Webinar recordings:
Welcome to our Webinar Recordings library! Here, you’ll find past webinars featuring HKS Alumni experts, insightful discussions, and practical takeaways on key topics. Whether you missed a session or want to revisit valuable insights, explore our collection and stay informed.
March 2025 | IWD 2025: This International Women’s Day, we came together to discuss how we can drive meaningful change—despite global uncertainty. With shifts in leadership and policies affecting gender equality, how do we keep pushing forward? We discussed with members of the G20's Women20 (W20) delegation from Italy, US, Argentina and South Africa to share their thoughts on how we can bring women together from across the political divides to work together to accelerate action despite the uncertainty.
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January 2025 | Financial abuse is a hidden epidemic—money used as a tool for control and harm. But what if we could design financial systems to prevent it? Join this conversation with Catherine Fitzpatrick and discover the Financial "Designed to Disrupt" framework, a game-changer in creating safer financial systems for women. Let's spark innovation and drive change together!
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January 2025 | Dr. Erin McFee answered questions like: What do rolling blackouts have to do with the Albanian mafia in Ecuador?, How does water pollution help the Mexican Cartels?, What role does asbestos play in veteran reintegration in Ukraine?
She spoke about about how the earth is implicated in, affected by, and leveraged for war and the effects that it has on people on the move. Learn about the many ways that focusing on resource management and ecological recovery can help break the cycles of violence and create new opportunities for peacebuilding and security stabilization. Click here to watch the recording. Passcode: zQe4.40n
September 2024 | In this talk, Delia Grenville will help you identify the subtle signs of mobbing, understand its impact on your team, and provide strategies to foster a healthier, more inclusive workplace culture. Don’t let your organization lose its best people to an invisible threat. Equip yourself with the knowledge to recognize and address mobbing effectively, ensuring all employees, regardless of gender, can thrive in a supportive environment.
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November 2024 | HKSWAN hosted our fellow members Rasha Khoury, Nasrien E. Ibrahim and Julie Silver to discuss women in healthcare. These three Harvard Alumni shared their perspectives on why female leadership in the health sector can transform the care women receive. They discussed some of the challenges women face today when receiving care, and how addressing the leadership gap can help address this, as well as how wider female leadership can positively impact technological innovation.
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September 2024 - Unleashing Authentic Leadership for a fulfilling Life
This event was organized by the Harvard Kennedy School Women's Alumni Network (HKSWAN), alongside our co-sponsors, the HKS San Francisco Alumni Network(HKSSF) and the HBS Women's Association. You can watch the event recording here,
December 2023 - AI for Equality
While acknowledging the relevant challenges and risks that AI entails, this webinar takes a fresh, and thought-provoking angle by learning about Top experts and AI practitioner's perspectives from Google Cloud, Amazon, Deep-learning AI, and Unicef India, and thinking about how Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed for positive change. Watch the recorded webinar here.
8th March 2024 - International Women's Day webinar, co-hosted by Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network and International Water Management Institute (IWMI) MENA. With only 2% of the world's water supplies, the region faces severe droughts impacting 50% of the agricultural workforce— mainly rural women. Watch the link to the recording of the event here and the presentation materials HERE.
November 2019 - HKSWN hosted a live webinar with Allison Shapira on “Helping Women Around the World Find Their Voice.” Allison, an expert in public speaking and a former opera singer, led a private online workshop for HKSWN members. She specializes in helping people speak with confidence and authenticity in their meetings, pitches, and presentations. Watch the recorded webinar here.
Virtual | September 2022 - Leading In Times of Constant Crisis: A Conversation with Ronald Heifetz
The HSKWN hosted a webinar with Ronald Heifetz on September 8th to discuss his thoughts on leadership in a time of crisis, how we move forward and what we can do to weather periods of uncertainty. A recording of the webinar is available here (passcode: K9a$u^E4).