Category: Leadership programmes

SI alumni Japleen Pasricha, founder of “Feminism in India”, is the host in the podcast "Advocacy, Passion & Beyond: Voices from the SI Leader Lab". In the podcast Japleen speaks with leaders and activists across Eastern Europe, South Asia, and the MENA region, all alumni of SI Leadership Programmes, to understand the challenges they have faced in the past years and how they have worked around the limitations to continue the fight for social justice.

Graphic picture showing text and a photo of a woman in the middle. — Graphic: Feminism in India (FII)

Alumni, Leadership programmes, The 2030 Agenda

“We share challenges and have a common goal”

SI alumni Japleen Pasricha, founder of “Feminism in India”, is the host in the podcast “Advocacy, Passion & Beyond: Voices from the SI Leader Lab”. In the podcast Japleen speaks with…

Leadership programmes, SI stories, The 2030 Agenda

”The soft skills impacted my whole life”

Bita Baghestani, founder of Levva, explains how the She Entrepreneurs programme helped her reach the impact she wanted and how it made her better able to lead her company. She…

Leadership programmes, SI stories

“As a gender advocate, I want to empower other women”

Sara El Outa is a feminist activist and human rights defender from Lebanon, working as an advocacy coordinator at the Lebanese Democratic Women’s Gathering (RDFL). Sara is one of gender…

Leadership programmes, SI stories

”You should be prepared to unlearn”

Despite being a highly experienced leader in sustainable energy, Dr G. Ganesh Das still found his involvement in the Swedish Institute Management Programme extremely valuable, as it gave him new perspectives…

Leadership programmes, SI stories

Putting human needs first to create a more meaningful sustainability model

The Swedish Institute Management Programme helped fintech specialist, Faith Nkatha Gitonga, reappraise her ideas about sustainability, helping her to focus first on the needs of people in Africa, with traditional…