Women in Leadership Working Group

Thirty-eight nationally accomplished women gathered in San Francisco on April 19, 2001 for an in-depth discussion and exploration of the future of women and leadership. Winds of Change hosted this unique opportunity for directors of advocacy organizations, leaders of academic institutions, researchers, activists, and funders. In two days of intensive discussions one-on-one and in groups, these powerful women leaders leveraged one another’s abilities, creativity and resources.

The Foundation chose an unusual strategy: a working group. Instead of creating an advisory body to provide feedback and information to guide the Foundation’s preconceived agenda, Winds of Change created a dynamic agenda. Each member of the Group actively participated in challenging difficult discussions that led to a number of new ideas, collaboration, and projects.

Here is the executive summary on the ideas and next steps generated at the April 19th, 2001 Women in Leadership Working Group.

Women in Leadership Working Group

April 19-21, 2001, San Francisco
From April 19-21, 2001, the Winds of Change Foundation brought together 38 women from various disciplinary sectors to identify and develop promising strategies to advance the field of women's leadership. The group was designed to provide an alternative forum to stimulate new dialogues, encourage collaboration and bridge gaps between academic research, advocacy, activism, and funding in this field. Bringing together people with different perspectives to speak about the same issues in an intense environment brought about a synergistic process ...On Saturday morning, the working group self-divided into two areas of interest - strategic work, and an overview of the field of women in leadership.

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