March 3, 2021
Now more than ever, on this International Women’s Day, we need leadership with a feminist lens. As the nexus of conflict, climate change, and Covid-19 has radically altered lives and exacerbated inequalities around the world, women have mobilized to defend and protect their communities as doctors, nurses, and caregivers, as elected representatives, community workers, land stewards, and water bearers. Feminist movements and women’s grassroots efforts have helped to build sustainable peace in the face of yet another global upheaval, but their work has too often been undocumented or unrecognized as true peacebuilding. To recognize women’s crucial leadership, we need a holistic, feminist lens. This means analyzing the causes and consequences of patriarchy, addressing the roots of gender inequality, and providing feminist alternatives for peace. So, how are we doing this at The Asia Foundation?
Leadership with a Feminist Lens
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As the nexus of conflict, climate change, and Covid-19 has radically altered lives and exacerbated inequalities around the world, women have mobilized to defend and protect their communities as doctors, nurses, and caregivers, as elected representatives, community workers, land stewards, and water bearers. Feminist movements and women s grassroots efforts have helped to build sustainable peace in the face of yet another global upheaval, but their work has too often been undocumented or unrecognized as true peacebuilding. To recognize women s crucial leadership, we need a holistic, feminist lens. This means analyzing the causes and consequences of patriarchy, addressing the roots of gender inequality, and providing feminist alternatives for peace. So, how are we doing this at The Asia Foundation?
By Laurie Goering
LONDON, Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Addressing interconnected global challenges - from COVID-19 to climate change and inequality - will require rethinking international institutions, leadership and where solutions come from, governance experts said this week. The global order is really frayed - it s disintegrating in front of our eyes. That s a real threat to any attempt to sort things out, said Mo Ibrahim, a businessman and philanthropist who has worked to improve governance in Africa.
An increase in nationalistic leaders in powerful countries was making solving the world s problems harder, he and other experts told an online event on global challenges organised by the University of Birmingham s Institute for Global Innovation.
22 Jan 2021 / 03:52 H.
By Laurie Goering
LONDON, Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Addressing interconnected global challenges - from COVID-19 to climate change and inequality - will require rethinking international institutions, leadership and where solutions come from, governance experts said this week. The global order is really frayed - it s disintegrating in front of our eyes. That s a real threat to any attempt to sort things out, said Mo Ibrahim, a businessman and philanthropist who has worked to improve governance in Africa.
An increase in nationalistic leaders in powerful countries was making solving the world s problems harder, he and other experts told an online event on global challenges organised by the University of Birmingham s Institute for Global Innovation.