The Limits of Leadership Without Women

About this episode

Alyse Nelson discusses the importance of women's leadership and the challenges they face in gaining recognition.

Across the world, women are leading—often outside traditional systems of power and often without recognition. At the same time, women’s rights are under pressure, making that leadership even more consequential. For nearly three decades, Vital Voices has identified and invested in women leaders tackling some of the world’s toughest challenges. In this episode of The Electorette, Alyse Nelson, President and CEO of Vital Voices, joins host Jen Taylor-Skinner to discuss what women bring to leadership, how those approaches differ, and why many of the solutions we need may already exist—if they’re recognized. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jen Taylor-Skinner

Guest: Alyse Nelson

Topics covered

• women leadership
• women's rights
• social change
• recognition
• power systems

Keywords

• women leadership
• Vital Voices
• Alyse Nelson
• Jen Taylor-Skinner
• social change
• women's rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vital Voices

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