Vital Voices Radio Podcast

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Kim Campbell, the first woman Prime Minister of Canada, who joined Vital Voices on our first ever VV Engage in-person gathering in Florence, Italy.   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/

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with VV Lead fellows Daniela Pogliani, Executive Director of Conservación Amazónica, and Sheeba Sen, founder of Alaap, on a recent trip to Mumbai for a VVLead Peer-to-Peer Exchange.   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/  

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Kiran Bir Sethi, founder of the Riverside School and one of our 2018 Global Leadership Award Honorees, on a recent trip to India for our VVLead program.      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/

Join Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with the five finalists for the first-ever WE Empower UN SDG Challenge, a global business competition for women entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.   The finalists were:  - Habiba Ali, Founder, Managing Director, and CEO of Sosai Renewable Energies (Nigeria) - Marta del Rio Villaneuva, Founder and CEO of Wasi Organics (Peru) - Hadeel Mustafa Anabtawi, Founder of The Alchemist Lab (Jordan) - Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, Co-Founder and CEO of ECOncrete Tech Ltd. (Israel) - Marijana Savic, Founder and Director of NGO Atina and Bagel Bejgl Shop (Serbia)   This interview was recorded in September during the UN General Assembly in New York City. 

Vital Voices COO Alvin Allgood sits down with Alex Prout, one of our 2018 Voices of Solidarity honorees and chair of the Vital Voices Solidarity Council, to discuss Alex's work fighting gender-based violence, his experience advocating for his daughter, Chessy, and how men and boys can become allies in the fight against sexual assault. Alex is the father of Chessy Prout, author of the book I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope.  Please be advised, this podcast includes a discussion of sexual violence, and contains information about sexual assault which may be upsetting to some listeners. If you'd like to speak with a specialist about some of the sensitive issues covered today, please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or visit www.rainn.org/get-help    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/

Happy Giving Tuesday! In this episode, Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson sits down with three incredible women who are using their power to empower and leveraging their platform to give back: Jennifer Silberman, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Target and President of the Target Foundation; Maria Gabriela Hoch, Founder of the Vital Voices chapter in Argentina; and Drew Ginsburg, Founder and CEO of the high-end jewelry line DYLANLEX. On this Giving Tuesday, consider donating to Vital Voices by texting VITAL to 41444. To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.VitalVoices.org. Follow us on Twitter (@VitalVoices), Instagram (@VitalVoices) and like us on Facebook (facebook.com/VitalVoices)!    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/

Join Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Samantha Inesta, a Global Freedom Exchange fellows and Founder and Executive Director of BeaSister2aSister, an aftercare program for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.

Join Vital Voices President and CEO Alyse Nelson as she interviews actress, activist, and Vital Voices Board Member Sally Field at the launch party for her new memoir "In Pieces". Special thank you to Donna and Mack McLarty for hosting the event at their home.  

In honor of World Refugee Day, take a listen to Vital Voices President & CEO Alyse Nelson as she sits down with Syrian-Lebanese economist, activist, and community mobilizer Rouba Mhiassen, a VVLead Fellow and Founder of Sawa for Development and Aid. (2018)    

Vital Voices partner and longtime FGM/C activist, Oumie Sissokho sits down with Vital Voices Human Rights staff in Sierra Leone. (2018)    

Listen in as Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, sits down with 2011 Global Leadership Awards Honoree Sunitha Krishnan, a fierce activist combating commercial sexual exploitation in India. (2018)        

Listen in as Vital Voices President, Alyse Nelson, sits down with 2015 Global Leadership Awards Honoree Kah Walla. Kah is a leader in public live, an entrepreneur, and an activist out of Cameroon. (2018)        

Listen in as Vital Voices President, Alyse Nelson, sits down with VVLead Fellow, Founder and Executive Director of PERIOD, Nadya Okamoto. In addition to being a former HERlead Fellow, Nadya recently finished a hard fought, historic campaign for Cambridge, MA City Council. (2017)        

Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, sits down with VVLead Fellow, CEO of AnnieCannons, Inc, Jessica Hubley. (2017)        

On Sept. 26, the Saudi Arabian government formally announced that it would lift a ban on women driving. One of the trailblazing activists who helped spark the movement to overturn the ban is longtime Vital Voices Network leader and 2012 Global Leadership Award Honoree, Manal al-Sharif. Listen in on this exclusive throwback podcast with Manal that followed her iconic 2011 arrest.

Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, sits down with VVLead Ambassador, activist & filmmaker, Samar Minallah Khan.

Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, sits down with Andrea Garcia Lopez, VVLead Fellow & CEO of PROtrash. (2017)

Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, sits down with Saskia Nino De Riveria, President of the non-profit organization Reinserta. (2017)      

Listen in as Vital Voices President, Alyse Nelson, sits down with human rights defender, social good strategist, and Founder of GenYNOT, Jamira Burley. (2017)