Hear from Visionaries from Around the World
Hear from Visionaries from Around the World
Rangina Hamidi | Former Minister of Education | Afghanistan
Professor of Practice | Thunderbird School of Global Management
United Arab Emirates
Rangina Hamidi | Former Minister of Education | Afghanistan
Professor of Practice | Thunderbird School of Global Management
United Arab Emirates
Hear from Visionaries from Around the World
Rangina Hamidi | Former Minister of Education | Afghanistan
Professor of Practice | Thunderbird School of Global Management
United Arab Emirates
Hear from Visionaries from Around the World
Rangina Hamidi | Former Minister of Education
Afghanistan | Professor of Practice
Thunderbird School of Global Management
United Arab Emirates
About the Series
About the Series
About the Series
About the Series
The Global Ignite Series embodies WIA's belief that when women connect across borders and share their stories, everyone benefits from the collective inspiration and wisdom that emerge.
The Global Ignite Series embodies WIA's belief that when women connect across borders and share their stories, everyone benefits from the collective inspiration and wisdom that emerge.
The Global Ignite Series embodies WIA's belief that when women connect across borders and share their stories, everyone benefits from the collective inspiration and wisdom that emerge.
Global Ignite Sessions are 1-hour virtual gatherings where you hear directly from visionaries, activists, and innovative leaders who are creating tangible social and environmental impact in their communities.
Global Ignite Sessions are 1-hour virtual gatherings where you hear directly from visionaries, activists, and innovative leaders who are creating tangible social and environmental impact in their communities.
Global Ignite Sessions are 1-hour virtual gatherings where you hear directly from visionaries, activists, and innovative leaders who are creating tangible social and environmental impact in their communities.
At each Global Ignite session, guest speakers share their journey, including challenges faced, successes achieved, and lessons learned in driving change across diverse contexts and cultures. Past speakers include successful social entrepreneurs, nonprofit executives, acclaimed authors, pioneering climate scientists, and human rights activists.
At each Global Ignite session, guest speakers share their journey, including challenges faced, successes achieved, and lessons learned in driving change across diverse contexts and cultures. Past speakers include successful social entrepreneurs, nonprofit executives, acclaimed authors, pioneering climate scientists, and human rights activists.
At each Global Ignite session, guest speakers share their journey, including challenges faced, successes achieved, and lessons learned in driving change across diverse contexts and cultures. Past speakers include successful social entrepreneurs, nonprofit executives, acclaimed authors, pioneering climate scientists, and human rights activists.
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Explore Previous Global Ignite Sessions
Explore Previous Global Ignite Sessions
Build It On Your Own Terms
Build It On Your Own Terms
Build It On Your Own Terms
Jasmine Anouna is the founder of the The Bloom, the world's go-to platform for social impact careers that grew into a community of over 40,000+ impact leaders. Here's what she shared:
Jasmine Anouna is the founder of the The Bloom, the world's go-to platform for social impact careers that grew into a community of over 40,000+ impact leaders. Here's what she shared:
Jasmine Anouna is the founder of the The Bloom, the world's go-to platform for social impact careers that grew into a community of over 40,000+ impact leaders. Here's what she shared:
Separate your purpose from the path. Rejection can be redirection, and the moments when plans fall apart often matter most.
Rewire through ritual. Small daily practices like meditation, journaling and creative play keep you grounded when the world gets loud.
Build in community and in public. Speak up imperfectly, find your allies, and document what you learn for those who come after you.
Build It On Your Own Terms
Jasmine Anouna is the founder of the The Bloom, the world's go-to platform for social impact careers that grew into a community of over 40,000+ impact leaders. Here's what she shared:
Separate your purpose from the path. Rejection can be redirection, and the moments when plans fall apart often matter most.
Rewire through ritual. Small daily practices like meditation, journaling and creative play keep you grounded when the world gets loud.
Build in community and in public. Speak up imperfectly, find your allies, and document what you learn for those who come after you.
The Link Between Educating Girls and Developing Women Leaders
The Link Between Educating Girls and Developing Women Leaders
The Link Between Educating Girls and Developing Women Leaders
Rangina Hamidi is a powerful advocate for girls' education whose personal and professional journey illuminates why educating women is inseparable from building a just world. In this interview she talks about how:
Rangina Hamidi is a powerful advocate for girls' education whose personal and professional journey illuminates why educating women is inseparable from building a just world. In this interview she talks about how:
Rangina Hamidi is a powerful advocate for girls' education whose personal and professional journey illuminates why educating women is inseparable from building a just world. In this interview she talks about how:
Education is the only truly sustainable investment. Education gives women an enduring source of ideas, motivation, and independence that no one can take away.
Education is the only truly sustainable investment. Education gives women an enduring source of ideas, motivation, and independence that no one can take away.
Education is the only truly sustainable investment. Education gives women an enduring source of ideas, motivation, and independence that no one can take away.
Women in leadership need active support systems. Political backing, celebration of achievements, and structural support are essential for women to sustain leadership roles.
Women in leadership need active support systems. Political backing, celebration of achievements, and structural support are essential for women to sustain leadership roles.
Women in leadership need active support systems. Political backing, celebration of achievements, and structural support are essential for women to sustain leadership roles.
Girls' education is weaponized as a political tool. Women's autonomy has historically been used as a bargaining chip, demanding systemic policies and protections.
Girls' education is weaponized as a political tool. Women's autonomy has historically been used as a bargaining chip, demanding systemic policies and protections.
Girls' education is weaponized as a political tool. Women's autonomy has historically been used as a bargaining chip, demanding systemic policies and protections.
Transformation requires dialogue even with adversaries. We must find the courage to engage with opposing perspectives, because sustainable change only happens through genuine exchange.
Transformation requires dialogue even with adversaries. We must find the courage to engage with opposing perspectives, because sustainable change only happens through genuine exchange.
Transformation requires dialogue even with adversaries. We must find the courage to engage with opposing perspectives, because sustainable change only happens through genuine exchange.
The Link Between Educating Girls and Developing Women Leaders
Education is the only truly sustainable investment. Education gives women an enduring source of ideas, motivation, and independence that no one can take away.
Women in leadership need active support systems. Political backing, celebration of achievements, and structural support are essential for women to sustain leadership roles.
Girls' education is weaponized as a political tool. Women's autonomy has historically been used as a bargaining chip, demanding systemic policies and protections.
Transformation requires dialogue even with adversaries. We must find the courage to engage with opposing perspectives, because sustainable change only happens through genuine exchange.
Rangina Hamidi is a powerful advocate for girls' education whose personal and professional journey illuminates why educating women is inseparable from building a just world. In this interview she talks about how:
How to use Opposition to Fuel Your Passion
How to use Opposition to Fuel Your Passion
How to use Opposition to Fuel Your Passion
Maestro Jessica Bejarano is a trailblazing conductor, founder of the San Francisco Philharmonic, and queer Latina woman from East LA who turned systemic exclusion into a lifelong fuel for breaking barriers in classical music. Here's what she shared:
Maestro Jessica Bejarano is a trailblazing conductor, founder of the San Francisco Philharmonic, and queer Latina woman from East LA who turned systemic exclusion into a lifelong fuel for breaking barriers in classical music. Here's what she shared:
Maestro Jessica Bejarano is a trailblazing conductor, founder of the San Francisco Philharmonic, and queer Latina woman from East LA who turned systemic exclusion into a lifelong fuel for breaking barriers in classical music. Here's what she shared:
Adversity became the engine, not the obstacle. Jessica consistently reframed hostility as motivation to go further rather than a reason to retreat.
Adversity became the engine, not the obstacle. Jessica consistently reframed hostility as motivation to go further rather than a reason to retreat.
Adversity became the engine, not the obstacle. Jessica consistently reframed hostility as motivation to go further rather than a reason to retreat.
Passion and purpose are non-negotiable survival tools. Jessica credits following genuine passion, not proving others wrong, as what sustains a difficult career.
Passion and purpose are non-negotiable survival tools. Jessica credits following genuine passion, not proving others wrong, as what sustains a difficult career.
Passion and purpose are non-negotiable survival tools. Jessica credits following genuine passion, not proving others wrong, as what sustains a difficult career.
Representation is inseparable from the work. Standing on the podium as a queer woman of color from an immigrant, working-class background carries meaning beyond music; Jessica sees her presence in these spaces as actively making room for others who have been told they don't belong.
Representation is inseparable from the work. Standing on the podium as a queer woman of color from an immigrant, working-class background carries meaning beyond music; Jessica sees her presence in these spaces as actively making room for others who have been told they don't belong.
Representation is inseparable from the work. Standing on the podium as a queer woman of color from an immigrant, working-class background carries meaning beyond music; Jessica sees her presence in these spaces as actively making room for others who have been told they don't belong.
How to use Opposition to Fuel Your Passion
Maestro Jessica Bejarano is a trailblazing conductor, founder of the San Francisco Philharmonic, and queer Latina woman from East LA who turned systemic exclusion into a lifelong fuel for breaking barriers in classical music. Here's what she shared:
Adversity became the engine, not the obstacle. Jessica consistently reframed hostility as motivation to go further rather than a reason to retreat.
Passion and purpose are non-negotiable survival tools. Jessica credits following genuine passion, not proving others wrong, as what sustains a difficult career.
Representation is inseparable from the work. Standing on the podium as a queer woman of color from an immigrant, working-class background carries meaning beyond music; Jessica sees her presence in these spaces as actively making room for others who have been told they don't belong.
How Change Happens: Wisdom from 200+ Visionary Leaders
How Change Happens: Wisdom from 200+ Visionary Leaders
How Change Happens: Wisdom from 200+ Visionary Leaders
Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak, co-authors of It's a Good Day to Change the World, share hard-won wisdom from 200+ interviews with women change-makers, distilled into a joyful, accessible guide for anyone trying to make the world better.
Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak, co-authors of It's a Good Day to Change the World, share hard-won wisdom from 200+ interviews with women change-makers, distilled into a joyful, accessible guide for anyone trying to make the world better.
Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak, co-authors of It's a Good Day to Change the World, share hard-won wisdom from 200+ interviews with women change-makers, distilled into a joyful, accessible guide for anyone trying to make the world better.
Change follows a repeatable arc. The book is organized around five stages that emerged from rigorous qualitative analysis of the interviews, offering a practical framework anyone can apply.
Change follows a repeatable arc. The book is organized around five stages that emerged from rigorous qualitative analysis of the interviews, offering a practical framework anyone can apply.
Change follows a repeatable arc. The book is organized around five stages that emerged from rigorous qualitative analysis of the interviews, offering a practical framework anyone can apply.
Perfectionism is a strategic trap. The pressure to excel always costs women energy and action, and that "done is better than perfect" and sharing your mistakes openly are among the most powerful tools available.
Perfectionism is a strategic trap. The pressure to excel always costs women energy and action, and that "done is better than perfect" and sharing your mistakes openly are among the most powerful tools available.
Perfectionism is a strategic trap. The pressure to excel always costs women energy and action, and that "done is better than perfect" and sharing your mistakes openly are among the most powerful tools available.
Self-care is resistance, not retreat. Wellbeing emerged unprompted as a consistent theme across all 200 interviews.
Self-care is resistance, not retreat. Wellbeing emerged unprompted as a consistent theme across all 200 interviews.
Self-care is resistance, not retreat. Wellbeing emerged unprompted as a consistent theme across all 200 interviews.
How Change Happens: Wisdom from 200+ Visionary Leaders
Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak, co-authors of It's a Good Day to Change the World, share hard-won wisdom from 200+ interviews with women change-makers, distilled into a joyful, accessible guide for anyone trying to make the world better.
Change follows a repeatable arc. The book is organized around five stages that emerged from rigorous qualitative analysis of the interviews, offering a practical framework anyone can apply.
Perfectionism is a strategic trap. The pressure to excel always costs women energy and action, and that "done is better than perfect" and sharing your mistakes openly are among the most powerful tools available.
Self-care is resistance, not retreat. Wellbeing emerged unprompted as a consistent theme across all 200 interviews.
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