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Opening Session: Women, Leadership and Progress
Jude Kelly in conversation with Julia Gillard on the impact of Covid-19 on women and girls.
Jude Kelly, founder of Women of the World, was in conversation with Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, about the impact of Covid-19 on women and girls. They also consider whether women’s leadership is able to bring fresh approaches to the economic and social challenges we face.
There are additional contributions from environmental activist Hindou Ibrahim, on the changes she wants to see both for the world’s indigenous people and for the planet, and from writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch, who discusses how the power disadvantages of race, class and gender have been ruthlessly exposed during the current emergency.
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