IGP Women's Initiative Launch Summit Livestream
Monday, March 4th
The Institute of Global Politics (IGP) Women’s Initiative will be an influential comparative policy initiative that will produce quality, actionable research and policy ideas on both domestic and global women’s issues. Guided by the School of International and Public Affairs’ five global challenges, IGP’s Women’s Initiative will drive progress towards equality for women — what Secretary Clinton has called “the great unfinished business of the 21st century.”
Monday, March 4th 2024
3:00 – 6:45 p.m. ET
Schedule
Opening Remarks
Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs; Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Professor of International and Public Affairs; Columbia University; 67th Secretary of State and former Senator from New York; IGP Faculty Advisory Board Chair
Women Powering the Economy: Fireside Chat with Secretary Gina Raimondo and Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams, Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics, Howard University; Former Georgia House Minority Leader; Voting Rights Activist; IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow
Gina Raimondo, 40th Secretary of Commerce
Olatunde Johnson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘59 Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; IGP Affiliated Faculty member (moderator)
Spotlight Interview: SIPA Alumnae in Public Service
Introductory remarks by Yasmine Ergas, Senior Lecturer, Director of the Specialization on Gender and Public Policy, and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member, Columbia SIPA
Sara Jacobs, US Representative from California
Laura Kavanagh, Fire Commissioner, New York City Fire Department
Claudia López, former Colombian Senator and Mayor of Bogotá
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Professor of International and Public Affairs; Columbia University; 67th Secretary of State and former Senator from New York; IGP Faculty Advisory Board Chair (moderator)
Advancing Gender Equity in the Workplace
Presented by Theory
Introductory Remarks by Serena Peck, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Theory
Alex Hertel-Fernandez, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA; IGP Faculty Advisory Board member
Ai-jen Poo, President, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Executive Director of Caring Across Generations, and Trustee of the Ford Foundation.
Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code and Moms First
Adina Sterling, Katherine W. Phillips Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Claire Shipman, Co-Chair, Columbia University's Board of Trustees (moderator)
Break
Women and Girls in Conflict Zones and Peace Processes
Introductory Remarks by Dame Louise Richardson, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Shabana Basij-Rasikh, Cofounder and President of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA); IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow
Hon. Henrietta Fore, Former Executive Director of UNICEF; Former USAID Administrator; IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow
David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee; 74th UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow (joining virtually)
Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; Former Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Women’s Issues, US Department of State
Kim Ghattas, Author of Black Wave and contributing writer for The Atlantic; IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow (moderator)
Women's Leadership and the 2024 Global Elections: Confronting Online Abuse and Mis/Disinformation
Camille François, Lecturer of International and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA; IGP Affiliated Faculty
Nina Jankowicz, Former Executive Director, Disinformation Governance Board of the United States; Vice President, Centre for Information Resilience
Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Journalist; Cofounder, CEO, and President of Rappler; IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow
Rachel Vogelstein, Deputy Director and Special Assistant to the President, White House Gender Policy Council; Special Advisor on Gender, White House National Security Council
Alyse Nelson, President and CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership (moderator)
Reproductive Rights Under Attack: Lessons from the US and Abroad
Sara Casey, Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Director, RAISE Initiative
Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and Director, White House Gender Policy Council
Samantha Barry, Editor-in-chief, Glamour (moderator)