A groundbreaking women-led global advocacy campaign for a climate safe world for all. Founded by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and current chair of The Elders, and Connected Women Leaders, a collective of over 100 women leaders from around the world. We aim to create opportunities for our ever-growing number of "dandelions" to connect and to generate collective demand for actions that will facilitate a just transition towards a climate-safe future — one that we believe is possible and within our reach. We need everyone to join us to pressure our leaders to do more, with more urgency. Join Us!

In this photo I'm with CWL cofounders Ronda Carnegie and Hafsat Abiola at a Project Dandelion reception at The Rockefeller Foundation during NYC Climate Week 2023.

The first time I met Eve Ensler, I knew right away that I wanted to commit my time, talent and resources to helping her launch and sustain what she later named the V-Day movement — a movement with the audacious goal of ending violence against women and girls (read more).

In this photo I'm with Eve and a group of fellow V-Day activists.

One rainy Sunday afternoon in 2004 I got a call from my good friends Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem. They invited me to come to Gloria’s apartment for a conversation about what to do about the under-representation and misrepresentation of women in media. Within weeks, we had launched the Women's Media Center (read more).

In this photo I'm at the Women's Media Center Awards with two of its founders, Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan.

I met the CEO of Acumen, Jacqueline Novogratz, at the Skoll World Forum, and was inspired, as many are, by her work with that organization, which she founded in 2001 after leaving a career in international banking. Acumen raises charitable donations to invest in companies, leaders, and ideas that are changing the way the world tackles poverty (read more).

In this photo Jacqueline is speaking at TEDWomen.

Barefoot College is one of the most amazing communities I’ve ever visited. It was started by a remarkable Indian leader, Bunker Roy, who had a vision for a new way to address rural poverty in India: a school that was built by, and exclusively for, the poor (read more).

In this photo, taken during my visit to Barefoot College, Bunker is showing me the book that tells the stories of the nearly 1,000 grandmothers from more than a dozen countries that he has trained to become solar engineers.