The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York would like to invite all to join us for a webinar on “Women's Leadership: Redesigning the Post COVID-19 Era” on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am (EDT).
We are honored to have Ambassador Kelley E. Currie, United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, and Ambassador Bi-khim Hsiao, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, among many other experts and actvists, join us in discussing women's role and transformative leadership in building a better and more resilient future.
The event will be live-streamed on YouTube. Register here (Live-stream link: https://youtu.be/U5PWDkQz9u4)
Moderator
Denise Scotto, Attorney at Law and Vice President & UN Representative, International Federation of Women in Legal Careers (Fédération Internationale des Femmes des Carrières Juridiques)
Panelists
- Ambassador Kelley E. Currie, United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
- Ambassador Bi-khim Hsiao, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
- Zoe Chi, Chair of the Global Network on Women’s Shelters
- Sarah Peers, Deputy President of the International Network of Women Engineers & Scientists
- Alex Shyy, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Cooperation and Development Fund
- Chia-Li Wu, Founding President of the Society of Taiwan Women in Science and Technology
- Kasia Stszewska, Resourcing Feminist Movements Manager of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development
- Jennifer Lu, Executive Director of the Taiwan Equality Campaign
Background information
COVID-19 has exposed the inconvenient truth of widening inequality within countries and globally. The pandemic is disproportionately impacting people of different gender, race and class, deepening the existing socio-economic divides.
Since the pandemic outbreak, we have witnessed female heads of state and women on the frontlines and in our communities lead effective responses in managing the crisis. UN Women stated, “the leadership style of women leaders in the COVID-19 response have been described as more collective than individual, more collaborative than competitive and more coaching than commanding.”
To recover from this crisis and make sure that no one is left behind, transformative leadership must be adopted in the post COVID-19 era. We need a more diverse and inclusive decision-making process to build back a better and resilient future for all.
