Rise. Challenge. Thrive.

The 2019 Conference built on the success of the first WIP Conference to bring together women and men for another empowering weekend of reflection on what it means for women to be in power. We examined the very idea of power in its most diverse, inclusive and accessible forms, in particular exploring the way individuals are contributing to powerful change, and the way that women rising, challenging, and thriving together are making a more diverse and equitable world.

Our two-day conference brought together panelists and speakers that examined the role of women in the global economy, the way they are fighting back through politics, and standing up for their sexuality and pleasure. We talked about women across all aspects of public policy, from women in foreign policy and international development to technology and climate. We explored redefining feminism, new political narratives, performing arts as activism and young female leadership, and hosted workshops that provided conference participants with the tools to rise, challenge, and thrive themselves.

2019 Conference Program

winnie byanyima: Politician, Diplomat, ACTIVIST

• Executive Director, Oxfam International

• Director, Gender Team in the Bureau of Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme

• Former Member of Parliament, Uganda

madame gandhi: ARTIST AND ACTIVIST

• Electronic Music Producer and feminist activist

• Drummer, M.I.A.

Panels

• Crashing Through Political Glass Ceilings

• The Future of Women in the Republican Party

• Women’s Empowerment Through Sexuality

• Young Female Leadership: The Next Generation’s Journey to Power

• (Re)Defining Feminism for the 21st Century

• Gender-Based Violence on University Campuses

• New Political Narratives

• Agents for Change: De-biasing Classrooms to Bridge Gender Gaps at Harvard and Beyond

• Women Shaping Foreign Policy

• Gender Inclusion in International Development

• Female Entrepreneurship and Gender-Lens Investing

• Women in Technology and Gender Data Gaps

• Gender and Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities

Workshops

• Introduction to Negotiations

• The Arts of Communication

• Public Narrative

• Allyship through Anti-Oppression