Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. I live for global affairs, policy, capacity building & impact. Views are my own.
Seattle, WA
Joined February 2011
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DRC-@_AfricanUnion Panel expert & gender equality advocate Julienne Lusenge at #GEF #KinshasaDeclaration event today "Now leaders must support women, women who save lives, maintain lives and are at the forefront...their voices must be heard and turned into policies!" #ActForEqual
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Strong #GEF panel by DRC Gov as @_AfricanUnion Chair today discussing new Africa gender equality #KinshasaDeclaration. Hosted by amazing women leaders Julienne Lusenge, Nzuzi Nsamba Jeans, Yelp Mulop Chantal, Koite Doumbia Mama, Lusenge Gisele Ndaya and Mbambi Annie #ActForEqual
Wow. Chills. Thank you @HillaryClinton and
@JuAMartinezO for your strength, passion and commitment. What an amazing intergenerational moment to watch at the Generation Equality Forum today #Actforequal
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Excited to be hearing from @FukuyamaFrancis at the Conference on #FutureofDevState for Ethiopia in Addis today. Thanks to @CIPEAfrica @PreciseConsult and the Forum for Social Studies for hosting this forum!
Lori Lightfoot Is Elected Chicago Mayor, Becoming First Black and Openly Gay Woman to Lead City nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/ch… @nytimes
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#Gender gaps in #Ethiopia: “across both formal and informal sectors, female employees earn 44% less per hour than their male counterparts”...only drops to 36% when individual, job-level, household characteristics are factored in openknowledge.worldbank.org/…
At @WorldBank’s #Ethiopia Gender Diagnostic Report launch: data shows women farmers produce 36% less per hectare than men due to less credit, less extension services, less production inputs. openknowledge.worldbank.org/…
What have we learned about gender and tax in Africa? ictd.ac/blog/gender-tax-afri… via @ICTDTax
Inspiring IWD @FT piece by Ethiopia’s President @SahleWorkZewde! “Africa’s women are rising and it’s time the world took note”
When I visited Ethiopia last month, I was impressed by the government’s commitment to gender equality. Ethiopian President @SahleWorkZewde explains why lifting up women benefits everyone. b-gat.es/2NRqu5b
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Thanks @MaxCRoser @JoeHasell for breaking down the poverty numbers debate reignited by @BillGates' tweet on Our World in Data: bit.ly/2Bn5QF5. Vox's @dylanmatt does a good explainer as well: bit.ly/2WY6mTq
"Am I a success or a failure?" is not a very useful question. It is better to ask “what am I learning.” Great insights for new and experienced managers alike from organizational behavior expert Bob Sutton @work_matters.
This captures just about everything I have learned about management, and try to practice every day. Absolutely rock solid advice.
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Shocking and shameful new data released on maternal mortality getting worse in the U.S. "A report from nine US states on maternal mortality estimated that more than 60% of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable."
American women today are 50% more likely to die in childbirth than their own mothers. Let's not mince words. The loss of reproductive freedom means more dead women. weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/d…
President Trump's nomination of David Malpass to lead the @WorldBank again begs the question: isn't it long overdue for a more open, global and diverse competition to pick this leader? CGD's @nancymbirdsall asks if it's time for a woman to lead the Bank: bit.ly/2TzEToH
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A growing problem in Addis: Homeless children and addiction @guardiannews bit.ly/2SDqIOV
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What if we could reinvent the toilet and the entire sanitation value chain to get to safely managed sanitation? #WorldToiletDay #ReinventedToilet #WorldToiletDay2018 @gatesfoundation
To have any hope of solving sanitation problems, we have to break taboos and get over our discomfort in talking about poop.
To make poop cool, that's the real innovation!
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Read this amazing and beautiful short story. One of my very favorite authors. Proceeds go to #unhcr @khaledhosseini thank you. @ Seattle, Washington instagram.com/p/Bok50bfjnhnx…
Great article on urban sanitation by @planetmoney @NPRGoatsandSoda 'Uber For Poop' Aims To Break Up Senegal's Toilet Cartel: npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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Thanks to @melindagates and our amazing partners like @wateraid @WASHUnited and many many others for a successful MH Day! #NoMoreLimits nitter.gq/melindagates/status/10…
Periods are a fact of life. Women and girls shouldn’t be sidelined by them—in sports, school, or their careers. It’s time to trade hushed whispers for open conversations about hygiene and health. #NoMoreLimits
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