Michell Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA and a member of IWF Georgia, joins us on the International Day of the Girl Child to focus on the urgent and unique challenges that girls everywhere face related to living healthy and fulfilling lives. She shares:

• Trends and statistics on the current state of girls globally
• Lessons from the crisis in Afghanistan
• A story that gives her hope for the future of girls
• The importance of women running for public office
• Key issues like education, climate change, and gender based violence

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Alexia Barrier was the first woman to attempt a single-handed around-the-globe tour for the benefit of science. In this episode she shares:

• her experience spending 111 days alone at sea
• how you don’t need the best equipment to perform at the highest caliber
• how we can each play a role in protecting our oceans, and
• the scale at which plastics are impacting the environment

About the Guest: Alexia Barrier is a professional sailor, top-level match racer, founder of 4myplanet and member of IWF France. She recently completed the Vendée Globe, a solo, nonstop around the world yacht race.

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Ambassador Roberta Lajous shares her unique perspective on democracy, including:

• what she perceives as the greatest threat to democracy today
• what European governments offer their citizens that is particularly useful for women
• how the world views democracy in the U.S. in light of recent events
• advancements of women in politics in Mexico, and
• how the Cold War and Cuban Missile Crisis inspired her lifelong passion of foreign relations and international affairs.

About the Guest: Roberta Lajous has been the Mexican Ambassador to Spain, Cuba, Austria, and Bolivia, as well as a Representative of Mexico to the UN. She is the former President of IWF Mexico.

Learn more about the International Women’s Forum by visiting iwforum.org.