Building an equitable world for Women with Alyse Nelson

Sex, Body, and Soul

Kate Roberts

Education, Relationships, Sexuality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A passionate activist; Alyse Nelson is the Co-founder and CEO of Vital Voices, an organization that works with women leaders to develop training programs and international forums in over 120 counties. It offers a space for women to be heard and invests in women to improve the world. Prior to her work with Vital Voices, Alyse served as deputy director of the Vital Voices Global Democracy Initiative at the U.S. Department of State. Her position aided former First Lady Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s commitment to promote the advancement of women as a U.S. foreign policy objective. She is the author of the book "The Power of Women Leading Change around the world".

During this podcast we talk a lot about what its like to build an organization helping women, the hurdles and successes and how Alyse has mobilized resources for world tragedies such as the excavation of the endangered girls in Afghanistan and the Ukraine. We hear how she has enlisted the help of Diane Von Furstenberg , Hilary Clinton and of course Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the ultimate Supreme Court feminist icon! (I was lucky enough to meet her at a Vital Voices event just before she passed!). On this show you will also learn how to support our sisters in the Ukraine.

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0:00.0	Leadership is absolutely critical, and women are bringing forth something different, not necessarily
0:06.8	better, but different, and our world needs that difference. It's a different way of collaborating,
0:12.0	of having compassion and empathy, two words that probably people thought leadership had nothing
0:16.7	to do with, but yet that's the cornerstone of great leadership.
0:20.7	Welcome to Sex, Body, and Soul.
0:23.3	I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency,
0:26.4	and on this show, we talk about the marvel that is our bodies,
0:30.4	what they can do and what they need to thrive.
0:33.5	Ladies out there, our time is now.
0:36.4	Let's get to it.
0:38.6	Our next guest is the unstoppable Elise Nelson, who is president and CEO of the organization Vital Voices.
0:47.2	Vital Voices serves about 18,000 women leaders across the world, empowering them across 182 countries.
0:55.6	Now, if you go through to Elisa's social media, you'll see her with an incredible array of
1:00.6	other fierce women leaders.
1:03.1	She has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the global gender policy.
1:09.0	And we talk during this podcast about what it really does mean to be an activist and to have
1:14.6	that grassroots impact that Elise has shown us she can do so well.
1:19.7	During this recording, we have had some technical details, so the sound is not great, but I
1:24.9	ask you to bear with us.
1:26.4	I welcome to the show, Elise Nelson.
1:29.9	Good morning, Elise. How are you this morning? Good morning. I'm good, Kate. It's so wonderful
1:37.1	to be with you. It is so wonderful to see you, and you and I have known each other for a very long time.
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