At TEDWomen 2015

For many of us, last week was lit up by the magic of TED! TED Women in Monterey saw almost 1,000 TED-devotees gather in Monterey for three days of TED talks and conversations on how women are changing the world and how the world is changing for women.

Jacki Zehner and Jane Wurwand, Dermalogica founder speaking about female entrepreneurship

  • "We need to support women owned businesses because they will re-invest in our communities!"

Laura Stachel, Founder of We Care Solar

  • "800 women die every day in childbirth"
  • "The 1st solar suitcase reduced a Nigerian hospital's maternal deaths by 70%"
  • "Cultural entrepreneurship is about changing mindsets to bring about positive social change"

The Hunting Ground tells the story of how college rape survivors became advocates and activists and the documentary producers speaking on the power of documentary film to impact social change

  • "Documentaries are replacing traditional forms of investigative journalism" - Geralyn Drefous
  • "Some films are DNA changers - we're not the same person we were before we saw them" - Regina Scully/Artemis
  • "Media creates our culture - how can we use media as a strategy for social change?"
  • "Victim blaming is prevalent.The system tries to silence victims for liability or PR reasons" - Kamilah Willingham
  • "Getting these stories out is so important: commercial films end up picking up the themes indept films surface"
  • "Survivors have started organizations like End Rape on Campus, providing education and advocating for policy change"
  • "Parents should question colleges on their harassment policies and we can use social media to hold organizations accountable"

The Indigo Girls performing at the opening dinner of TED Women. There are 900 ppl here! 

Achenyo Idachaba, green entrepreneur on returning to Nigeria to pursue opportunities for social good

  • "To learn a culture, listen to the stories, To change a culture, change the stories"

Robin Murphy, disaster roboticist on accelerating disaster response exponentially expedites recovery 

  • "Unmanned ground vehicles and other robotics are a game changer for disaster response"

Rana el Kaliouby, emotion analytics expert, on creating technology that can read and respond to emotions

  • "In 5 years, all our technology will be able to read and respond to emotions" 
  • "By humanising technology, we can rewrite how we connect with machines and how we connect with one another as humans "

Christina Mercando, a product designer on wearable technology today

  • "Wearable tech today is mostly unisex/gadget-like and doesn't appeal to women"
  • "Miniaturisation of electronics allows for discreet product design and women friendly wearable tech"

Linda Briceno on giving up economics to pursue a musical career & becoming a WEF Global Shaper

Nonny de la Pena on using Virtual Reality in conjunction with journalism for greater impact

  • "We can use VR to evoke the experience of living through the Civil War in Syria"
  • "Virtual reality journalism needs to be done ethically and authentically based on source materials"

Margaret Heffernan on how hierarchical organisations lead to aggression, dysfunction & waste

  • "Helpfulness among team members far outweighs individual intelligence"
  • "People getting to know each other is what drives helpfulness and real momentum"
  • "Companies don't have ideas, only people do. Social capital is key to robust idea generation"
  • "Ideas only achieve their full potential through candid discussion and social capital"
  • "For years, we tried to motivate ppl through money but money erodes social connectiveness"

Elizabeth Nyamayaro, head of UN HeForShe, on what drives her to want to uplift other people

  • "HeforShe is about moving the 3.2bn men in the world so they can be on the right side of history"
  • "HeforShe has sparked millions of men to personally intervene to stop inequality & abuse against women"
  • "HeforShe has mobilised male leaders to make concrete commitments to gender equality"
  • "It is not our gender that defines us but our shared humanity. Heforshe is about uplifting all of us together"

Roxane Gay on being a 'bad feminist'

  • "Women are afraid to be feminists for fear of what this means and not being able to live up to expectations"

Lee Mokobe, TED Fellow, poet and vocal revolutionary, on growing up as a transgender person

Richard Benjamin on being a resident and not a guest in White-opia

Pardis Sabeti, computational geneticist, on fighting Ebola

Marlene Zuk on why sex in insects is more interesting than sex in people

  • "insects break a lot of the rules we have about gender stereotypes"

Kakani Katija on how marine organisms contribute to the mixing of nutrients that feed ocean life

Maria Bello on labelling and how Facebook has 50+ gender identities to choose from 

Mubin Shaikh on his journey from being a radical Islamist to an undercover counter-terrorist

Nancy Lublin on the power of texting as a communication tool with teens

  • "30 per cent of texts received by Crisis Text Line are about potential suicides"
  • "Data available on Crisis http://trends.org  shows Monday is the worst day for eating disorders"

President Carter on using his status as a former president to promote human rights around the world

  • "There has been a massive increase in violence in our society mainly against women"
  • "Gender mutilation & honour killings of women who dishonour their families are rife in Islamic communities"
  • "To end sexual slavery, we should prosecute the pimps and clients not the women"
  • "1 in 4 girls who enter US universities will be sexually assaulted before they graduate"
  • "There are only 23 female CEOs in the Fortune 500 companies and they earn less than male CEOs"
  • "Men may say they care but most go on quietly accepting the privileges they enjoy"
  • "Women need to be more forceful about demanding an end to gender inequality"

Read President Carter's new book: A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power! 

Sakena Yacoobi on mobilising support for the education, health and empowerment of Afghan girls. She shared her journey on how she founded schools for 15k Afghan students in one year and providing underground training for women & girls during the Taliban

  • "Education transforms people and we need to train men especially to see the potential of women"

Memory Banda on growing up in Malawi where sex initiation camps are the norm for girls at puberty and how she refused to go to the camps because she wanted to get an education & do something to help the community. Memory Banda's was the 1st community to say no girl should have to get married before 18.

Billie Jean King on fighting for gender equality not just for athletes but for the whole of society

  • "The BJ King Leadership Academy is about inclusive leadership and letting people be their authentic selves"
  • BJ King calling out President Carter at 90 & completely on top of the stats on women & girls!

Mary Robinson on how her passion for human rights led her to develop the Irish economy, education and health system 

  • "Climate change affects the lives of people & their human rights"
  • "The people suffering from climate change effects are not the ones polluting the planet"
  • "We live in a very unequal world and we can't continue with business as usual"
  • "Moving developed countries from fossil fuels to renewable energy requires global solidarity"
  • "The global political will is not enough to counter climate change"
  • "The Sustainable Development Goals come into effect for all countries in January 2016 but this issue is too important to leave to the UN & Governments"
  • "Climate change should be an issue for all businesses, women's groups, youth"
  • "The population will reach 50 bn in 2050. We have to reach a new level of commitment to make it a better world for them"

With Marina Liu of UBS & Peggy Moh of the Larry & Celia Moh Foundation at the opening dinner of TED Women!

 

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