ParlAmericas Podcast

Young Women in Leadership: Strategies for Working as an Effective Leader

Episode Summary

This episode is a collaboration between Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) and ParlAmericas. Recorded during the Young Women in Leadership – Trinidad and Tobago leadership workshop, held on March 5 and 6, 2020, in Port of Spain, this episode features a panel discussion on “Strategies for working as an effective leader.” The conversation, moderated by Dr. Rosina Wiltshire (CIWiL Treasurer), includes speakers Dr. Gabrielle Hosein (Head of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies – St. Augustine Campus); Lady Anande Trotman-Joseph (CIWiL President); Patries Ramkaran (Fundraising Director of the Association of Female Executives of Trinidad and Tobago and Founder and Managing Director of Ramkaran Contracting Services Limited); and Senator Hazel Thompson-Ahye. The panellists reflect on their own leadership journeys and share good practices related to coalition building, resource mobilization, and advocacy and communications that can be employed to support sustainable and effective gender equality work. Young Women in Leadership – Trinidad and Tobago was organized by CIWiL and ParlAmericas in partnership with the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Episode Notes

This episode shares good practices for working effectively as a leader within the gender equality movement, with an emphasis on supporting young women leaders. In a conversation moderated by Dr. Rosina Wiltshire (CIWiL Treasurer), speakers Dr. Gabrielle Hosein (Head of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies – St. Augustine Campus); Lady Anande Trotman-Joseph (President of CIWiL); and Patries Ramkaran (Fundraising Director of the Association of Female Executives of Trinidad and Tobago and Founder and Managing Director of Ramkaran Contracting Services Limited); and Senator Hazel Thompson-Ahye reflect on their own leadership journeys and share good practices related to coalition building, resource mobilization, and advocacy and communications.

This episode is a collaboration between Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) and ParlAmericas. It was recorded at the jointly organized Young Women in Leadership initiative that took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on March 5, 6, and 9, 2020.