The First Responder: Women Leadership and the SDGs

The Raisina Podcast

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, women have made important gains in representation, especially in senior leadership. Women have been at the forefront of solutions for managing societal crisis.

The question we aim to address in this episode is- how we can rethink of women leadership in ways to craft a just, more prosperous and fairer society.
Women are making a sufficient percentage in parliaments around the world. “Women need space, women can no more be viewed by the type of husbands they have,” says Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini
Most peace processes are premised on the assumption that the actors who pursued war, primarily men, will also act as the main agents for peace. Can women’s participation in conflict prevention and resolution, improve outcomes before, during, and after conflict?
We explore the question of what are the various issues that women need to manage and deal with, that are different from what men need to go through? Should women be further empowered and their potential unlocked to accelerate development?
How can female leadership be enhanced across the political sphere, boardrooms, and financial systems? What can be done to make technology more inclusive for women and to aid them in crisis response and recovery? How can education be made more accessible, not just for women as students, but for women as educators?
In conversation with -
Smriti Z. Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development, India
Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
Waseqa Ayesha Khan, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
Vanita Sharma, Advisor, Strategic Initiatives, Reliance Foundation, India
Shombi Sharp, Resident Coordinator India, United Nations
Moderator: Chandrika Bahadur, Former Director, SDG Academy, India
The Raisina Dialogue is a multilateral conference committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. Every year, global leaders in policy, business, media and civil society are hosted in New Delhi to discuss cooperation on a wide range of pertinent international policy matters.
The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in collaboration with the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs.