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When you bring smart, experienced women leaders together and give them the opportunity to share and problem-solve, they will.

Women are agents of change. In this edition of Bellagio Perspectives, we interview ten women leaders in economics, government, arts, media, philanthropy, development, & law who use gender as a primary lens in their efforts to eliminate inequities and unlock solutions for the most pressing issues of our time, from climate change to human rights and political empowerment.

The wellbeing of women and the wellbeing of nations goes hand-in-hand. When women don’t prosper, their countries don’t prosper.

We need to acknowledge the importance of weaving networks. Authoritarian fascism is rising everywhere. All of us are trying to confront it and survive this wave.

We don't want our daughters to have to break through the same ceilings we are pushing through now. Our ceiling has to be their floor.

Climate affects health. It affects access to care. It affects migration and the availability of food and water. And women are often disproportionately impacted.

Moving the needle on our planet’s most pressing issues, from gender and racial justice to economic inequity to climate change, requires us to recognize and support feminist leaders and invest in grassroots efforts.

The greatest goal is to raise awareness and visibility of gender-based crimes. People have to see them, to see those victims, because they have existed probably in every conflict throughout time.