When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace – Jimi Hendrix In our last episode of the Courageous Conversation series, our speakers discuss the role that love in breaking the destructive cycle of hate, racism, and patriarchy that our world seems to be stuck in. Their reflection on ...
In 2004, Anna Fels wrote an article in Harvard Business Review posing the question, do women lack ambition? Research shows that when women are young (when they are girls), they have big dreams that they often relinquish because of our society’s expectations and the pressure to conform to traditional gender roles. We talk with three ...
What does it mean for women leaders to cross borders and build bridges between their new community and their homeland? What are the challenges and what are the opportunities? What is the overall impact of this cross-fertilization process when it comes to social change? The number of international migrants is at a high point. In ...
In this Courageous Conversation, we explored how to best harness the transformative power of local leadership. Globally, there is a growing recognition that Global South community leaders, often labeled “local leaders,” hold the key to effective and sustainable systemic development. The experience of the participants of the Girl Child Long Walk Kenya Reading Journey illustrates ...
World leaders have been calling for a renewed focus on gender equality as girls’ and women’s issues have suffered serious setbacks during the pandemic. How do young people in Africa relate to gender equality? Do they connect it to faith? How do they think that they should and could be involved in changing the status ...
In this Courageous Conversation, we reflected on the status of women leaders in faith communities in Africa and the U.S. and discussed their impact on both faith communities and on our overall society. Why can it be difficult for women to attain leadership roles within faith communities? What difference would it make if more women ...
In this Courageous Conversation co-sponsored by Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI), Hugo Sanchez and Silvia Araya-Fischer, PsyD, discussed what it looks like to grow up as a girl around the world and reflected on the work that is needed for gender equality on a global level. This conversation is mostly in Spanish and was ...
In various countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, “official languages” aren’t spoken by lower-income and rural communities. This especially impacts girls and women, who often don’t have access to formal education. Language, therefore, is an essential tool of empowerment. But what can we do to overcome the language barrier, foster inclusion, and share about the ...
Pathways to Healing and Gender Equality We are following broken leaders. Too many have become “broken” due to the abuse and hardship they’ve experienced, cultural ideas they’ve embraced about power and control, fear of change, and bad theology. But how do these broken leaders impact our society? And what does the journey to change look ...
The Girl Child & Her Long Walk to Freedom reading journey launched in the fall of 2018 amid the #metoo movement. Since then, much has changed, yet many of the problems that inspired our work remain the same. So, in this moment, we want to pause and discuss: Why did the reading journey begin, and why is ...
What role should boys and men play in the gender equality movement? Globally, the resources that support gender equality work are scant. Therefore, many activists believe these resources should focus only on programs for girls and women. Others strongly feel that the gender equality movement will not move forward without the inclusion of boys and ...
What is the cost for girls and women around the world as silence and service are imposed and glorified? Join Girl Child Long Walk Fellows Amal Sarah and Esperande Bigirimana as they share their stories and perspectives from working in their communities to ensure that girls and women are given a voice and heard.
Rev. Domnic Misolo, Rev. Patrick Musembi, and Jeff Bass are three men of faith who use their spheres of influence to champion gender equality by empowering women and educating and empowering men to become allies for gender justice. In this video conversation, they tell their stories and share what they’re doing as men of faith to promote gender equality.
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