Mahnaz Afkhami leads a group discussion with Jacqueline Pitanguy, Marian Edelman, and Zenebework Tadesse as leaders of prominent human rights and women's human rights organizations, on their experiences as leaders, strategies for effective movement building, and important qualities of a successful leader.
Jacqueline Pitanguy of WLP Brazil/Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informação e Ação (CEPIA) speaks about her history with WLP, the development of an international women's rights network, and the development of the feminist movement in Brazil.
Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder of WLP, gives an overview of the difficulties of civil organizing, and discusses women's organizations in the Global South in context of rising authoritarianism, fundamentalism, and instability.
