Emily Bove – Making Gender Equality a Reality – Advocates / Women’s Rights Groups for A Fairer Future

Women’s rights and advocating for equality. Different countries, different ways of working and the impact seen and felt in contrasting regions of the world. My guest today is Emily Bove, Executive Director of Women Thrive Alliance, a leading global women’s rights network that unites and mobilizes hundreds of grassroots women’s rights and gender equality organizations in over 50 countries. We will be discussing: Women’s rights, advocating for equality – Women Thrive Alliance and other organisations, what they do and how they help Different countries, different ways of working – The impact seen and felt in contrasting regions of the world Local advocates and women’s rights groups compared to national/international. How can they be heard and their approach to problems Grassroots movements – What can they accomplish and how the public helps them. Emily Bove is the Executive Director of Women Thrive Alliance, a leading global women’s rights network that unites and mobilizes hundreds of grassroots women’s rights and gender equality organizations in over 50 countries. Over the past decade, Emily has worked in service of grassroots feminist leaders around the world, bridging their social justice agendas with key development processes. Joining Women Thrive in 2014 as a program director, Emily transformed a group of a dozen local partners into a vibrant 300-plus global community of advocates focused on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality. You can find Emily on the web: Website – Batonga Foundation Social Media –  twitter