Vital Voices Radio Podcast

Ronna was selected as a 2019 VV GROW Fellow and participated in the GAP Australia 2016 program. Listen in as Ronna sits down with Vital Voices' Vice-President of Economic Engagement, Zoe Dean-Smith Connect with Ronna on Social Media: Website: https://greenhouse.studio/ Facebook (business): https://www.facebook.com/greenhousefiji/ Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/mariaronnaluna Twitter: @greenhousefiji Instagram: @greenhousefiji LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaronnaluna/ To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org Invest in women, improve the world.   Production Credits: Producer: Christi Owiye Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum Assistant Producer: Ryland N. Staples Host: Alyse Nelson Guest Host: Zoe Dean-Smith   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Listen in as Vital Voices partnered with sister organization, Running Start, to host a live book party for BBC journalist Mishal Husain. Mishal's new book The Skills: From First Job to Dream Job—What Every Woman Needs to Know, and her leadership lessons are the topic of this conversation, led by Running Start fellow, and Washington, D.C.'s youngest-ever elected public official, Allyson Carpenter.   To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org Invest in women, improve the world.   Production Credits: Producer: Christi Owiye Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum Assistant Producer: Ryland N. Staples Host: Alyse Nelson   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dr. Rouba Mhaissen is ​a Syrian-Lebanese economist, activist, and community mobilizer on a mission. As a 2019 #GlobalLeadershipAwards honoree, she ​is the Founder and Director of Sawa for Development and Aid​ (founded in 2011)​, a non-profit organization that supports Syrian refugees​ in Lebanon​, and Sawa Foundation UK, that supports forced migrants in Europe and the Middle East​.   Listen in as Rouba sits down with Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, to discuss the importance of empathy in her leadership journey to give hope and humanity to Syrian refugees.   To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org Invest in women, improve the world.   Production Credits: Producer: Christi Owiye Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum Host: Alyse Nelson   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Vital Voices' President and CEO sits down with Saskia Nino de Rivera, just in time for Mother's Day. Saskia tells the story of her journey to activism, and how motherhood drives her to use her #powertoempower.   To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org Invest in women, improve the world.   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

An expert in renewable energy, Habiba Ali's Sosai Energy provides a variety of clean and renewable energy options to rural Nigerian communities living off the grid. In this episode, Vital Voices' President Alyse Nelson sits down with Habiba after the 2019 Global Leadership Awards to discuss Habiba's next steps, goals, and what happens when women are brought to the table to lead their communities.   To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org Invest in women, improve the world.   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

During the VVEngage convening in Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Voices' President, Alyse Nelson sat down with Former Peruvian Prime Minister, Beatriz Merino to discuss her journey to leadership and the ways she uses her power to empower the next generation of leaders.   To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org Invest in women, improve the world.   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Vital Voices' President Alyse Nelson sits down with Robin Leeds, a senior political strategist, organizer and advocate with more than 30 years of work in the government, labor, business and non-profit sectors on the gender pay gap, and what companies can do to eliminate the wage gap once and for all.   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley chats women and politics with Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson.   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson as she moderates a panel on using your power to empower with designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg; media mogul and founder of Women in the World, Tina Brown; Chessy Prout, author of "I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope"; and Danielle Saint-Lôt, Ambassador at large for Women’s Empowerment for the Republic of Haiti. The panel took place after our annual Global Mentoring Walk in New York City, one of 172 walks in 64 countries around the world.

Join Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders, and Brigitte Dzogbenuku, candidate for Vice President in Ghana, to discuss women in politics and how women can lead in the political sphere.    Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson sits down with Vital Voices Network women Kah Walla and Tamara Abdel-Jaber to discuss why it's time for a woman to be President of the World Bank Join our Campaign for a Woman World Bank President at https://www.vitalvoices.org/worldbankwomen/   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Kim Campbell, the first woman Prime Minister of Canada, who joined Vital Voices on our first ever VV Engage in-person gathering in Florence, Italy.   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with VV Lead fellows Daniela Pogliani, Executive Director of Conservación Amazónica, and Sheeba Sen, founder of Alaap, on a recent trip to Mumbai for a VVLead Peer-to-Peer Exchange.   Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Kiran Bir Sethi, founder of the Riverside School and one of our 2018 Global Leadership Award Honorees, on a recent trip to India for our VVLead program.      Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with the five finalists for the first-ever WE Empower UN SDG Challenge, a global business competition for women entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.   The finalists were:  - Habiba Ali, Founder, Managing Director, and CEO of Sosai Renewable Energies (Nigeria) - Marta del Rio Villaneuva, Founder and CEO of Wasi Organics (Peru) - Hadeel Mustafa Anabtawi, Founder of The Alchemist Lab (Jordan) - Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, Co-Founder and CEO of ECOncrete Tech Ltd. (Israel) - Marijana Savic, Founder and Director of NGO Atina and Bagel Bejgl Shop (Serbia)   This interview was recorded in September during the UN General Assembly in New York City. 

Vital Voices COO Alvin Allgood sits down with Alex Prout, one of our 2018 Voices of Solidarity honorees and chair of the Vital Voices Solidarity Council, to discuss Alex's work fighting gender-based violence, his experience advocating for his daughter, Chessy, and how men and boys can become allies in the fight against sexual assault. Alex is the father of Chessy Prout, author of the book I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope.  Please be advised, this podcast includes a discussion of sexual violence, and contains information about sexual assault which may be upsetting to some listeners. If you'd like to speak with a specialist about some of the sensitive issues covered today, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or visit www.rainn.org/get-help    Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Happy Giving Tuesday! In this episode, Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson sits down with three incredible women who are using their power to empower and leveraging their platform to give back: Jennifer Silberman, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Target and President of the Target Foundation; Maria Gabriela Hoch, Founder of the Vital Voices chapter in Argentina; and Drew Ginsburg, Founder and CEO of the high-end jewelry line DYLANLEX. On this Giving Tuesday, consider donating to Vital Voices by texting VITAL to 41444. 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)!    Music Credit: On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Samantha Inesta, a Global Freedom Exchange fellows and Founder and Executive Director of BeaSister2aSister, an aftercare program for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.

Join Vital Voices President and CEO Alyse Nelson as she interviews actress, activist, and Vital Voices Board Member Sally Field at the launch party for her new memoir "In Pieces". Special thank you to Donna and Mack McLarty for hosting the event at their home.  

In honor of World Refugee Day, take a listen to Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Syrian-Lebanese economist, activist, and community mobilizer Rouba Mhiassen, a VVLead Fellow and Founder of Sawa for Development and Aid. (2018)