Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Alaa Murabit: Stand Up and Show Up

The Bridge from The Aspen Institute

How can women’s activists of different generations learn from each other? Is there a deep divide or are we closer than we think? Older activists bring decades of struggle and a sense of the fragility of hard-won gains, while young activists see issues through a more integrated and intersectional lens. This episode of The Bridge explores how we can learn from the past and also shape the future for women, and features a conversation between Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Dr. Alaa Murabit. Phumzile is the United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women. Alaa is a physician, activist, and one of the 17 Global Sustainable Development Goal Advocates appointed by the UN Secretary General. On this special live episode of The Bridge podcast, Phumzile and Alaa join host Peggy Clark, Vice President of the Aspen Institute and Executive Director of the Aspen Global Innovators Group, to share their unique perspectives on the progress the world is making in advancing equal rights for women. Learn more about The Bridge podcast and other programs at https://www.aspenglobalinnovators.org/.