Women, Equity, and Global Development Forum

Past Events

Monday 07/20/20 01:00 pm
LIVE STREAM: Building a More Inclusive Foreign Service

Barbara Bodine, Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University; Reuben Brigety, Vice Chancellor and President, Sewanee: The University of the South; Capricia Penavic Marshall, President, Global Engagement Strategies, LLC
Wednesday 06/17/20 11:00 am
VIRTUAL: Workshop on Bridging the Research Gap for Inclusive R&D

Katelyn Jones, ACLS/Mellon Public Fellow, Women, Peace, and Security
Wednesday 06/10/20 03:30 pm
LIVE STREAM: Confronting Systemic Racism and Inequity

Helene Gayle, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Chicago Community Trust; Jonathan Metzl, Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University; Andrea Zopp, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Business Chicago
Tuesday 05/26/20 10:00 am
LIVE STREAM: Former Norwegian Prime Minister Brundtland on Pandemic Leadership

Gro Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of Norway; Former Director-General, World Health Organization
Wednesday 05/13/20 05:00 pm
LIVE STREAM: Former New Zealand Prime Minister Clark on Multilateralism and COVID-19

Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand
Tuesday 05/12/20 11:00 am
LIVE STREAM: Playing Fair by Embracing Gender Equity in Sport

Oksana Masters, United States Paralympian, Multi-Sport; Alysia Montaño, United States Olympian, Track & Field; Mike Whan, Commissioner, Ladies Professional Golf Association
Monday 04/20/20 10:00 am
LIVE STREAM: WHO COVID-19 Special Envoy David Nabarro, MD, on Lessons in Leadership

David Nabarro, Special Envoy of the World Health Organization Director-General on COVID-19
Wednesday 04/15/20 12:00 pm
LIVE STREAM: Gender and Humanitarian Dimensions of COVID-19

Jocelyn Kelly, Founding Director, Gender, Rights, and Resilience, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative ; Dorri McWhorter, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago; Roya Rahmani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States of America
Monday 03/02/20 12:00 pm
Tina Brown on Women, Politics, and Leadership

Tina Brown, Founder and CEO, Tina Brown Live Media, Women in the World
Monday 11/25/19 05:30 pm
Mona Eltahawy on The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Mona Eltahawy, Author and Journalist
Thursday 10/03/19 05:30 pm
Agnes Binagwaho on Reimagining Global Health Equity in Rwanda

Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
Tuesday 09/17/19 08:30 am
Women, Equity, and Global Development Symposium 2019
Tuesday 05/14/19 05:30 pm
Check the Label - Brands as Sustainability Ambassadors

John Edelman, Managing Director, Global Engagement and Corporate Responsibility, Edelman; James Ossman, Senior Director, Workplace and Strategic Sourcing, Etsy ; Céline Semaan Vernon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Slow Factory and The Library Study Hall
Monday 04/29/19 10:00 am
Personal Identity, Gender, and Journalism in the Middle East

Amira Hass, Journalist, Haaretz
Thursday 03/07/19 10:00 am
International Women's Day: Exclusive Member Call

Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, Georgetown University
Thursday 01/17/19 05:30 pm
Pandemic Panic: Protecting an Interconnected World

Ron Klain, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Revolution LLC; Anita Patel, Senior Advisor, Pandemic Medical Care and Countermeasures, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Monday 12/17/18 06:45 pm
Humanitarian Action and Rule of Law - President's Club Gold Dinner

Alka Pradhan, Human Rights Counsel, Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions; Anne C. Richard, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service; Paul Wise, Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society, Stanford University School of Medicine
Monday 12/17/18 05:30 pm
Blurred Lines: Humanitarian Action and Rule of Law

Alka Pradhan, Human Rights Counsel, Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions; Anne C. Richard, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service; Paul Wise, MD, Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society, Stanford University School of Medicine
Wednesday 10/24/18 05:30 pm
Let’s Talk About Funds: Empowering Women Through Financial Literacy

Mary Kay Devine, Director of Community Initiatives, Women Employed; Emily Green, Financial Advisor, Ellevest; Lindsey Stanberry, Work & Money Director, Refinery29
Tuesday 09/18/18 08:30 am
Global Health and Development Symposium 2018
Friday 04/06/18 12:00 pm
Ending Gender-Based Violence

Lina Khalifeh, Founder of SheFighter, Vital Voices Fellow; Samar Minallah Khan, Founder and Director, Ethnomedia; Alyse Nelson, President and CEO, Vital Voices
Thursday 03/08/18 12:00 pm
International Women's Day: Tech Trailblazers For Social Good

Emily Church, Director of Strategy and Impact, XPRIZE; Roya Mahboob, Founder and Executive Director, Digital Citizen Fund
Wednesday 01/10/18 05:30 pm
Refugees, Migrants, and People on the Move

Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner, Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva; Kathleen Newland, Senior Fellow and Cofounder, Migration Policy Institute
Wednesday 11/08/17 05:00 pm
Bending the Arc towards Global Health Equity

Paul Farmer, MD, Cofounder, Partners In Health; Cori Shepherd Stern, Producer and Writer, Bending the Arc
Wednesday 10/11/17 05:30 pm
Combatting Human Trafficking

Dick Durbin, Opening Remarks: United States Senator, Illinois; Marian Hatcher, Senior Project Manager, Human Trafficking Coordinator, Cook County Sheriff’s Office; Rochelle Keyhan , Director of Disruption Strategies, Polaris
Thursday 09/28/17 05:30 pm
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs through Inclusive Finance

Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Founder and Former Managing Director, Grameen Bank
Friday 09/22/17 08:00 am
Global Health and Development Symposium 2017: Empowerment for Global Good
Thursday 04/27/17 06:00 pm
The Global LGBTQ Rights Movement

Frank Mugisha, Executive Director, Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG)
Friday 03/10/17 08:30 am
International Women's Day and Global Health Symposium 2017: Innovation for Healthy Futures

Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Education; Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Muslim Girl; Gabo Arora, Creative Director and Senior Advisor, United Nations; Founder and President, LightShed; Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo; Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture; And other participants
Tuesday 01/17/17 06:00 pm
Syria: An Inside View on the Humanitarian Crisis

Dr. Samer Attar, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Northwestern Medicine and Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Becky Carroll, President and CEO, C-Strategies LLC; Dr. M. Zaher Sahloul, MD, Founder, American Relief Coalition for Syria; Senior Advisor, Syrian American Medical Society
Tuesday 11/01/16 12:00 pm
Election 2016 and the Global Women's Movement

Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder and President, Women's Learning Partnership; Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture; Ellen Chesler, Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Friday 10/14/16 12:00 pm
Facing Extremism Through Sport in Pakistan

Maria Toorpakai Wazir, Professional Squash Player
Thursday 09/22/16 12:00 pm
Sustainable Development Goals: Where Are We Now?

Laura Alonso, Secretary of Public Ethics, Transparency and Anti-Corruption, Anti-Corruption Office of Argentina; Alyse Nelson, President and CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership; Rosana Schaack, Founder and Executive Director, Touching Humanity In Need of Kindness
Wednesday 05/11/16 05:30 pm
The First 1,000 Days: Shaping the Future

Tom Arnold, Director General, Institute of International and European Affairs; Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture
Monday 05/02/16 11:45 am
A Healthier System: Investing in Resource Limited Countries

Dr. Vanessa Kerry, CEO, Seed Global Health
Monday 04/11/16 11:45 am
Education for All: Eradicating Global Illiteracy

Christie Vilsack, Senior Advisor for International Education, USAID
Friday 03/04/16 07:30 am
The Health of the Next Generation

Jamie C. Amelio, Founder and CEO, Caring for Cambodia; Anna Blue, Deputy Director, Girl Up (UN Foundation); Lori DiPrete Brown, Director, 4W Women and Wellbeing Initiative, UW-Madison; Melissa Gilliam, Founder and director, Ci3 ; Alexis Glick, CEO, GENYOUth Foundation; And other participants
Wednesday 01/27/16 05:30 pm
Another Word for Beauty

Meade Palidofsky, Founder and Artistic Director, Storycatchers Theatre; Nischa Pieris, Gender Specialist, Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States; Neli Vazquez-Rowland , President and Co-Founder, A Safe Haven Foundation
Thursday 12/10/15 11:45 am
An Environmental Warrior: The Story of Mama Aleta

Aleta Baun, Indonesian Conservationist and Activist; Regan Pritzker, Board of Directors, The Libra Foundation; Board of Directors, Global Greengrants Fund
Thursday 12/03/15 07:30 am
Health Care on the Frontlines

Elikem Tomety Archer, Senior Director, International Partnerships and Programs, AmeriCares; Susan M. Blaustein, Executive Director, WomenStrong International ; Verónica Arroyave, Director, Corporate Responsibility, AbbVie Foundation (moderator)
Tuesday 10/20/15 11:45 am
Shaping the World Around Them: Women in the 21st Century

Kim K. Azzarelli, Chair and Co-Founder, Avon Global Center for Women and Justice; Partner, Seneca Point Global and Co-Founder, Seneca Women; Melanne Verveer , Former US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues; Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security
Tuesday 10/13/15 11:45 am
Anne-Marie Slaughter on Women, Men, Work, and Family

Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New America; Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University, Professor Emerita Princeton University
Wednesday 05/20/15 11:45 am
Assessing Impact: Helene Gayle on Global Challenges

Helene Gayle, President and CEO, CARE USA; Katherine Pickus, Divisional Vice President, Global Citizenship & Policy, Abbott Laboratories
Thursday 04/23/15 05:30 pm
Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution

Mona Eltahawy, Journalist
Friday 03/06/15 07:30 am
Women's Health: Rewriting the Goals

Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers; Susan Davis, President and CEO, BRAC USA; Jason Glaser, CEO, La Isla Foundation ; Douglas Jackson, President and CEO, Project C.U.R.E.; Harley Jones, Regional Chief Operating Officer, American Red Cross; Emerging Leader, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; And other participants
Tuesday 02/10/15 11:45 am
Investing in Women: Understanding the Gender Gap

Vicki Escarra, Chief Executive Officer, Opportunity International; Laura Ferris Anderson, Managing Director, Chief Of Staff in the Office to Midwest Chairman, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Wednesday 10/15/14 05:30 pm
New Aid in a New Age: Understanding International Development

Nicholas Kristof, Author and Columnist, The New York Times; Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture
Wednesday 10/08/14 12:00 pm
Joyce Banda on a New Path for Africa

Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda, Former President of the Republic of Malawi
Monday 09/22/14 11:45 am
Women in Washington: Off the Sidelines

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator (D-NY); Michelle R. Seitz, Partner, and Head of William Blair Investment Management
Thursday 03/06/14 07:30 am
International Women's Day Global Health Symposium 2014

Marca Bristo, President and CEO, Access Living ; Barbara Bush, CEO and Cofounder, Global Health Corps ; Maya Cohen, Executive Director, Globemed ; Dr. Judith Epstein, MD, CAPT, MC, USN, Clinical Director, Malaria Vaccine Development Program, Naval Medical Research Center; Alexis Ettinger, Director, Social Innovation, Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University; And other participants
Friday 03/08/13 08:00 am
International Women's Day Global Health Symposium 2013

Maya Cohen, Executive Director, GlobeMed; Jennifer Gottesfeld, US Program Director, Global Health Corps; Angela Heimburger, Executive Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry & Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Chicago; Candace Lew, MD, MPH, Senior Technical Advisor for Contraception, Pathfinder International; His Excellency Stephen Lewis, Codirector, AIDS-Free World; And other participants

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