AS/COA Women's Hemispheric Network
AS/COA Women's Hemispheric Network
Globally, women make up only 31 percent of board directors. Moreover, only 44 companies listed in the Fortune 500 annual list have women CEOs. And according to UNESCO, only 30 percent of professionals working in technology today are women. Although in recent years, progress has been made across gender equality indicators, more ambitious efforts are needed to address the barriers that hold women and girls back.
With that in mind, Americas Society/Council of the Americas launched the Women’s Hemispheric Network in 2012 to provide a forum for women and male allies to convene and discuss opportunities for advancing gender equality.
Building on that success, WHN went global in 2013, hosting a series of events across the Americas, including in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, Miami, Panama, Santiago, and São Paulo. During the pandemic, we engaged more professional women and male allies across the hemisphere than ever before through our virtual programming, consisting of over 70 events. Now, we are back in person with conferences in New York, Miami, and across the region.
| “I leave inspired and certainly will pass this inspiration in the actions with the 200,000 women entrepreneurs from my network.” –Ana Fontes, founder of Rede Mulher Empreendedora, after the WHN Brazil conference |
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In conjunction with AS/COA’s programmatic efforts, we offer this portal to maintain an active discussion. Explore the following areas of the portal by navigating through the tabs to the left.
- We hold events across the Americas. Find out where we have been on the past events tab.
- View videos in the Watch & Listen section.
- Access interviews, publications, and more related content from hemispheric women leaders.
- For more information, contact: women@as-coa.org
Live Broadcast
On International Women's Day, the business executives from PepsiCo and SoftBank spoke about the release of a new book on women's empowerment.
On February 16, AS/COA and Portafolio Inmobiliario bring together experts for an invitation-only program to discuss ways to close the region's tech-sector gender gap.
AS/COA featured women leaders and male allies from across the Western Hemisphere for a timely discussion on gender parity in the Americas.
One day before the 10th annual conference, WHN will host four simultaneous sessions on topics ranging from talent development to women in STEM, facilitated by industry leaders.
Looking to take control of your personal finances but don't know where to start? AS/COA's WHN and YPA hosted experts who gave insight into the world of inv
Mexico’s top diplomat in Washington shares her thoughts on rising through the foreign service ranks and the challenges for gender parity today.
The Brazilian entrepreneur shares her advice on building out a passion project in this podcast.
Closing the gender gap may just be "the best post-COVID recovery plan possible," write Americas Quarterly's editors.