Only a year ago, your first thoughts when asked about a global crisis might have been very different from our current reality. Today, we all live in this new, strange world, with its challenges and insecurities. Meanwhile, as women and girls are being hit disproportionally by the pandemic, achievements in the field of gender equality and women’s rights are under threat. Despite these challenges, women and girls are active on the frontlines of the crisis, as healthcare workers, caregivers, innovators, community organizers and national leaders, to help shape a more equal future and recovery in the wake of COVID-19. 

This year, the theme of UN International Women’s Day is Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world. During this online Hague Talks, we further explore this theme as we ask the three inspirational speakers how they try to help forge a gender equal world. 

Join us in this conversation on celebrating women’s achievements, raising awareness against bias and taking action for equality. We challenge you to think about your own role in this global crisis: what challenges and opportunities do you see for a more inclusive world?

Will you join us in encouraging people to forge a more inclusive world together? Will you #ChooseToChallenge with us and start #SolvingGlobalChallengesTogether? 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

• Shokh Mohammad, from Iraq (Erbil, Kurdish region). Shokh is a Project Officer of the WADI Project on female genital mutilation and an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Sulaymaniyah. She is active in the humanitarian fields related to gender based violence. In her talk, Shokh will focus on the importance of human rights.
• Maha Shirah, from Saudi Arabia. Maha is the founder and CEO of SHEWORKS, a business hub for women. She is on a mission to help other female startups achieving their goals through advisory, consultancy, and networking. Maha will focus on the challenges and opportunities for women leadership in business. 
• Mona Demaidi, from Palestine (West Bank). Mona is an entrepreneur and women’s rights advocate and is the Co-Managing Director for Girls in Tech in Palestine. As former board member of Women in Engineering and Arab Women in Computing and Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, she champions the growing global involvement of youth and women in tech. During her talk, Mona will focus on the role of education in women and youth empowerment. 

Moderator is Hasna El Maroudi and studio guest is Human Rights Ambassador Bahia Tahzib-Lie.

Event is co-organised by RVO, Museon and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

LIVE STREAM

Join for this online dialogue on HagueTalks YouTube channel:  www.youtube.com/user/haguetalks

16.00 – 17.00 UTC+1/GMT+1 (Amsterdam)