Panmela Castro-Anarkia is a 2010 Global Leadership Awards Honoree.

As a multi-media artist from Brazil she carried out a campaign using street art to educate disadvantaged women about the recently passed Maria da Penha Law on Domestic and Family Violence against Women, a law named after a woman who was so severely beaten by her husband that she was paralyzed for life.

Panmela and Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson sat down during a #VV100 Convening in Mexico for women leaders in Vital Voices' Global Leadership Network, where Panmela opened up about her experiences with domestic violence, and what we need to do to protect survivors.

For the United Nations' International Day of Charity, our host, CEO, and President, Alyse Nelson sat down with our Digital Communications Coordinator and producer, Christi Owiye.

In this witty and wise conversation, Alyse offers insight on careers, leadership, and how non profits and charities have changed since the inception of Vital Voices Global Partnership's early roots in the mid-90's.

Season 2 of the Vital Voices Podcast kicks off with a change of pace while continuing to celebrate the journeys of women leaders -- starting with our fierce and fearless CEO.

To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org

Invest in women, improve the world.

Production Credits:

Producer: Christi Owiye

Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum

Host: Alyse Nelson

Music Credit:

Flames by Dan Henig

Ronna was selected as a 2019 VV GROW Fellow and participated in the GAP Australia 2016 program. Listen in as Ronna sits down with Vital Voices' Vice-President of Economic Engagement, Zoe Dean-Smith

Connect with Ronna on Social Media:

Website: https://greenhouse.studio/

Facebook (business): https://www.facebook.com/greenhousefiji/

Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/mariaronnaluna

Twitter: @greenhousefiji

Instagram: @greenhousefiji

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariaronnaluna/

To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org

Invest in women, improve the world.

Production Credits:

Producer: Christi Owiye

Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum

Assistant Producer: Ryland N. Staples

Host: Alyse Nelson

Guest Host: Zoe Dean-Smith

Music Credit:

On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Listen in as Vital Voices partnered with sister organization, Running Start, to host a live book party for BBC journalist Mishal Husain.

Mishal's new book The Skills: From First Job to Dream Job—What Every Woman Needs to Know, and her leadership lessons are the topic of this conversation, led by Running Start fellow, and Washington, D.C.'s youngest-ever elected public official, Allyson Carpenter.

To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org

Invest in women, improve the world.

Production Credits:

Producer: Christi Owiye

Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum

Assistant Producer: Ryland N. Staples

Host: Alyse Nelson

Music Credit:

On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dr. Rouba Mhaissen is ​a Syrian-Lebanese economist, activist, and community mobilizer on a mission. As a 2019 #GlobalLeadershipAwards honoree, she ​is the Founder and Director of Sawa for Development and Aid​ (founded in 2011)​, a non-profit organization that supports Syrian refugees​ in Lebanon​, and Sawa Foundation UK, that supports forced migrants in Europe and the Middle East​.

Listen in as Rouba sits down with Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, to discuss the importance of empathy in her leadership journey to give hope and humanity to Syrian refugees.

To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org

Invest in women, improve the world.

Production Credits:

Producer: Christi Owiye

Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum

Host: Alyse Nelson

Music Credit:

On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hurricane Maria and Women Entrepreneurs: A Special Episode Hosted by Elise Labott

The #GlobalAmbassadors Program, in partnership with Bank of America, headed to Puerto Rico to assist woman business leaders in rebuilding their communities. Listen to this special episode hosted by Elise Labott as they discussed the future and the effects of a natural disaster on local businesses.

Mentees:

Paulina Salach Antonetti 

Maria Velasco

Isabel C. Fernandez 

Ana Yris Guzmán 

Isabel Rullan

Vital Voices' President and CEO sits down with Saskia Nino de Rivera, just in time for Mother's Day. Saskia tells the story of her journey to activism, and how motherhood drives her to use her #powertoempower.

To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org

Invest in women, improve the world.

Music Credit:

On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

An expert in renewable energy, Habiba Ali's Sosai Energy provides a variety of clean and renewable energy options to rural Nigerian communities living off the grid. In this episode, Vital Voices' President Alyse Nelson sits down with Habiba after the 2019 Global Leadership Awards to discuss Habiba's next steps, goals, and what happens when women are brought to the table to lead their communities.

To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org

Invest in women, improve the world.

Music Credit:

On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

During the VVEngage convening in Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Voices' President, Alyse Nelson sat down with Former Peruvian Prime Minister, Beatriz Merino to discuss her journey to leadership and the ways she uses her power to empower the next generation of leaders.

To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org

Invest in women, improve the world.

Music Credit:

On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Vital Voices' President Alyse Nelson sits down with Robin Leeds, a senior political strategist, organizer and advocate with more than 30 years of work in the government, labor, business and non-profit sectors on the gender pay gap, and what companies can do to eliminate the wage gap once and for all.

Music Credit:

On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/