 20th.
SPEAKERS FOR THE ROUNDTABLE:
Ramon is a legal director at Google. He leads a team of product counsels who advise Google Cloud, including its AI services, on privacy, regulatory compliance, and AI safety and principles. He was previously counsel to Alphabet's Access unit and patent counsel to Google. Before Google, Ramon was a patent prosecutor and litigator at Fish and Richardson PC.
Lacy is the Founder & CEO of Willow. Willow is an award-winning WealthTech platform powering financial advisors’ acquisition, growth, and retention of tomorrow's investors. Through Willow's Certified Advisor for Women™ and Certified Advisor for NextGen™ certificate programs and marketing platform, advisors gain the knowledge needed to acquire and better serve these modern clients. Willow utilizes generative AI and semantic matching to match consumers with advisors based on multiple financial and personal characteristics. Lacy and Willow are frequently featured in the media, including The TODAY Show, Cheddar News, Think Advisor, Financial Planning, Business Insider, WealthManagement.com, Yahoo Finance!, and GoBankingRates.
Cass joined Microsoft's Office of Responsible AI as Assistant General Counsel in late 2022. She previously spent 10 years at Google exploring socio-technical challenges as the Head of Legal for Jigsaw and helping build breakthrough technology as a product counsel at X. She taught media law for many years at the University of Melbourne and international business law at Cardozo School of Law in New York.
CLARA MARIA BOZZO - Moderator
Senior Legal Executive with broad experience in technology and innovation and extensive work on compliance, Diversity, and Inclusion. Member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD), Argentina branch. Technology investor. Over 16 years as commercial Legal Director of Microsoft Argentina with responsibilities over Compliance and Corporate Affairs; LATAM-wide senior corporate counsel for the Financial Tech, AI, Defense, and Public Sector industries, leading Digital Transformation initiatives. Diversity and Inclusion Lead for LATAM for Microsoft is currently a member of the Harvard GlobalWE programming team.
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or want further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, we appreciate donations from members to support GlobalWE's programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE highly encourages our members to do their own research before getting involved in any organization unaffiliated with Harvard. Harvard GlobalWE does not advocate a specific ideology or agenda; the views expressed and actions taken by the organizations listed on this page are independent of Harvard University and Harvard GlobalWE.
A Panel Discussion On "WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE"
This event took place on Mar 16, 2024. Registration is no longer available.
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming panel discussion on "Women in Leadership and Governance." This event will explore the myriad challenges and opportunities women face as they stride towards leadership roles and in governance arenas. Our commitment has always been to ensure that these conversations are enriched with diverse and exceptional perspectives.
Harvard GlobalWE remains steadfast in its mission: advancing the empowerment of women worldwide through education, dialogues, and networking opportunities. As part of the greater Harvard Alumni Association, we are resolute in promoting collaboration among those dedicated to championing women's rights and freedoms globally.
Speakers:
Asha Castleberry-Hernandez is a distinctive U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Expert. Asha served as a Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and a member of the Senior Executive Service. Her portfolio includes strategy, China, and the Middle East Region. She is a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves and currently serves with the Biden-Harris Administration. In addition to her work in government, she is a founder of Diversity in National Security Network, and Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and 2022 Forbes the Culture Member.
Chiara Corazza is the Private Sector Representative for France within the G20 EMPOWER Alliance, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron. She has been CEO and Special Representative to the G7 and the G20 at the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, the world’s leading platform to promote women’s voices and vision (2017-2021). She is the author of the report ‘Women at the heart of the economy’, as part of the mission she was entrusted by the French Government in the framework of the G7 2019 Summit in Biarritz, to propose some critical recommendations to foster the representation of girls and women in STEM education and in the jobs of the future.
Dr. Aarti Gupta is a seasoned investment strategist who has been at the helm of her family office (DM Gupta Family, Jagran Group) for the past 13 years. She is also the Chief Investment Officer at Anikarth Ventures, an angel-investing firm that invests in innovative early-stage start-ups with transformative solutions.
In her commitment to women's entrepreneurship, Dr. Gupta serves as the National Head for FICCI FLO Start-ups, focusing on women founders and investors. She is also an independent director with Jindal Stainless Steels and contributes to the boards of several family-owned businesses and start-ups, leveraging her expertise in investment strategy. Furthermore, as the founder of the Anikarth Foundation, she champions initiatives for women's financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and job readiness.
Moderator:
Gaia van der Esch is a Dutch-Italian executive, policy expert & author, driving change & impact in the public and non-profit sectors through her strategic & thought leadership. Gaia has been recently appointed as the Managing Director of the 3Zero Foundation, comprising 8000 staff in over 45 countries - working to achieve a world with zero carbon, zero exclusion & zero poverty. Prior to this appointment, she served as the G20 EMPOWER Sherpa under the G20 Italian Presidency – leading the G20 private-public Alliance for the advancement of women’s leadership. Before this, Gaia spent 10 years working in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. – holding executive roles with international NGOs and think tanks. Thanks to her accomplishments she was nominated by Forbes in its Europe 30 under 30 list (2017) as well as Supernova of the Year for Italy by Nova Talent (2022).
Event Details
Date: Saturday, March 16th 2024
Time: 11 a.m. EST
Location: Virtual
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Discussion Circle: Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Terrorism
This event took place on Feb 10, 2024. Registration is no longer available.
Please click here to view the recording or continue reading below for an event debrief.
A Debrief of the Discussion Circle - Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Terrorism
On February 10, Harvard GlobalWE hosted the third event in its Discussion Circle Series titled “Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Terrorism” following the sexual atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Adhering to its core mission, GlobalWE focused on a topic that brings people together around women’s rights as human rights, across politics and culture. GlobalWE members and friends came together with empathy and compassion for violated and subjugated women globally, regardless of where these GlobalWE affiliates stand on any other issue. A recording of the panel discussion can be found at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjw-9N_AyW0
We heard from speakers who were knowledgeable about various circumstances:
Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Professor, Bar-Ilan University, on the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th,
Heather Tasker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queen’s University, on women in Africa who are forced into conjugal slavery during war,
Charu Lata Hogg, Founder and Executive Director, All Survivors Project, on the way patriarchal societies use sexual violence to feminize even male victims in the Midle East and Africa, as feminization is see to be the ultimate humiliation during conflict, and
Annie Pforzheimer, Senior Fellow (Non-resident), Center for Strategic and International Studies, on the subjugation of women in Afghanistan under what is seen internationally as a kind of peace, even though the current state is not peaceful for women.
From our panelists and also from our attendees, we learned that sexual violence against women and girls (and men and boys) during war and for purposes of creating terror is an ongoing, widespread problem across the globe, with so many examples that we could devote an entire SIG just to the problem of sexual violence against women.
After the event, GlobalWE vowed to continue to shine a light on these horrors, and proposed establishing a GlobalWE initiative that will continue to focus on sexual violence in different contexts, as a regular and repeating part of our programming.
In one breakout room, a participant pointed out that women in the US should understand they are operating from a place of great privilege and that they have the power to help, especially by using technology to shine a light on sexual atrocities against women around the world. This is even more true of Harvard Alumni, men and women, many of whom have the privilege, power, networks, and influence to make a difference. GlobalWE is committed to alerting fellow Harvard alumni and the rest of the world to the many contexts in which women are subjugated, violated sexually, and otherwise used,in the hopes that educating GlobalWE members and friends about these dire problems will lead to change and freedom from sexual violence for women and girls around the globe. We will also continue to introduce our membership to organizations and initiatives who work with and for these women, for those who might want to take action and support their efforts.
If you have ideas for a future Discussion Circle topic or GlobalWE program, please reach out to info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Our third Discussion Circle will discuss sexual violence against women as a weapon of war and terrorism, including different forms of sexual violence and why they occur, the impact of these acts, and how perpetrators can be held accountable. Examples from the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel and conflicts in South Sudan, Ukraine, and the Central African Republic, among other nations, will be discussed. A panel of experts will share their research and analysis on this topic, followed by small group discussions.
Discussion Circles is an initiative of GlobalWE to discuss current, pressing news items in a timely manner. We work to empower women by addressing fundamental hindrances to their equality and wellbeing; in the same vein, we want to offer a space to discuss pressing topics of the day in a respectful manner.We hope you will be able to join us and participate in a robust and meaningful discussion with other people passionate about women’s empowerment.
If you have any questions, please contact info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Saturday, February 10th, 2024, 12 pm EST, via Zoom.
Ground Rules
Themes and broad ideas can be shared, but personal stories stay within the room.
The expectation that this event is not recorded or to be shared in any way.
Share air time and share responsibility for the group's success and well-being.
Treat participants with respect and consideration.
Highlight the value of a diversity of perspectives as an essential part of the process.
Everyone has come here to learn, grow, and share.
Come up with ideas to share on resources about the discussion topics.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, February 10th 2024
Time: 12 pm EST
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email. Click here to Register.
Cost: FREE
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Harvard GlobalWE Movie Club+ presents Below The Belt
This event took place on Jan 21, 2024. Registration is no longer available.
In honor of our 10th anniversary, Harvard GlobalWE is thrilled to announce our first-ever Movie Club+ event! Just like our regular Movie Club there will be a discussion on the film but Movie Club+ events will feature a member of the film's creative crew. We are excited to announce that Shannon Cohn, director of "Below the Belt" will join us for our first Movie Club+ event. She will be interviewed by our moderator followed by a facilitated Q&A with the audience.
About the Film:
In the personal & inspiring stories of four patients urgently searching for answers to mysterious symptoms, Below the Belt exposes widespread problems in our healthcare systems. Through the lens of endometriosis, a disease that affects 1 in 9 women, the film shows how women are often dismissed, discounted & disbelieved. From societal taboos and gender bias to misinformed doctors and profit-driven healthcare, the film reveals how millions are effectively silenced and how, by fighting back, they can improve healthcare for everyone.
About the Director:
SHANNON COHN is a filmmaker, lawyer and social impact producer who has worked across Africa, Europe, the Middle East & the Americas on topics related to gender equity and combating stigma and taboo. Her films and TV series have aired on PBS, Nat Geo, Discovery Channel, Amazon and Netflix. Her new PBS documentary BELOW THE BELT, executive produced by Hillary Clinton and Rosario Dawson, approaches endometriosis as a social justice issue. The film is one element of a larger social impact plan to create meaningful change in endometriosis and women's health including increased research funding, policy changes, medical education initiatives and widespread awareness. Her previous film ENDO WHAT? was called "the first step in a plan for change" by NEWSWEEK and "film of the year" by THE GUARDIAN. Before becoming a filmmaker, Shannon practiced international law and was part of the legal team that prosecuted Enron. She has endometriosis and has two young daughters who have a 7x increased risk of having the disease.
How do I gain access to "Below the Belt" and participate in this Movie Club+ event?
Movie Club+ registration will require TWO steps:
Purchase a ticket on Eventive to stream "Below the Belt" on Eventive. The cost is $10, giving you access to stream the film for 48 hours, starting January 20.
Register for the Movie Club discussion on January 21 where you will hear from Director Shannon Cohn and have a chance to participate in a Q&A session. We will meet on Register here for Zoom.
Event Details
Film: Below the Belt
Date: January 21st
Time: 10.00 am EST
Cost: $10
Location: Screening on Eventibe
About GlobalWE 2024 Movie Club
Each quarter GlobalWE announces a new film that is widely available on online platforms. We ask that you watch the film at your leisure from the comfort of your home and then join us online, on the given date, for a lively discussion. In our virtual gathering, we will discuss the film, raise questions, and advance the mission of GlobalWE: the empowerment of women through education, dialogue, and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide. We hope to see you then!
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, we appreciate donations from members to support GlobalWE's programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE highly encourages our members to do their own research before getting involved in any organization unaffiliated with Harvard. Harvard GlobalWE does not advocate a specific ideology or agenda; the views expressed and actions taken by the organizations listed on this page are independent of Harvard University and Harvard GlobalWE.
Harvard GlobalWE Holiday Social
This event took place on Dec 13, 2023. Registration is no longer available.
This online, one-hour event will be casual, laid back, and fun! Attendees are encouraged to wear their holiday best and bring a drink of their choosing. We will start off in a large group to reflect on 2023, followed by small group breakouts for an opportunity to network and connect deeper with other GlobalWE members. We will conclude by reconvening as a larger group to wish everyone happy holidays and a prosperous new year!
Register: For your convenience, this year we are offering two sessions to choose from; December 13th at 9 pm EST OR December 15th at 11 am EST.
Please click on the date you'd like to attend to register on Zoom and receive a virtual link. The Holiday Social is limited to GlobalWE Members and volunteers only.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, December 13th
Time: 9 pm ET - 10 pm ET (1 hour)
OR
Date: Friday, December 15th
Time: 11 am ET - 12 pm ET (1 hour)
Location: Virtual (online) event. Login details will be sent to registrants upon completion of the registration process.
Cost: While this event is FREE we would appreciate any accompanying donation to help support us as we put on these and other events throughout the year!
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Fireside Chat: Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
This event took place on Nov 29, 2023. Registration is no longer available.
On Wednesday, November 29, GlobalWE Connect will hold the sixth event in its Women’s Empowerment Fireside Chat Series featuring Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) and it's Founder and Chief Executive Officer Maria Victoria “Mavic” Cabrera Balleza.
GNWP is a convener, collaborator, advocate and leader in the global movement for women’s rights, gender equality, and sustainable peace. They work closely with the United Nations, governments, and local women and youth-led organizations from all over the world. Stay tuned for more information about this event.
On June 1, 2023, GlobalWE hosted the second event in its Discussion Circle series on the topic, “The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Women.” As a follow up, we’d like to host a Fireside chat with GNWP focusing on peacebuilding and women’s role and collaboration with various stakeholders for world peace and more secure communities.
About the Speaker:
Mavic Cabrera Balleza
Chief Executive Officer
Maria Victoria “Mavic” Cabrera Balleza is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. She is one of the two civil society initiators of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund. She is also one of the founding members of its Global Funding Board. Ms. Cabrera-Balleza is also a Board Member of the Generation Equality Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action representing GNWP and the Beijing +25 Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace and Security.
Ms. Cabrera-Balleza initiated the Philippine National Action Plan on the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. She also served as the international consultant to Nepal’s first National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325. She has provided technical support in 1325 national action planning in different countries including Guatemala, Japan and South Sudan; and facilitated costing and budgeting workshops of 1325 national action plans in Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, and Nepal. She pioneered the Localization of UNSCR 1325 and 1820 program that is regarded as a best practice example and is now implemented in 18 countries. She co-authored the books From Best Practice to Standard Practice: A toolkit on the Localization of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women and Peace and Security and Costing and Financing 1325; and edited the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions of Women Count: Civil Society Monitoring Report on Security Council Resolution 1325. She also edited the publication Implementing Locally, Inspiring Globally: Localizing UNSCR 1325 in Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and Uganda. She leads the civil society advocacy on the use of CEDAW General Recommendation 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations as a complementary accountability mechanism to the WPS resolutions. In 2014, Ms. Cabrera-Balleza led the establishment of the Young Women Leaders for Peace (YWL), a network of young women in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Sudan, and Ukraine, who are leading peacebuilding efforts in local communities.
Ms. Cabrera-Balleza has facilitated workshops and discussions on the women, peace and security resolutions in many countries including Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Japan, Liberia, Nepal, Philippines, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, and Ukraine. Her masteral thesis on communication strategies on UNSCR 1325 was awarded best thesis at the University of the Philippines.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, November 29th
Time: 12 p.m. EST
Location: Virtual (online) event. Open to all! Login details will be sent to registrants upon completion of the registration process.
Cost: While this event is FREE we would appreciate any accompanying donation to help support us in offering events like this throughout the year.
About Fireside Chat Series
Launched in 2021, the Fireside Chat Series features dialogues with senior leaders of organizations serving women and girls worldwide and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in a rapidly-changing world. The first four events in this series featured BRAC and BRAC USA, Women for Women International, CAMFED USA, and Special Needs Initiative for Growth.
GlobalWE Connect is an initiative that connects Harvard University alumni with organizations leading the way globally for women’s empowerment in the arts, social services, education, health, economic development, entrepreneurship, policy, STEM, and other fields. GlobalWE Connect provides a forum for discussion with these organizations and hosts a Women’s Empowerment Expo, which enables these organizations to engage with Harvard University alumni and students as well as professors, staff, and other members of the Harvard University community who seek internships, volunteer, mentorship, career exploration, and charitable giving opportunities.
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Retrospective Panel: GlobalWE After 10 Years
This event took place on Nov 12, 2023. Registration is no longer available.
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 GlobalWE’s 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!
Panelists and Moderator
Chuck Bergen ('77, JD ‘81) joined the Harvard Global WE Advisory Board in 2018. He has also served as President of the Harvard Club of Chicago and now serves as a Director of the Harvard Alumni Association with responsibilities for Harvard Clubs in the Western Great Lakes region. As an undergraduate, Chuck lived in Eliot House, played Men’s Basketball and Men’s Rugby and wrote for The Harvard Crimson. During law school, he served as a freshman proctor living in Straus Hall in Harvard Yard. He has been an active member of the Harvard Alumni community since his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1981.
Professionally, Chuck has practiced as a trial lawyer in Chicago, Illinois for several decades. During his career, Chuck has focused on financial and commercial litigation, in areas such as corporate governance, securities, intellectual property, defamation and class action defense. As member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois for over 35 years, he has tried complex cases lasting over three months and others completed in a day. He has briefed and argued appeals in a number of federal and state appellate courts and is a member the bar of the United States Supreme Court.
A long-time resident of the North Shore suburbs of Chicago, Chuck and his wife Sue are proud parents of three adult daughters, the eldest a digital journalist, the middle a cheesemonger of artisanal cheeses and the youngest a digital marketing director for two museums in Great Britain. They also have a granddaughter, age 4.
Leah Abaya Keane (AB ’84) just finished the first year of her term as current President of Harvard GlobalWE. Prior to this past year, she had served as Treasurer since 2016. She was also part of the Essay Contest team and continues to manage over ten contests in the Philippines, including at her former high school.
Leah interviewed applicants to Harvard for many years and is a liaison for her local high school. She also volunteers with Crimson Goes Blue with fellow Harvard alumni, and with the League of Women Voters Naperville, with Voter Services to register voters, especially high school students. After many years as Secretary and Simbang Gabi coordinator, she currently serves on the board of the Pamanang Lahi Foundation of Illinois, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the culture of the Philippines, primarily the Advent novena known as Simbang Gabi.
She earned a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University, and volunteered extensively with the PTA and the religious education program at her parish while raising her two children. She lives in Naperville, IL, with her husband, Denis T. Keane (AB ’84). She credits Denis and her college roommate Janet Singer (AB’84) for starting her on her journey to feminism, and her children for inspiring her to work on equity and empowerment for women.
Sajida H. Shroff (EdM '95), CEO of Altamont Group (Boutique Investment & Advisory), is an international strategist. She has over 20 years of cross-sectoral & impact investment expertise, bridging Strategy, Policy, Education, & Business spheres. She is passionate about integrating strategic business practices in knowledge organizations; & committed to contextualizing education for positive impact. Sajida is an entrepreneurial visionary, who has built businesses in the Middle East & North America.
Sajida’s passion for advancing education & access globally is evident in her multi-faceted work. Geographically, this work has contributed to better outcomes in the United States, Canada, Australia, India, Pakistan, Western Europe, East & West Africa, Central Asia, & MENA. Her understanding of development extends well beyond education to free zone/business park development, government services/policy, retail, real estate, service, & financial sectors.
As Chief Execution Officer of Altamont Group (dedicated to innovation in emerging markets), Sajida leads a team focused on strategy/policy, monitoring/evaluation/research/learning, capacity development /eLearning/upskilling, & quality assurance/accreditation. AG, under Sajida’s leadership, advises governments, NGO, & corporates across five continents regarding optimization, investment, smart cities; & innovation that enable access & sustainability. In addition, Altamont Group invests in diverse brick/mortar & technology assets.
Sajida’s experiences with global entities include the World Bank, IFAD, G20, EiE, Plan International, CAMFED, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNESCO, OECD, NATO, Dubai Holding, UAE PMO, Smart Dubai, Qatar Foundation, KSA MoL, MoE, MoT, & AKDN; along with institutions such as Cambridge, McGill, Harvard, & Columbia. She is also engaged in ventures to develop smart education ecosystems & special economic zones.
Sajida is actively involved in CSR including Director with Harvard Alumni Association; Board Member with IDEAs; Board Member & President Emerita of Harvard Global Women’s Empowerment; Advisor for Integreat Special Needs Centre; Founding Chair of MENA/GCC Chapter of Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs; President Emerita of Harvard Club of the UAE; & Advisory Board Member for e7 Daughters of the Emirates بنات الإمارات (Banat al Emarat).
Sajida has an EdM in Strategy & Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education; a MBA in Marketing & Management from Emory University; a BEd & a BA from the University of British Columbia. Sajida is from Kenya & grew up in the UK & Canada.
Paul Schied (AB' 13) served GlobalWE in various capacities including Treasurer, Board Member, and Advisory Vice President from 2013 to 2021. Paul is originally from the Chicagoland area, and has lived and worked in D.C., New York, Albuquerque, and Chicago after graduating from the College in 2013 and Columbia Law School in 2016. He has served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the past five years, most recently in the Violent Crimes section of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago.
Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo (AB ’93) is a former executive team member of Harvard GlobalWE and now serves on its advisory board. She is also an Elected Director of the Harvard Alumni Association, a VP/Director of the Harvard Club of Chicago, an executive team member of FAIR Harvard Alumni+, and an advisory board member of Harvard Alumni for Free Speech.
Throughout her career, Rebecca spent more than twenty years as a marketing strategist and writer for consumer, health care and private equity organizations. She has also led numerous independent projects for corporate and non-profit organizations, including as a director in the early-stage development of the XS Tennis and Education Foundation, a center for underserved youth located on the former site of the Robert Taylor Homes on Chicago’s South Side.
Rebecca graduated magna cum laude in Social Studies from Harvard College. During her studies, she received a Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowship and was nominated for the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for her thesis on gender representation in advertising.
In recent years, Rebecca completed a historical novel exploring the conflict between group identity and individualism in America, a work she is now seeking to publish.
Rebecca lives in Chicago with her husband, Anthony J. Ribaudo (AB ’93), and their dog Argos. Rebecca and Anthony’s elder daughter is a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy and their younger daughter is a first year at Harvard.
Julie Gage Palmer AB ’84, a founder of Harvard GlobalWE, served as its first president, from 2013 to 2018. In her current GlobalWE role, Julie co-chairs a global essay contest giving voice to students concerned about the challenges facing women and girls worldwide. She is also Vice President and Director of the Harvard Club of Chicago, and one of its Schools Committee co-chairs and also serves on the Harvard Alumni Association’s Schools and Scholarships Committee. Julie is the Board Secretary of the Mickey Hammerman Legacy Fund, which supports local Chicago region Harvard College applicants, and early childhood education.
Julie is a former Harvard Alumni Association Elected Director (2013 to 2016). She served on the Harvard Alumni Association Nominating Committee from 2019 to 2022. She served as the Harvard Alumni Association Public and Community Service Initiative Co-Leader from 2015 to 2016.
Julie won the 2020 Harvard Alumni Association Award for outstanding service to Harvard University for leadership and engagement activities. She won the Hiram Hunn award for her Schools and Scholarships work in 2014.
Julie is a lawyer and former lecturer in law at the University of Chicago and at Lake Forest College. She is co-authored The Ethics of Human Gene Therapy and has written and spoken extensively on law and medical ethics.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, November 12th
Time: 12 p.m. EST
Location: Virtual (online) event. Login details will be sent to registrants upon completion of the registration process.
Cost: While this event is FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard University graduate students, and Harvard University alumni, affiliates, and staff, we would appreciate any accompanying donation to help support us as we put on these and other events throughout the year!
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Discussion Circles: The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Women.
Join us for our second Discussion Circle on Thursday, June 1st at 8 pm, addressing the Impact of the War in Ukraine on Women.
Harvard GlobalWE Movie Club presents the swimmers
This event took place on April 23rd, 2023. Registration is no longer available.
Join GlobalWE on April 23rd for a discussion on the movie "The Swimmers" (2022), which is available on Netflix. To accommodate members from different time zones, we plan to hold two discussion sessions on April 23rd; one at 8 am CT and the next at 11 am CT. Please register for the session that best fits your schedule. Discussions will be held online via Zoom.
Event Registration
Session I, April 23rd at 8 am CT
Session I, April 23rd at 11 am CT
Registered Participants
Upon completion of Zoom registration, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the Zoom meeting. Please be sure to watch the film prior to the live discussion.
The Swimmers will be the second one in our 2023 Movie Club series. The first was The King of Masks.
The Swimmers follows the life story of teenage Syrian refugees Yusra Mardini and her sister Sarah Mardini, who swam alongside a sinking dinghy of refugees to lighten it, and eventually help 18 refugees to reach safety across the Aegean Sea while being smuggled from İzmir towards Lesbos. Subsequent struggles as refugees are vividly depicted, but Yusra Mardini's swimming career sees her reaching the Rio 2016 Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team.1 *1:Wikipedia
Support the GlobalWE mission while in the comfort of your home!
Each month GlobalWE announces a new film that is widely available on platforms. We ask that you watch the film at your leisure from the comfort of your home and then join us online, on the given date, for a lively discussion. In our virtual gathering, we will discuss the film, raise questions, and advance the mission of GlobalWE: the empowerment of women through education, dialogue, and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide. We hope to see you then!
Event Details
Film: The Swimmers
Date: April 23rd
Time:
Session I: 8 am CT
Session II: 11 am CT
Location: Virtual (online) event.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard University graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
While membership and most of our events are free, GlobalWE is grateful for donations from members to support its programming and initiatives. Please consider making an accompanying donation here:
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, we appreciate donations from members to support GlobalWE's programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE highly encourages our members to do their own research before getting involved in any organization unaffiliated with Harvard. Harvard GlobalWE does not advocate a specific ideology or agenda; the views expressed and actions taken by the organizations listed on this page are independent of Harvard University and Harvard GlobalWE.
Harvard GlobalWE Connect 2023 Women's Empowerment Expo
Harvard GlobalWE Connect
2023 Women's Empowerment Expo
Our sixth Women's Empowerment Expo took place in March 2023. Recordings of the sessions are available on our YouTube Channel.
Announcing our sixth Women's Empowerment Expo and our first in a hybrid format.
The expo will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Harvard University and online.
Register below for online and in-person attendance. Please see below for an outline of the day's programming.
Sat, March 25th from 8 AM- 3 PM ET
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Background and Expo Overview
Join Harvard Alumni for Global Women's Empowerment (Harvard GlobalWE) Connect for its sixth Women's Empowerment Expo and first Expo in a hybrid format on March 25th from 8 AM-3 PM at Harvard University and online. Similar to our previous Expo, we will be hosting organizations from around the world (click here for videos from past events.) This will be a key gathering of individuals across global leaders, artists, educators, and scientists who are committed to learning about opportunities in our global community, connecting, and leading toward positive change. This year we are focusing on:
Global Leadership
Women's Voice
Healthy and Sustainable Communities
Women in Sports
We plan to introduce our participants to more than 20 organizations in an interactive, hands-on experience in both virtual and in-person formats, followed by a closing activity.
Opportunities for Students
The organizations represented at this year’s Women’s Empowerment Expo have a wide range of both in-person and remote opportunities throughout the U.S., South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, including but not limited to: data analysis, inventory, research, social media support, in house organization, volunteer coordination, event support and planning, fundraising support, grant writing, back-office support, kitchen support, community building, recruiting, interviewing, marketing, and much more...
Take part in revamping the self-sustainable projects for women in the Peruvian Amazon
Practice using your Spanish language skills in organizations working in Colombia and Venezuela
Become a Big Sister in your community or a Site Based Mentor or even just a Big Sister for a Day Volunteer
Join a global chapter where local and refugee women develop media skills together
Whatever your expertise or passion, there is an opportunity that awaits you!
We are grateful to our collaborators:
Harvard College Women's Center
And to our Sponsor:
PNC
Are you interested in attending? Please register below to stay updated.
Sat, March 25th from 8 AM- 3 PM ET
Harvard GlobalWE Connect is an initiative that connects Harvard University alumni with organizations leading the way globally for women’s empowerment in the arts, social services, education, health, economic development, entrepreneurship, policy, STEM, and other fields.
The Women’s Empowerment Expo enables organizations to engage with Harvard University alumni and students as well as professors, staff, members and Friends of GlobalWE, and other Harvard community members who seek internship, volunteer, mentorship, career exploration, and charitable giving opportunities.
To learn more about volunteering with Connect, please contact connect@harvardglobalwe.org
Please visit the 2022 Women's Empowerment Expo event page for information on organizations that participated in 2022.
A note on cost: While we are very grateful to be able to offer the majority of our events for free to the GlobalWE and friends community, as a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, we rely on and welcome any assistance you can provide.
We suggest a donation of $10-$100 for the Expo, which you can submit by clicking on the Donate button below.
(and write "2023 Expo" in the Comment field)
Thank you for supporting Harvard GlobalWE. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Event Details
Date: Saturday, March 25th
Time: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Location: Harvard University and online
Cost:
Suggested donation of $10 - $100 for the Expo. GlobalWE is grateful for donations from members to support its programming and initiatives. Please consider making any accompanying donation here to support our work:
Questions: Contact expo@harvardglobalwe.org
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Social Media Challenge: Do you know of an organization or person who should be involved? We’d like to ask you to nominate them via our social media challenge. Tag someone you know via our social media challenge. What organization are you grateful for that empowers women and girls and why? Post with the hashtags #GlobalWeConnectExpo #womenempowerment #nonprofitwork to win a prize that we'll announce during Expo.
We want to hear from you, and we are looking for volunteers. Please contact us at connect@harvardglobalwe.org.
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact expo@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: During our events, we expect our participants to be respectful of one another's opinions and experiences.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
Membership is free. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
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GlobalWE Connect Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat Series: Feat. Vital Strategies
GlobalWE Connect
Women's Empowerment
Fireside Chat Series
Featuring Vital Strategies
This event took place on February 1st, 2023. You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube Channel.
On February 1st, GlobalWE Connect will hold the fifth event in its Women’s Empowerment Fireside Chat Series featuring Vital Strategies and its Vice-President, Public Health Programs Division and Acting Director, Data Driven Policy Initiative for Women’s Health,
Sharon Kim-Gibbons.
About Vital Strategies
Vital Strategies is a leading global public health organization and a trusted partner of governments and civil society organizations around the world. They help governments acquire the knowledge and tools they need to make rapid progress against cancer, heart disease, obesity, epidemic diseases, drug overdose, road crashes, and other leading causes of disease, injury, and death.
Their unique combination of expertise in data-driven decision-making, policy-making for health, strategic communication and advocacy, and program implementation allows them to take a broad and multifaceted approach to address today’s leading public health challenges, manage large-scale health initiatives and help shape global health priorities.
Registration is free, with a suggested donation of $10 to support GlobalWE programming.
The event will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, February 1st at 9am ET.
Meet Our Speaker
Sharon Kim-Gibbons
Vice-President, Public Health Programs Division and Acting Director, Data Driven Policy Initiative for Women’s Health
Sharon Kim-Gibbons is a program management and operations professional, working in global and US domestic public health for over two decades. Sharon started her public health career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia, and has since worked with International Planned Parenthood, Engenderhealth, Columbia University, International Rescue Committee, Village Health Works, among others. She has resided or worked in Latin America, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States. She arrived at Vital Strategies in 2017, with a multi-functional role supporting all programs within the Public Health Programs Division. With a long career focus in sexual and reproductive health and women and girls in particular, she is most excited to spend much of her time on Vital Strategies’ Women’s Health program, working closely with government and civil society partners in Rwanda, Uganda and Bangladesh.
Sharon graduated from Seoul International School in Seoul, South Korea, earned her Bachelor of Science dual degree in Finance and International Management from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and her master’s in public health from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. In her free time, she most enjoys traveling, reading, documentary films, crossword puzzles, skiing and city walks.
About Fireside Chat Series
Launched in 2021, the Fireside Chat Series features dialogues with senior leaders of organizations serving women and girls worldwide and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in a rapidly-changing world. The first four events in this series featured BRAC and BRAC USA, Women for Women International, CAMFED USA, and Special Needs Initiative for Growth.
GlobalWE Connect is an initiative that connects Harvard University alumni with organizations leading the way globally for women’s empowerment in the arts, social services, education, health, economic development, entrepreneurship, policy, STEM, and other fields. GlobalWE Connect provides a forum for discussion with these organizations and hosts a Women’s Empowerment Expo, which enables these organizations to engage with Harvard University alumni and students as well as professors, staff, and other members of the Harvard University community who seek internships, volunteer, mentorship, career exploration, and charitable giving opportunities.
Discussion Circles: Women's Protest in Iran
Harvard Globalwe
Presents
Discussion Circles
This event took place on January 18th, 2023. Registration is no longer open.
Join us on January 18th
Discussion Circles are a new GlobalWE to discuss current, pressing news items in a timely manner. We work to empower women and alleviate their problems by addressing fundamental hindrances to their equality and success; in the same vein, we want to offer a space to discuss pressing topics of the day in a respectful manner.
Our first Discussion Circle will address the women’s protest in Iran, which made waves worldwide and ultimately led to the abolishment of the moral police in Iran. We hope you will be able to join us and participate in a robust and meaningful discussion with other people passionate about women’s empowerment.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 7 pm ET, via Zoom.
Register
Register: Please register below to receive the zoom details.
Please register here and acknowledge the ground rules
Ground Rules
Themes and broad ideas can be shared, but personal stories stay within the room.
The expectation that this event is not recorded or to be shared in any way.
Share air time and share responsibility for the group's success and well-being.
Treat participants with respect and consideration.
Highlight the value of a diversity of perspectives as an essential part of the process.
Everyone has come here to learn, grow, and share.
Come up with ideas to share on resources about the discussion topics.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, January 18th 2023
Time: 7 pm ET
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email. Click here to Register.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE Annual Holiday Social, A Connecting over Coffee Event 2022
This event took place on December 16th, 2022. Registration is no longer open but we hope to see you at a future social.
Harvard GlobalWE Holiday Social
A Connecting over Coffee Event
Sip and chat with fellow members while gathering to reflect on 2022 and celebrate the holidays together.
This online, one-hour event will be casual, laid back, and fun! Attendees are encouraged to wear their holiday best and bring a drink of their choosing. We will start off in a large group to reflect on 2022, followed by small group breakouts for an opportunity to network and connect deeper with other GlobalWE members. We will conclude by reconvening as a larger group to wish everyone happy holidays and a prosperous new year!
Register
Register: Let's connect with each other! Please register on Zoom to receive a virtual link. Please note that this event is limited to GlobalWE Members and Harvard alumni and affiliates.
Please register on Zoom
Event Details
Date: Friday, December 16th
Time: 11 am ET - 12 pm ET (1 hour)
Location: Virtual (online) event. Login details will be sent to registrants upon completion of the registration process.
Cost: While this event is FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard University graduate students, and Harvard University alumni, affiliates, and staff, we would appreciate any accompanying donation to help support us as we put on these and other events throughout the year!
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE Connect Fireside Chat Series: Feat. Special Needs Initiative for Growth
GlobalWE Connect
Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat Series featuring
Special Needs Initiative for Growth
This event took place on December 3rd, 2022. You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube Channel.
On December 3rd, GlobalWE Connect will hold the fourth event in its Women’s Empowerment Fireside Chat Series featuring Special Needs Initiative for Growth and its Founding Executive Director, Racheal Inegbedion.
Launched in 2021, the Fireside Chat Series features dialogues with senior leaders of organizations serving women and girls worldwide and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in a rapidly-changing world. The first three events in this series featured BRAC and BRAC USA, Women for Women International, and CAMFED USA.
About Special Needs Initiative for Growth
Special Needs Initiative for Growth is a civil society organization/NGO in Nigeria that provides empowerment tools, resources and programs for children, early adults, young adults and aged persons with disabilities such as Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, visual impairment and autism spectrum disorders. Special Needs Initiative for Growth proffers education technology, rehabilitative technologies, policy communications, advocacy, mentorship, capacity building, health support services, career development and entrepreneurship to promote and sustain the social and economic wellbeing and rights of persons with disabilities in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
The event will be held via Zoom on Saturday, December 3rd at 12 pm ET.
Registration is free, with a suggested donation of $10 to support GlobalWE programming.
GlobalWE Connect is an initiative that connects Harvard University alumni with organizations leading the way globally for women’s empowerment in the arts, social services, education, health, economic development, entrepreneurship, policy, STEM, and other fields. GlobalWE Connect provides a forum for discussion with these organizations and hosts a Women’s Empowerment Expo, which enables these organizations to engage with Harvard University alumni and students as well as professors, staff, and other members of the Harvard University community who seek internship, volunteer, mentorship, career exploration, and charitable giving opportunities.
Meet our Speaker
Racheal Inegbedion
Founding Executive Director, Special Needs Initiative for Growth
Racheal Inegbedion has 9 years of experience in Disability Advocacy, Policy and Youth & Development issues. Currently, Racheal is the Founding Executive Director of the Special Needs Initiative For Growth (SNIG), a non-Governmental organisation focused on empowering persons with disabilities through the provision of resources and practical programs for living a meaningful life. She connects persons with disabilities with demand driven ICT tools and resources so that they can access inclusive education and then employment opportunities. She is an Ashoka young change maker and a 2021 Mandela Washington Fellow Alumna, a program of the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by the International Research & Exchanges Board. Racheal's organization was awarded for the best innovative practice in employment and ICT for persons with disabilities by the Zero Project.
Racheal is a Global Exchange on Religion in Society Fellow by the European Union External Action. She was recognised by the United Nations Secretary-General Envoy on Youth as one of the 10 young leaders inspired to change the world during the COVID-19 crisis. Racheal has been featured on the technology news of the Voice of America and Google Chrome as a “Google Leaptaker” for using STEM and Robotics to empower youths with disabilities in Africa. Lastly, Racheal is undergoing her Msc. Sustainable Development at the University of St. Andrews Scotland. Her goal in the next few years is to proffer her expertise on a multilateral level at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs under the office of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility where she will be promoting the rights of
Persons with Disabilities at a larger scale.
Meet our Moderator
Ariette Escobar
Education Professional
Ariette Escobar has worked in education, investment banking, college admissions, and is a multilingual private translator and tutor with differing levels of proficiency in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, and French. She double majored and received her BA from College of the Holy Cross in French, Sociology/Anthropology with a concentration in International Studies and received an MBA from the University of Scranton. She received a certificate in International Security from Harvard’s Extension School and recently finished a Masters Degree in International Relations. She worked at East Stroudsburg University as a Professional Tutor for six years before moving to Brazil on a global assignment. She enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures and has been able to visit over 40 different countries. She now works as educator in the Stroudsburg School District. She is a native New Yorker currently residing in Pennsylvania with her husband and three children.
Event Details
Date: December 3rd
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom
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The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
Membership is free. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
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Money Matters: The Importance of Financial Literacy for Women Worldwide
This event took place on October 8th, 2022. You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube Channel.
Harvard Globalwe
Presents
Money Matters: The Importance of Financial Literacy for Women Worldwide
Join us on October 8th
Harvard GlobalWE is dedicated to the empowerment of women through education, dialogue and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide.
On October 8th, join us for this important panel discussion, which will present a global perspective on financial literacy for women and explore barriers faced by women worldwide to becoming financially literate and independent. We will discuss the following questions: Why do large disparities in knowledge, access to, and utilization of money exist between genders? How do the levels of financial literacy differ between countries? Is this a cultural or socioeconomic phenomenon? What is being done to address these discrepancies?
This panel event will feature three global speakers and our Programs Chair, Dr. Aarti Gupta, as moderator.
Saturday, October 8, 2022, 11 am ET, via Zoom.
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About our Panelists
Dharitri Patanaik
Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Dharitri Patnaik has more than twenty six years of experience working to empower some of the most vulnerable sections of the society, including women, children, and underprivileged people of India. Dharitri has worked on a variety of issues and across various sectors in the areas of international development, poverty alleviation, social reform, women & child development - both from a policy and advocacy perspective as well as developing and managing on-the-ground operational initiatives.
In 2014 she founded Humara Bachpan Trust, which works with people living in poverty spread over multiple cities and villages with 67,000 women and 1,35,000 children as active members.
In 2017 March she launched another new initiative called SAMBHAVI - Women’s empowerment with enterprise and employability. Since its initiation, more than 50,000 women working in informal sector have been trained in life skills and more than 3,000 women living in urban and rural poverty have been trained in skill development. Humara Bachpan Trust was awarded a Special Project to work with urban poor women by the National Skill Development Corporation and also a project for Recognition of Prior Learning of farmers in rural Odisha.
Dharitri is also the Chairperson of Diversified Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd a fast growing infrastructure company implementing various large scale industrial projects in Eastern India. Dharitri’s start up company Jivada Ventures Pvt Ltd is into hospitality and wellness.
Dharitri’s organization Humara Bachpan Trust won an international award as the Best Youth Act by Peace Jam Foundation One Billion Acts and she won the Inspire Award in 2020 for leadership. She was felicitated by Ministry of MSME, Govt of India for being a successful woman entrepreneur and mentoring other women. Dharitri was also awarded the John Kenneth Galbraith Fellowship in Harvard.
Dharitri is also the Founding Chairperson of the Bhubaneswar chapter of India’s leading women’s chamber of commerce - FICCI Ladies Organisation and National Initiative Heads for International Trade and Digital Literacy.
Dharitri has a Masters in Social work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, USA.
Özlem Denizmen
Özlem Denizmen is an entrepreneur, financial expert, fintech founder, and passionate advocate for women’s economic empowerment. Özlem is the Founder & CEO of Moneye, an app that to steer users away from “unnecessary” spending towards saving for their financial goals. She also founded Para Durumu, a multi-channel financial literacy initiative that produces interactive, user-oriented content to help people better manage their money and additionally Founder & Chair of FODER, a non-profit organisation that to improve financial education in Turkey. She holds an MBA in Financial Management from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Cornell University.
Beth Marcello
SVP and Director, Women’s Business Development, PNC Bank
As director of Women’s Business Development for PNC Bank, Beth Marcello is dedicated to accelerating women’s financial equality. Under her leadership, the bank trains, develops and supports a corps of more than 4,500 PNC-Certified Women’s Business Advocates – men and women bankers and advisors who offer a differentiated customer experience to women financial decision-makers across the PNC enterprise.
In addition, Marcello has been instrumental in the development of PNC’s Men As Allies program to accelerate women’s advancement, and serves on the working group of C&IB ForWARD (For Women’s Advancement, Recognition and Development).
Marcello’s impassioned support for women’s leadership is evident in her extracurricular activities as well. Currently, she chairs the Barbara McNees Spirit of Athena Scholarship committee, which awards an annual scholarship to an emerging women leader in the Pittsburgh region to attend the Carnegie Mellon Executive Leadership Academy: Strategies for Advancing Women in Business. She is a founding member of Pittsburgh’s first women-focused angel investment fund, Next Act Fund; a loan review committee member for InvestPGH, a Community Development Financial Institution; a board member and grant committee member of the Birmingham Foundation; an Emeritus Board member of the multi-generational mentoring organization Strong Women, Strong Girls; an advisory board member of the Women Presidents Organization; and an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches public and professional writing.
Before joining PNC in 2006, Marcello was president of PRwriting, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based firm that for nearly 20 years provided communications expertise to numerous companies and nonprofits. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Communications from Point Park University.
Aarti Gupta, Moderator
CIO, DBR Ventures, National Head FICCI FLO Startup Cell
Dr Aarti Gupta belongs to the promoter family of the Jagran group, a business house with interests spanning across media & communications, education, real estate and hosiery exports. Dr Gupta heads the investment strategy for the family office and is the Chief Investment Officer at DBR Ventures, an angel investing entity that invests in smart and transformative early-stage start-ups. She is an investor on India’s first reality start-up funding TV Show, Horses Stable. Named amongst the 22 Top Women Investors in the country by Inc42, she looks for companies with innovative and transformative solutions to problems that exist on a larger scale.
She is an immediate past Chairperson for FICCI FLO Kanpur and is currently serving as the National Head for FICCI FLO Start-ups, an ecosystem for women founders and funders, where she has been instrumental in bringing forward pertinent issues related to the growth of women entrepreneurs both at the state and national levels.
Dr Gupta holds a PhD in Economics from IIT, Kanpur, a post-graduate diploma in business studies from Harvard University, and a Master’s degree in Economics from Northeastern University. Further, she is on the board of Harvard Alumni for Global Women’s Empowerment, and on the board as the Advisor for Women’s Entrepreneurial Committee for Merchant Chamber of UP.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, October 8, 2022
Time: 11 am ET
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email. Click here to Register.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
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While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
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GlobalWE 2022 Movie Club: August Discussion on "The Dressmaker"
This event took place on August 7th, 2022. Registration is no longer open.
Harvard GlobalWE Movie Club
presents
The DressMaker
August 7th | 12 pm EST | Zoom
Join GlobalWE on August 7th at 12 p.m. EST for a discussion of the movie The Dressmaker (2015), which is available across a variety of platforms (Vudu, YouTube, Google, Amazon, Apple).
The Dressmaker is a 2015 Australian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Rosalie Ham.1 The Dressmaker tells the story of Tilly Dunnage who, after years of working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly.2 With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.3
1: Wikipedia 2: Amazon 3: IMDb
Event Registration: Please register on Zoom.
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Registered Participants
Upon completion of Zoom registration, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the Zoom meeting. Please be sure to watch the film prior to the live discussion.
Support the GlobalWE mission while in the comfort of your home!
Each quarter GlobalWE announces a new film that is widely available on platforms. We ask that you watch the film at your leisure from the comfort of your home and then join us online, on the given date, for a lively discussion. In our virtual gathering we will discuss the film, raise questions, and advance the mission of GlobalWE: the empowerment of women through education, dialogue and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide. We hope to see you then!
Event Details (Summer 2022 Movie Club)
Film: The Dressmaker
Date: August 7th
Time: 12 pm EST
Location: Virtual (online) event.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard University graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, we appreciate donations from members to support GlobalWE's programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE highly encourages our members to do their own reasearch before getting involved in any organization unaffiliated with Harvard. Harvard GlobalWE does not advocate a specific ideology or agenda; the views expressed and actions taken by the organizations listed on this page are independent of Harvard University and Harvard GlobalWE.
GlobalWE Connect Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat Series: Featuring CAMFED USA
GlobalWE Connect
Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat Series
featuring CAMFED USA
This event took place on June 25th, 2022. You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube Channel.
Join Harvard GlobalWE Connect for the third event in its Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat series featuring CAMFED USA and its Executive Director, Brooke Hutchinson.
Launched in 2021, the Fireside Chat series features dialogues with senior leaders of organizations serving women and girls worldwide and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in a rapidly-changing world.
The event will be held via Zoom on Saturday, June 25th at 12 pm ET.
About CAMFED (The Campaign for Female Education)
Since its founding in 1993, CAMFED catalyzes the power of the most vulnerable girls and young women to create the future they imagine: for themselves, for their communities, and for Africa. CAMFED USA’s office was established in 2006.
CAMFED is a pan-African movement, revolutionizing how girls’ education is delivered. Through a gold-standard system of accountability to the young people and communities weserve, we have created a model that radically improves girls’ prospects of becoming independent, influential women. Our impact increases exponentially through the association of young women educated with CAMFED’s support. Together, we multiply the number of girls in school, and accelerate their transition to secure livelihoods and leadership. Through the CAMFED Association, women are leading action on the big challenges their countries face - from child marriage, and girls’ exclusion from education, to climate change. This unique pan-African network of teachers, nurses, doctors, sustainable agriculture experts and entrepreneurs numbered nearly 208,000 by the beginning of 2022, and is growing every year as more girls complete school and join them. By the end of 2021, our collective efforts had already supported more than 5.5 million children to go to school across Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and millions more students have benefited from an improved educational environment across our partner schools.
For more information visit camfed.org and follow CAMFED across social media: @camfed
Registration is free, with a suggested donation of $10 to support GlobalWE programming.
GlobalWE Connect is an initiative that connects Harvard University alumni with organizations leading the way globally for women’s empowerment in the arts, social services, education, health, economic development, entrepreneurship, policy, STEM, and other fields. GlobalWE Connect provides a forum for discussion with these organizations and hosts a Women’s Empowerment Expo, which enables these organizations to engage with Harvard University alumni and students as well as professors, staff, and other members of the Harvard University community who seek internship, volunteer, mentorship, career exploration, and charitable giving opportunities.
Meet our Speaker
Brooke Hutchinson
Executive Director, CAMFED USA
Brooke joined CAMFED (the Campaign for Female Education) in July 2004, and went on to establish CAMFED USA’s office in San Francisco in 2006, where she serves as Executive Director. She was motivated to work in the field of girls’ education after studying in Kenya and conducting research on child growth stunting in the Gambia, witnessing first-hand the direct impact of mothers’ education levels on child and family health. Brooke holds a BA in Anthropology and Biology from the University of Colorado and an MPhil in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge.
Meet our Moderator
Wendy P. Barreno
Strategic Advisor
Wendy is an advocate for inclusion and social impact with experience across government, nonprofits, social service research, philanthropy, and the private sector. She has worked with a variety of organizations in education, health care, justice, housing, and workforce development both in the U.S. and internationally, including the Worker Education and Resource Center, Lab for Economic Opportunities, Results for America, I Have a Dream Foundation L.A., and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council in UNOPS. At the Arnold Foundation, Wendy developed a new portfolio in evidence-based policy totaling over $40M to minimize injustice, reduce poverty, and maximize opportunity. Wendy also served as Chief of Staff to an elected member of the Board of Education in the nation’s second largest school district, where priorities included personalizing education through smaller learning communities, building new schools, and renovating public school libraries and playgrounds. As an undergraduate, Wendy wrote her honors thesis on patient-centered maternity care and continues to advocate for the inclusion of historically disenfranchised voices, including women, people of color, and people experiencing poverty, in program design and public policy. Wendy holds a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was the Scott & Isabelle Black Fellow and awarded the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Paper Prize.
Event Details
Date: June 25th
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom
Other Details
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Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
Membership is free. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
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Harvard GlobalWE SIG Meet-up
Harvard Globalwe
SIG Meet-up
Join Harvard GlobalWE on June 4th
Just like the student organizations you may have engaged with in college, Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) connect you with fellow alumni from all over the globe who share your interests, experiences, cultures, professions, or avocations. During Harvard and Radcliffe College Reunions this June, many SIGs are hosting meet-up events, and all Harvard alumni are welcome to attend.
This year’s SIG meet-ups will be held throughout the day of Saturday, June 4. They will provide an opportunity to engage with fellow alumni and current SIG members.
Join Harvard GlobalWE in Harvard Hall 104 from 3-4 pm ET to learn about our SIG and our mission: the empowerment of women through education, dialogue and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide. We hope to see you in-person soon!
Register
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While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Harvard GlobalWE Connect 2022 Women's Empowerment Expo
Harvard GlobalWE Connect
2022 Women's Empowerment Expo
Our fifth Women's Empowerment Expo took place in April 2022. Recordings of the sessions are available on our YouTube Channel.
A two-part, virtual interactive event featuring organizations empowering women and girls in education and promoting healthy communities.
Saturday, April 23, 2022 | 12:00pm-2:00pm ET | Education Registration
Saturday, April 30, 2022 | 12:00pm-2:00pm ET | Healthy Communities Registration
Background and Expo Overview
Join Harvard Alumni for Global Women's Empowerment (Harvard GlobalWE) Connect for its fifth Women's Empowerment Expo and second Expo in a virtual format on April 23 and 30, 2022 featuring organizations leading the way for women's empowerment in education and promoting healthy communities worldwide.
Each Part of the Expo will consist of opening and keynote remarks from experts in the field; timed, interactive sessions that enable attendees to learn about participating organizations serving women and girls around the world and how they can volunteer or get involved with these organizations; an informal networking session with fellow attendees; and closing remarks. The Expo is intended to be informative, interactive, and fun.
In this year's Expo, there are over 20 participating organizations working across multiple continents.
Part 1: Sat, April 23rd at 12 pm ET featuring organizations focusing on education.
Part 2: Sat, April 30th at 12 pm ET featuring organizations promoting healthy communities.
Harvard GlobalWE Connect is an initiative that connects Harvard University alumni with organizations leading the way globally for women’s empowerment in the arts, social services, education, health, economic development, entrepreneurship, policy, STEM, and other fields.
The Women’s Empowerment Expo enables these organizations to engage with Harvard University alumni and students as well as professors, staff, members and Friends of GlobalWE, and other members of the Harvard University community who seek internship, volunteer, mentorship, career exploration, and charitable giving opportunities.
A note on cost: While we are very grateful to be able to offer the majority of our events for free to the GlobalWE and friends community, as a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, we rely on and welcome any assistance you can provide.
We suggest a donation of $10 for one Part or $20 for both Parts to support GlobalWE’s programming, which you can submit by clicking on the Donate button below.
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Event Details
Date:
Part 1: Saturday, April 23, 2022 (Education)
Part 2: Saturday, April 30, 2022 (Healthy Communities)
Time:
12:00pm - 2:00pm Eastern Time
Location:
Cost:
Suggested donation of $10 for each event. GlobalWE is grateful for donations from members to support its programming and initiatives. Please consider making any accompanying donation here to support our work:
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Panelists and Participating Organizations
Note: Please check back from time to time to view the list of participating organizations, which is being updated.
Part 1: Education Organizations, April 23, 2022
Keynote Speaker
David Evans, Senior Fellow Center for Global Development
David Evans is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he researches solutions in education, health, and social safety nets. Previously he was at the World Bank, where he co-authored the World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise, coordinated impact evaluation work for sub-Saharan Africa, and managed education projects in Brazil. His recent research includes “Girls’ Education at Scale,” “Gender Gaps in Education: The Long View,” and “What We Learn about Girls’ Education from Interventions that Do Not Focus on Girls.” He received a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. You can read more of his research on Twitter at @DaveEvansPhD.
Participating Organizations
Part 2: Healthy Communities Organizations, April 30, 2022
Keynote speaker
Dr. Bridget Msolomba Malewezi, medical doctor, public health practitioner, motivational speaker, activist & health columnist
A graduate of College of Medicine, University of Malawi & Emory University, Atlanta USA where she did a Master’s in Public Health with a focus on Global Health. She is currently a visiting Scientist & Harvard LEAD Fellow in the Department of Global Health & Population at Harvard T.H Chan School & Harvard Global Health Institute. She is also Vice President of the Malawi Chapter of Women in Global Health (WGH) as well as Acting Chair of the taskforce for the establishment of the Women Doctors Association of Malawi (WDAM). She is one of the founding members and former executive member/ chairperson of Public Relations and COVID Public Awareness for the Society of Medical Doctors Malawi (SMD).
She has worked in various capacities including Country Director for Seed Global Health Malawi focusing on health systems strengthening and Human Resources for Health (HRH). Prior to that she served in various roles including Program Manager at Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) providing technical assistance to several government departments on the introduction of new vaccines for childhood illnesses as well as reproductive health.
Her health column in the national newspaper is now in its 12th year and she has broadened this into social media pages on Facebook, Instagram & YouTube - ‘DrBonHealth’ - sharing information on health and most recently on COVID19. She is also the recipient of the inaugural “Woman of Substance” award for Medicine from Plan International Malawi and Pan African Learning and Growth Network in Feb 2022. In November 2020, she was awarded a Doctor of Excellence award by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Malawi (CPSM) in recognition for her dedication, leadership, and years of service to the medical fraternity. She also runs a private consulting and recruitment agency that supports students from Malawi find study placements abroad.
Participating Organizations
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Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact expo@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: During our events, we expect our participants to be respectful of one another's opinions and experiences.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
Membership is free. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
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Annual Harvard Global Networking Night
Harvard Globalwe
SAVE THE DATE
Harvard Global Networking Night
Join Harvard GlobalWE on March 16th
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Info coming soon
Event Details
Date: March 16, 2022
Time: TBA
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
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While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE Connect Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat Series: Featuring Women for Women International
GlobalWE Connect
Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat Series
Featuring Women for Women International
This event took place on March 12th, 2022. You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube Channel.
Join Harvard GlobalWE Connect for the second event in its Women's Empowerment Fireside Chat series, which was recently launched in 2021.
The Fireside Chat series features dialogues with senior leaders of organizations serving women and girls worldwide and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in a rapidly-changing world.
For the next event in this series, GlobalWE Founder Julie Gage Palmer will interview Laurie Adams, CEO of Women for Women International, an organization that for nearly 30 years has invested in the power of over 500,000 women who are forgotten — the women survivors of war and conflict — to learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities.
The event will be held via Zoom on Saturday, March 12th at 10:30 am ET.
About Women for Women International
Women for Women International invests in marginalized women in countries affected by conflict around the world. We believe that every woman has the right to determine the course of her life and reach her full potential. Women experience the burdens of war and civil strife very differently from men. In conflicted and post-conflict countries, women face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and vulnerability. We offer a constructive way for women to regain power over their lives through a program that combines informational training, skill building, and resource provision to yield tangible results. The strength and resiliency of each woman are what keep her children, her family, and herself moving forward every day. We build on that.
Registration is free, with a suggested donation of $10 to support GlobalWE programming.
GlobalWE Connect is an initiative that connects Harvard University alumni with organizations leading the way globally for women’s empowerment in the arts, social services, education, health, economic development, entrepreneurship, policy, STEM, and other fields. GlobalWE Connect provides a forum for discussion with these organizations and hosts a Women’s Empowerment Expo, which enables these organizations to engage with Harvard University alumni and students as well as professors, staff, and other members of the Harvard University community who seek internship, volunteer, mentorship, career exploration, and charitable giving opportunities.
Meet our Speaker
Laurie Adams
CEO, Women for Women International
Laurie Adams is the Chief Executive Officer of Women for Women International (WfWI), a leading global organization dedicated to working with women survivors of war. With more than 25 years of experience working in international development and human rights, Ms. Adams is an innovative leader, strategist, and gender rights advocate.
Prior to joining WfWI, Ms. Adams served as the Director of Women’s Rights for Oxfam in the United Kingdom leading communications, fundraising, program development, and advocacy of Oxfam’s women’s rights work. During her tenure, Ms. Adams created high-level partnerships with government leaders and multinational corporations and, under her leadership, Oxfam doubled its financial commitment to women’s rights.
Previously, Ms. Adams managed Oxfam’s country programs in three African regions, where she played a pivotal role transforming the governance and management structure of the confederation. In each role, she was accountable for several hundred staff in up to 11 countries, including countries where WfWI currently works. Ms. Adams joined Oxfam after eight years at ActionAid International leading efforts to measure impact, strengthen learning, and build accountability for over 40 countries.
Ms. Adams’ philanthropic contributions include voluntary board service with emerging non-governmental organizations in South Africa and Brazil. As the chair of the founding board for The Other Foundation in South Africa, Ms. Adams launched a community foundation model to catalyze local philanthropy after securing matching funds from The Atlantic Philanthropies. In addition, she served as a director on the boards of The Forum for the Empowerment of Women in South Africa, and ActionAid Brazil.
Ms. Adams holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy Management from the University of London, a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Women’s Rights from Dartmouth College, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.
Meet our Moderator
Julie Gage Palmer
Founder and President Emeritus, Harvard GlobalWE
Julie Gage Palmer AB ’84 is a founder and past president of Harvard GlobalWE, longstanding Director of the Harvard Club of Chicago, a current member of the Harvard Alumni Association Schools and Scholarships Committee, and a former Harvard Alumni Association Elected Director. In her current GlobalWE role, she coordinates a global essay contest giving voice to students concerned about challenges facing women and girls around the world. A former lecturer in law at University of Chicago Law School, Palmer is the co-author of The Ethics of Human Gene Therapy and has written extensively on medical ethics.
Event Details
Date: March 12th
Time: 10:30 am ET
Location: Zoom
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Annual Student/Alumni Roundtable, Invest in Her: Women Creating Impact Through Entrepreneurship
This event took place on February 19th, 2022. You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube Channel.
Harvard Globalwe
Annual student/Alumni Roundtable
Invest in Her:
Women Creating Impact Through Entrepreneurship
Join Harvard GlobalWE on Feburary 19th
Harvard GlobalWE is dedicated to the empowerment of women through education, dialogue and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide.
Every year we organize a Roundtable discussion to encourage dialogue on pertinent topics affecting women worldwide and to bring together our student and alumni communities.
As women entrepreneurs represent about one in three growth-oriented entrepreneurs active in the world today; and women’s entrepreneurship is a fundamental promoting factor of inclusive economic growth in developing economies, this year our Roundtable topic is
“Invest in Her: Women Creating Impact Through Entrepreneurship."
This discussion will involve women entrepreneurs as well as women investors and their insights on how to promote and continue this growth
Saturday, February 19, 2022, 10 am EST, via Zoom
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About our Speakers
Panel 1: Founders
Rebekah Bastian
CEO and Co-Founder at OwnTrail, Author of Blaze Your Own Trail, Forbes Contributor
Rebekah Bastian is an entrepreneur, award-winning writer, artist, tech executive, mentor, wife, mother and aerial acrobat. She is the CEO & Co-founder of OwnTrail and was previously vice president of product and vice president of community and culture at Zillow. Rebekah is the author of Blaze Your Own Trail, is a contributor to Forbes and an investor and advisor to AuthenTech companies.
Serena Fan
Founder + Executive Director at Hong Kong Children's Discovery Museum
Serena Fan founded Hong Kong Children's Discovery Museum (HKCDM), the first of its kind in the city, which aims to promote child-led, learning through play experiences for families with children 10 years old and under. Since opening in the fall of 2018, HKCDM has welcomed more than 82,000 visitors and provided over 240 school visits. HKCDM is a member of the Association of Children's Museums.
Serena is an experienced and passionate early childhood educator who believes that young children should be provided ample time, space, and opportunities to develop their innate curiosities. Prior to HKCDM, her professional experiences were in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, working in classroom settings, education management, and providing educational consultations to families. Serena was awarded as a Gen.T Leader of Tomorrow for shaping Asia’s future in 2020.
Serena holds a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Bachelor of Child Development and International Relations from Tufts University. She is also a licensed teacher in Massachusetts, USA.
Tanya Menendez
Co-Founder and CEO, Snowball Wealth
Tanya Menendez is the Co-Founder and CEO of Snowball Wealth, a platform that provides a free student loan plan and helps users save an average of $6K. Snowball Wealth's mission is to empower people to make financial progress and the platform also provides free resources on debt, saving, and investing. Before Snowball, Menendez co-founded Maker’s Row, an online marketplace used by over 200K businesses. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she worked at Goldman Sachs and Google. Menendez has been included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List and named one of People en Español’s Most Powerful Latinas, and PopMechanic’s 25 Makers Who Are Reinventing the American Dream.
Aarti Gupta, Moderator
CIO, DBR Ventures, National Head FICCI FLO Startup Cell
Dr Aarti Gupta belongs to the promoter family of the Jagran group, a business house with interests spanning across media & communications, education, real estate and hosiery exports. Dr Gupta heads the investment strategy for the family office and is the Chief Investment Officer at DBR Ventures, an angel investing entity that invests in smart and transformative early-stage start-ups. She is an investor on India’s first reality start-up funding TV Show, Horses Stable. Named amongst the 22 Top Women Investors in the country by Inc42, she looks for companies with innovative and transformative solutions to problems that exist on a larger scale.
She is an immediate past Chairperson for FICCI FLO Kanpur and is currently serving as the National Head for FICCI FLO Start-ups, an ecosystem for women founders and funders, where she has been instrumental in bringing forward pertinent issues related to the growth of women entrepreneurs both at the state and national levels.
Dr Gupta holds a PhD in Economics from IIT, Kanpur, a post-graduate diploma in business studies from Harvard University, and a Master’s degree in Economics from Northeastern University. Further, she is on the board of Harvard Alumni for Global Women’s Empowerment, and on the board as the Advisor for Women’s Entrepreneurial Committee for Merchant Chamber of UP.
Panel 2: Entrepreneurs
Ebru Dorman
Non-Executive Director and Investor
Ebru Dorman has been Chairwoman and Director since 2015 on a diverse range of boards from large corporates to technology companies and NGOs. She has over 25 years of executive experience in Europe and Asia with leading companies such as McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, Orange, Maxis and MV Holding. She currently holds Non-Executive Board Member roles at HSBC Bank Turkey, Borusan Logistics and Saran Group.
Ebru has been in Venture Capital since 2000, first as an entrepreneur then at Morgan Stanley Strategic Ventures and Orange Ventures, investing across Europe and US. During 2015-2000, she's been Chairwoman of StartersHub, a seed stage fund and accelerator. Ebru is an angel investor in Wellness, Biotech, Industry 4.0, Fintech and Digital Life startups under the umbrella of Dorman Capital. She is a long term mentor to entrepreneurs of all ages; social impact, wellbeing and personal growth enthusiast.
Ebru has an MBA from Harvard Business School (’99) and MSc in Industrial Engineering from UC Berkeley (’95).
Linda Greub
Managing Partner, Avestria Ventures
Over 30+ years, Linda has invested in public and private life science companies as an institutional investor, a corporate M&A executive, a hedge fund analyst, and a private venture investor; she's held roles at companies including Essex Investment Management, Banc of America Securities, Novartis Diagnostics, Applied Biosystems (sold to Life Technologies Corp.) as well as at venture-backed life science companies such as VitaPath Genetics, Singulex, Raindance Technologies (sold to Bio-Rad), and Linkage Biosciences (sold to Thermo Fisher). Her areas of expertise includes finance, operations, and mergers and acquisitions and, within the life sciences specifically, diagnostics, genomics, healthcare services, and life science tools. In 2019, she co-founded Avestria Ventures, which invests in early-stage women's health and female-led life science ventures; Avestria closed its first fund in June 2021 after the acquisition of Alydia by Organon and Uqora by Pharmavite.
Sara Crown Star
Startup Business Advisor; President, SCS Innovations
Sara Crown Star is an accomplished Startup Business Advisor with expertise in vetting ideas, creating roadmaps, and building connections for viable products and services with social impact. As President of SCS Innovations, Sara backs entrepreneurs to advance new healthcare products, new technologies and higher education initiatives. After graduating from Georgetown Law, Sara practiced law for a number of years in NYC and Chicago. She then served on ten not-for profit boards over 25 years focusing on governance, strategy, operations and programming. In recent years, Sara pivoted into the entrepreneurial world as an angel investor and serving on the boards of Thinx, a feminine hygiene company, Advanced Absorbent Technologies, an early stage consumer products company, and 1871, Chicago’s entrepreneurial hub. In addition, Sara serves as a judge for the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge, and recently graduated with an Executive MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. Along the way, Sara launched the Business Skills Program at Georgetown University Law Center, the Star Fellows Cantorial Program at Hebrew Union College and the Bazelon Fellowship at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. Sara enjoys being creative, being a connector and is delighted to be a panelist for Harvard GlobalWE.
Hannah Frazer, Moderator
Event Details
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2022
Time: 10 am EST
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email. Click here to Register.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
Impact of Migration on Women: Perspectives from Latin America
This event took place on January 22nd, 2022. You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube Channel.
Impact of Migration on Women:
Perspectives from Latin America
Join Harvard GlobalWE in collaboration with the American Bar Association
for a Virtual Conversation on January 22nd
Impact of Migration on Women: Perspectives from Latin America.
Today an estimated one billion people around the world are migrants – one in seven people. Over time, policymakers have tried to understand how these mass movements affect societies, economies, security, and sustainability. Women comprise almost half of the international migration population and there is a greater need to ensure that their rights are upheld. It is important to better protect migrant women and girls from gender based discrimination, abuse, and violations at all stages of migration, and fulfill their human rights.
Latin America today faces one of the largest mass migrations. More than 5.5 million refugees and migrants have left Venezuela of which 4.6 million now live in the Latin American region. It is important to understand the gravity of this situation and how it affects the lives of women from an intersectional point of view. Through this webinar, GlobalWE will host a discussion to better understand the current situation and possible solutions from our expert panel.
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 12 pm EST, via Zoom
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Raquel E. Aldana joined UC Davis in 2017 to serve as the inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity with a law faculty appointment. She returned to full time law teaching in 2020.
Aldana is a graduate of Arizona State University (earning a bachelor’s degree in English and another in Spanish) and Harvard Law School. She was a professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before joining the McGeorge School of Law faculty in 2009. From 2006 to 2007, Aldana was a Fulbright Scholar in Guatemala.
Aldana’s research has focused on transitional justice, criminal justice reforms and sustainable development in Latin America, as well as immigrant rights. Her most recent publications include a chapter in a forthcoming Springer book titled A Long Term Vision on Faculty Diversity at UC Davis in UPROOTING BIAS IN THE ACADEMY and a law review article titled A Look Back at the Warren Court’s Due Process Revolution through the Lens of Immigrants as part of the 2019 University of the Pacific Law Review Symposium Volume on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Warren Court. Her most recent books include a co-edited volume titled From Extraction to Emancipation: Development Reimagined, published by Carolina Academic Press and the American Bar Association. Aldana also finished the second edition of Understanding Immigration Law with Dean Kevin Johnson and Professors Bill Ong Hing, Enid Trucio-Haynes and Leticia Saucedo.
Aldana teaches criminal law, asylum and refugee law and immigration law. She has also taught international human rights, lawyering for immigrants, “crimmigration,” criminal law and procedure, international labor law, Latin American comparative law, international public law, international human rights, statutes and regulations, and specialized courses such as the Central American migration corridor and the Comparative Perspectives on Force Migration in the Americas.
Since starting at UC Davis, Aldana has received numerous awards including the American Bar Association Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, the UC Davis Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and Community and the UC Davis Office of Research and Policy for Equity Ubuntu Award for Inspiring Social Change. In 2019, Aldana was selected as an inaugural fellow of the Hispanic Association Colleges and Universities’ Academia de Liderazgo. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute (ALI), widely considered the nation's preeminent law reform organization.
In June 2018 Chancellor May invited Aldana to join a task force to help UC Davis become a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). The HSI Taskforce submitted a report forging a vision with concrete steps on how UC Davis can become a premier Hispanic Serving R1 land grant institution. Aldana was also selected in 2018 to the inaugural UCOP President’s Chicano/Latino Advisory Council. She was recently elected as Chair of Latin American and Caribbean Council of the ABA’s Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI) and as a member of the the ROLI BOARD, and is serving a second term to the Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline. Aldana is a Fellow of the American Bar Association and previously served as the co-president of the Society of American Law Teachers.
Milena Montenegro
Gender and Social inclusion Advisor, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
Ms. Montenegro is a psychologist, specialist in social policy, with a focus on gender studies and public policies for migrant populations. Currently, she is the Gender and Social inclusion Advisor for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in Bogota, Colombia. She has extensive experience leading projects on Gender and Social Inclusion focused on strengthening local governments and supporting initiatives lead by civil society organizations. In recent years Ms. Montenegro has supported initiatives focused on improving institutional responses regarding migrant populations, including designing tools and methodologies aimed at mitigating violence perpetuated against vulnerable groups including women, LGBTI population and migrant children, and strengthening protections and restitution of rights for migrants in Colombia. Ms. Montenegro is the creator of the Podcast, Mental Health Pills in Quarantine, which provides migrant women confined by COVID 19, information on how to access social and legal services in cases involving gender violence.
Senior Technical Advisor, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
Rebecca A. Shoot is an international lawyer and democracy and governance practitioner with 15 years of experience in the non-governmental, inter-governmental, and private sectors supporting democratic processes and judicial institutions.
In nearly a decade with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), she held numerous positions in headquarters and the field supporting and leading democracy and governance programs in Central and Eastern Europe and Southern and East Africa. She was the lead for Parliaments & Parties at UK-based Global Partners Governance and consulted with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) before taking on a leadership role steering NDI’s Governance projects globally and directing programming for the bipartisan House Democracy Partnership of the U.S. House of Representatives. Most recently, Rebecca created a global parliamentary campaign for Democratic Renewal and Human Rights as Senior Advisor to Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), an international network of legislators committed to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Prior to that, she directed PGA’s International Law and Human Rights Programme and ran PGA’s office in The Hague.
Rebecca’s legal expertise is in international criminal, humanitarian, and human rights law. She served as a Visiting Professional in the Presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has provided pro bono legal expertise to The Carter Center, International Refugee Assistance Project, United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, and U.S. Marine Corps University, where she helped develop the international humanitarian law curriculum. She is a member of the Coalition for the ICC and ICC Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association, and frequently speaks on topics related to public international law.
Rebecca earned a Juris Doctorate with Honors from Emory University School of Law, where she received several academic distinctions, including the David J. Bederman Fellowship in International Law and Conley-Ingram Scholarship for Public Interest Leadership. She earned a Master of Science in Democracy & Democratisation from University College London School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude in Political Science from Kenyon College. She holds certificates in Conflict Analysis from the U.S. Institute of Peace and in Public International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law.
Rebecca’s publications include the first Global Parliamentary Report (IPU & UNDP 2012), Political Parties in Democratic Transitions (DIPD 2012), and Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis: How the International Criminal Court Turned Restraint Into Power Play (Emory Int’l L. Rev. 2018), which was honored with the Emory International Law Review’s Founder’s Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing. She currently is working with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict on policy recommendations for the Biden Administration to enhance the United States’ approach to mass atrocity prevention.
In her free time, Rebecca serves as Co-Convener of the Washington Working Group for the International Criminal Court (WICC), a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, legal associations, former government officials, and leading legal professionals. She also acts, directs, and writes for the theater; and moonlights as personal assistant to Mackers, a global influencer and five-year-old Jack Russell terrierist.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2022
Time: 12 pm EST
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email. Click here to Register.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard University graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
The Joy of Chocolate - From "Bean" to Bar
This event took place on January 19th, 2022. Registration is no longer open.
The Joy of Chocolate - From "Bean" to Bar
Join the Harvard Club of Chicago & Harvard GlobalWE for a
Virtual Conversation and Tasting with
Chocolate Industry Leader Valerie Beck (AB 90, JD 96)
Please note: If you wish to partake in the "tasting" component, please purchase the "Woman-Owned" Set at the Chocolate Uplift Etsy Shop. Further details on shipping and pickup options below. To receive your chocolates in time for the event, please order at least 7 business days in advance for US shipping.
The Joy of Chocolate - From "Bean" to Bar
Join chocolate expert Valerie Beck (BA '90, JD '96), founder of the original chocolate tours and of Chocolate Uplift distribution and consulting, as she takes us on a virtual trip from cocoa bean to chocolate bar, focusing on the rise of "craft" or "bean-to-bar" chocolate, and spotlighting woman chocolate makers.
We'll look at how cacao is harvested, fermented, dried, roasted, ground, and more, on its journey to becoming chocolate. We'll discuss how to choose chocolate consciously, how to enjoy fine chocolate, and why chocolate was always a beverage, never a bar, for the Aztec, Maya, and Olmec people, as we look ahead to the future of one of the most beloved foods in the world.
Questions Valerie will answer include: What do you look for when choosing chocolate, such as price, ethics, cacao country of origin, cacao percentage, attractiveness of wrapper, something else? What do you think are ways to ensure that chocolate and other foods and industries contain no human rights abuses or environmentally harmful practices? And, much of taste is memory. What is your first memory of chocolate?
To partake in the "tasting" component, please purchase the "Woman-Owned" Set at the Chocolate Uplift Etsy Shop. Note: Online orders should be placed within 7 business days of the event! For non-U.S. ordering or for pickup in downtown Chicago, please Email Valerie. The pickup comes with free Golden Age cookies!
Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 6:30 pm EST, via Zoom
Register
Register: Please register via the Harvard Club of Chicago's Website.
Please note, this event is complimentary forHCC Members, Harvard GlobalWE members, and Harvard Alumni and $10 for GlobalWE friends.
Please register via the Harvard Club of Chicago's Website here
About the Speaker
Valerie Beck, AB’90, JD’96
Founder and CEO, Chocolate Uplift
Chocolate expert Valerie Beck is a pioneering entrepreneur in chocolate and hospitality. Valerie created the original Chicago Chocolate Tours, which she expanded to 4 cities across the US, grew to 50 employees, and ran for 10 years, educating and entertaining tens of thousands of people about the history, health benefits, production, and selection of first-class chocolate. Valerie’s business Chocolate Uplift currently brokers and distributes bean-to-bar chocolate made by craft artisan chocolate makers, and provides consulting services to cacao growers and chocolate makers, always with a focus on ethical chocolate and sustainability. In fact, her 5 Ss of first-class craft chocolate are: slavery-free, soy-free and industrial additive-free, sustainable, small-batch, and scrumptious!
A Chicago native, Valerie graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. After practicing law in Europe and the US, she founded the chocolate tours and Chocolate Uplift, and is also a popular speaker, writer, chocolate show judge, and media personality.
She started the Chocolate Freedom Project to end child slave labor on the cacao farms that produce cocoa beans for big chocolate brands, and supports formerly trafficked kids at a West African rescue center. She has also taught as an adjunct professor at Kendall College and UCLA Extension, spreading chocolate knowledge to new generations, and continues to work with students through her virtual tutoring business Valerie’s Infinity Tutoring.
Valerie’s mission is Uplift Through Chocolate, because chocolate can improve our mood and the world! Click here for more information about Valerie and Chocolate Uplift.
Recommended reading for those interested in learning more!
The True History of Chocolate, by Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe
Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa, by Órla Ryan
Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love, by Simran Sethi
Chocolat, by Joanne Harris
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann
Blog post on Tanzania cacao and my 5 Ss of first-class craft chocolate, by Valerie Beck
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Time: 6:30-8:00pm EST (1.5 hours long)
Location: Virtual (online) event. Meeting info will be in your registration confirmation email. Click here to Register.
Cost:
HCC Members, Harvard GlobalWE members, and Harvard Alumni - Complimentary
General Public - $10
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, Harvard GlobalWE accepts donations from members to support its programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE 2022 Movie Club: January Discussion on "Dangal"
Harvard GlobalWE Movie Club
presents
DANGAL
January 8th | 12 pm EST | Zoom
This event took place on January 8th, 2022. Registration is no longer open.
Event Registration: Please register on Zoom.
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Registered Participants
Upon completion of Zoom registration, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the Zoom meeting. Please be sure to watch the film prior to the live discussion.
Join GlobalWE on January 8th at 12 p.m. EST for a discussion of the movie Dangal (2016), which is available on Netflix.
This discussion will kick off our 2022 Movie Club series.
"Dangal is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, written by Tiwari, Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain and Nikhil Mehrotra, and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao under Aamir Khan Productions with Siddharth Roy Kapur producing the original Hindi version under the Disney banner and the dubbed local and overseas versions under the UTV Motion Pictures banner. The film stars Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class female wrestlers."
Support the GlobalWE mission while in the comfort of your home!
Each month GlobalWE announces a new film that is widely available on platforms. We ask that you watch the film at your leisure from the comfort of your home and then join us online, on the given date, for a lively discussion. In our virtual gathering we will discuss the film, raise questions, and advance the mission of GlobalWE: the empowerment of women through education, dialogue and connection among individuals working for women's rights and freedoms worldwide. We hope to see you then!
Event Details (November Movie Club)
Film: Dangal
Date: January 8th
Time: 12 pm EST
Location: Virtual (online) event.
Cost: FREE for Harvard College students, Harvard University graduate students, alumni, affiliates, staff & guests
Other Details
Questions: If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact us at info@harvardglobalwe.org.
Views: Harvard Alumni For Global Women's Empowerment 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 political or cultural agenda. We are an inclusive organization with membership open to and comprising all genders.
While membership is free, we appreciate donations from members to support GlobalWE's programs and initiatives. To become a member of Harvard GlobalWE, please JoinWE. To learn more, please visit our website and our Facebook group.
The views expressed during our events are solely those of the speaker(s) and participating audience and do not imply endorsement by Harvard GlobalWE and/or Harvard University.
GlobalWE highly encourages our members to do their own reasearch before getting involved in any organization unaffiliated with Harvard. Harvard GlobalWE does not advocate a specific ideology or agenda; the views expressed and actions taken by the organizations listed on this page are independent of Harvard University and Harvard GlobalWE.