Learning from women
FULL EPISODES
Our first video series brings together amazing women from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East.
MEET THE WOMEN
Short clips about the women interviewed for our first video series, Learning from Women to Reimagine the Future.
REFLECTIONS ON BEING WOMEN
Short clips with the women interviewed on their reflections on being women.
MESSAGES OF HOPE
Short clips with the women interviewed for our first video series for Learning from Women and their messages of hope.
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About Us
A number of people are passionate about the Learning From Women project:
Isabela Souza and Laura Somoggi co-designed the project and led on bringing it to life. Chris Taylor and Nick Ellerby are our speaking partners. Claire Maxwell, Heather Barker, Liz Goold, Marion Ragaliauskas, Mary Godfrey, Rick Trask, Sonia Mayor, Su Hemming, Susan Ralphs and Valerie Monti Holland acted as our critical friends. Charlotte Ellerby and Wallace Nogueira Santos Silva provided guidance on our visual identity. While Cecilia da Fonte, Amandine Goisbault were our video editors, Lucy Florah Atieno was our sign language interpreter and Patricia Moura e Souza was our translator.
We received seed funding from the Oasis Foundation, which promotes and encourages positive social change and social justice through applied Whole Person Learning approaches. The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has also provided in-kind support.
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A Model for the Future
We embrace Kate Raworth’s new economic mindset - Doughnut Economics. Her model proposes that instead of seeking endless Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, we pursue a thriving society - meeting the human rights of every person - in balance with our planetary boundaries.
We talked to women who put into practice new ways of working in one or more of the Doughnut’s social foundations and/or ecological dimensions. They are leading action to ensure that we move towards the “safe and just space for humanity.”
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Outreach
Throughout our video series, we brought inspirational perspectives and work in the following sectors: Education and Research, Business & Enterprise, Communities and Art, Cities & Places and Government & Policies.
We looked for women in countries without a very high Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI). The IHDI combines a country’s average achievements in health, education and income and “discounts” each dimension’s average value according to its level of inequality (see IHDI 2019 Report).
Due to limitations of translation and resources, we focussed on women who speak English, Portuguese or Spanish and who have access to online connection/technology.