Vital Voices Podcast

Apr 22 2024 159 ep. 27 mins 4.8k
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The Vital Voices Podcast highlights women leaders and change-makers from around the world. Hosted by Vital Voices President and CEO, Alyse Nelson, the Vital Voices Podcast provides a space for extraordinary women to be heard. To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.VitalVoices.org. Follow us on Twitter (@VitalVoices), Instagram (@VitalVoices) and like us on Facebook (facebook.com/VitalVoices)! You can also donate to Vital Voices by texting VITAL to 41444.

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Nurturing Our Planet While Ending Poverty with ZEINORIN ANGKANG

Apr 22 2024 11 mins  
Zeinorin Angkang is a 2022 VV Visionaries Fellowship alumna and founder of Hill Wild, an organization working with the Tangkhul Naga People in Northeast India to create a sustainable food supply and eradicate poverty. In this work, she also champions the voices of Indigenous Peoples and their farming knowledge that dates back thousands of years. She recently spoke to Vital Voices

Leadership Spotlight: The Urgent Life with Bozoma Saint John

Sep 20 2023 35 mins  
In this special Festival episode of the Vital Voices podcast, you’ll hear an inspiring conversation on how women leaders can take control of dealing with personal trauma, navigating mental health, and finding fulfillment no matter what life throws their way. Founding Partner at West Front Strategies and Vital Voices Board Member ASHLEY DAVIS kicks off the discussion by informing

The Rising Tide of Disinformation and Digital Dictatorship

Aug 23 2023 31 mins  
In this special Festival series episode on the rising tide of disinformation and digital dictatorship, you’ll hear from four thought leaders who offered a cross-cultural analysis on the issue of disinformation with expert commentary from the Honorable NEEMA LUGANGIRA of Tanzania, PAULINA IBARRA of Chile, OMUKA HUB NEYSARA of India and ALENA POPOVA of Russia, in conversation with

Gender Apartheid: Afgahanistan & Iran

Aug 09 2023 30 mins  
As we approach the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2023, we revisit a particularly moving panel discussion from the 2nd Annual Vital Voices Festival centered around gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran. Listen as Afghan Women’s Rights Activist METRA MEHRAN and Iranian Actress & Activist SEPIDEH MOAFI sit in conversation with ZAINAB SAL

The Art of Disruption: The Power of the Arts to Spark Social Change

Jul 26 2023 28 mins  
In this special Festival series episode of the power of the arts and storytelling to spark social change, you’ll hear from a panel of featured thought leaders from film, TV, fine arts and the stage, including Sesame Workshop President SHERRIE WESTIN, President of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts DEBORAH RUTTER, Filmmaker SAMAR MINALLAH KHAN, and Executive Direct

Rule Breakers & Movement Makers

Jul 17 2023 40 mins  
“The work we do is lonely work,” said KAH WALLA, President of the Cameroon People’s Party and a Vital Voices Board Member. “If we want social justice, if we want inclusion, we cannot count on the people who have built the current status quo to change it. We must embrace power.” And so went the discussion of five powerful women leaders about how they broke the so-called ru

Audacious Action: 25 Years of Disrupting the Status Quo

Jul 06 2023 42 mins  
In this special episode, you’ll hear a powerful conversation between Vital Voices Cofounder Secretary HILLARY CLINTON and a panel of women leaders who have been a part of Vital Voices 25-year history of disrupting the status quo. Listen as Northern Irish Peacebuilder Dr. BRONAGH HINDS, Gender Equality Activist OUMIE SISSOKHO of The Gambia, Human Rights Activist & Author RUCHIRA G

Why Modern Science Needs Indigenous Intelligence to Save the Planet

Jun 14 2023 28 mins  
Indigenous peoples are the guardians of Mother Earth, says global climate justice leader Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, president of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad, in this episode of the Vital Voices podcast. Listen to hear Ibrahim’s perspective on why modern science needs indigenous intelligence to help save our planet. Plus, meet New York-based Environmental

Bozoma Saint John on her new book "The Urgent Life"

Mar 17 2023 27 mins  
What if you had only six months left? What if you had a year? What would you do differently? These are questions that led Vital Voices Board Member Bozoma Saint John to write her new book, "The Urgent Life." In this episode, the former Global Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix and American Marketing Association Hall of Famer discusses the tragedies and triumphs of career, family an

Google.org President Jacquelline Fuller on the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls

Dec 20 2021 21 mins  
President of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller, joins Alyse Nelson on the heels of the announcement of the 34 selected organizations for Google.org's $25M Impact Challenge for Women and Girls. They discussed the importance of private sector collaborations with organizations like Vital Voices, a partner on the Challenge, how we can realistically create a path to achieving SDG 5; Gender