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Conversations with Women on Leadership and Social Transformation

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Published Date
January, 2002
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"In their own words, these women talk about leadership and particularly women's practice of that leadership for social change."

Excerpt: "To support women's leadership, they point to the need for: Building an enabling environment for the articulation of women's visions of development and rights at a global level; Supporting coalition building within the women's movement and across women's organizations as well as coalitions between the women's movement and other social change movements; Challenging power structures and resource control in the political, economic and social arenas and in all types of organizations that keep women and women's interests out; Supporting the emergence and sustenance of women leaders at all levels for a transformative social change agenda; and Building accountability mechanisms across institutional arenas for women's interests."

Includes conversations with the following women leaders:

  • Ela Bhat (India)
  • Wu Qing (China)
  • Soledad Larrain (Chile)
  • Cecilia Lopez (Columbia)
  • Marta Lamas (Mexico)
  • Xie Lihua (China)
  • Suzanne Pharr (USA)
  • Virginia Vargas (Peru)
  • Sueli Carneiro (Brazil)
  • Audrey Johnson (USA)
  • Olive Shisana (South Africa)
  • Erna Witoelar (Indonesia)
  • Gloria Bodner (Argentina)
  • Jihad Abu Zneid (Palestine)
  • Lucy Nkya (Tanzania)
  • Nguyean Tho Oanh (Vietnam)
  • Jirina Siklova (Czech Republic)
  • Mairo Bello (Nigeria)
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