IGP Women’s Initiative Director Jennifer Klein Intros ‘Vital Voices Live’ with Former Prime Minister Sanna Marin

Women’s Initiative Director Jennifer Klein introduced an episode of Vital Voices Live on the launch of former Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin’s new book, Hope in Action.

“This memoir is especially important today as women continue to be underrepresented at all levels of decision-making worldwide,” Klein explained. “Despite the benefits of increasing women’s leadership—such as better governance, inclusive policies, and sustainable peace—women continue to encounter significant challenges and barriers to leadership, including violence, both on and offline, the lack of role models and mentorship, and biased media coverage. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, only twenty-six of 193 countries have a female head of state or government, and just nine of those countries have reached parity between women and men in their national legislature.”

The full podcast episode is available here.