SAIS Global Women in Leadership

2021 Conference Schedule

Resilience in Rebuilding: Claiming a More Equitable Future 

2021 JOHNS HOPKINS SAIS GLOBAL WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE


Day 1: Wednesday, April 7, 2021

10:00 a.m. Women in the Workplace: Report by McKinsey & Company

  • Sara O’Rourke (SAIS Alum) - Partner, McKinsey & Company

  • Nora Gardner - Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

11:30 a.m. COVID and Working Women

  • Antra Bhatt - Statistics Specialist, Policy Division, UN Women

  • Nicole Bateman - Senior Research Analyst, The Brookings Institution

  • Sheba Tejani - Lecturer, International Development Department, University of Birmingham

1:30 p.m. Women and COVID Care: Gender Inequalities in Healthcare

  • Dr. Roopa Dhatt - Executive Director, Women in Global Health

  • Kristin Bergtora Sandvik - Professor, University of Oslo

  • Julia Kaufman - Research Associate, Center for Global Development


Day 2: Thursday, April 8, 2021

10:00 a.m. This is America: Social Justice in 2020 and Beyond

  • Jerika Richardson - Senior VP for Equitable Justice & Strategic Initiatives, National Urban League

  • Vina Kay - VP of Movement Capacity Building, Race Forward

  • Minjon Tholen - Chief Inclusion and Strategic Innovation Officer, Amnesty International USA

11:30 a.m. Changemakers: Women Leaders in Climate Justice

  • Adrienne Hollis - Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists

  • Cecilia Turriago (SAIS Alum) - Managing Director, Enercar

  • Melissa Basque-Roux (SAIS Alum) - Gender and Energy Specialist, IFC

1:00 p.m. The Costs of Climate Change

  • Natalie Elwell - Senior Gender Advisor, World Resources Institute

  • Kari Hatcher (SAIS Alum) - Energy Analyst, U.S. Department of State

  • A. Tianna Scozzaro - Director, Gender, Equity & Environment Program, Sierra Club


Day 3: Friday, April 9, 2021

10:00 a.m. Is Your Foreign Policy Feminist?: Questions and Answers for International Relations in 2021

  • Sahana Dharmapuri - Director, Our Secure Future, One Earth Foundation

  • Rebecca Turkington - Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge

11:30 a.m. Governance and COVID-19: The Role of Gender in Governing

  • Uma Kambhamptati - Professor of Economics, University of Reading

  • Supriya Garikipati - Professor of Economics, University of Liverpool