On March 8th, join us and thousands of women in the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network to celebrate International Women’s Day with our signature event-the Global Mentoring Walk. A longstanding Vital Voices tradition, these walks connect women leaders and spark a movement to promote the rising generation through mentorship. Thanks to the incredible partnership of our network members, this year 72 Mentoring Walks will take place in over 51countries*-a record breaking number to date!
International Women’s Day recognizes women’s contribution to global progress and reminds us of the work that remains to advance women and communities everywhere. It is the ideal opportunity to demonstrate the power of women’s leadership and unite women in support of other women.
Across cultures and generations, we have seen that women leaders have a natural inclination to share talent, experience, wisdom and power. Through the Vital Voices Global Mentoring Walk, mentors and mentees will come together to walk in their towns and cities, sharing challenges and solutions and forming supportive bonds that foster growth, confidence and leadership. Each year our walks grow in numbers and in impact – building momentum for a movement of women paying it forward to support other women.
“The walk presented an opportunity to get the conversation started that needed to be started so long ago. Our company philosophy is based on growth and development of people and we saw this as the perfect opportunity to inspire change and get others involved in the growth and development of our future generation.” – Thecla Deterville, 2014 Flag Bearer, Castries, St. Lucia
Mentoring Walks will be taking place in nearly every corner of the globe to commemorate International Women’s Day. See if there is one in your hometown:
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City |
Country |
Flag Bearer |
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Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
Mariana Massaccesi |
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CĢ_rdoba |
Argentina |
MarĢ_a Laura Faria |
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Salta |
Argentina |
Milagro LĢ_pez Sanabria |
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TucumĢĮn |
Argentina |
Regina MartĢ_nez Riekes; Herminia Ledesma; Romina Soria |
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Rosario |
Argentina |
MarĢ_a Cecilia Ribecco and Stefani GarzĢ_n |
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Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Sarika Bhattacharyya |
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Sao Paolo |
Brazil |
Ana Fontes |
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Bamenda |
Cameroon |
Helen Gwanfogbe |
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Douala |
Cameroon |
Mbohngeh Edna Njilin |
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Ndop |
Cameroon |
Awondo Judith |
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia |
Sochua Mu |
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San Jose |
Costa Rica |
Gioconda Lizano and Eugenia Gamboa |
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Bukavu |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
Christine Karumba |
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Quito |
Ecuador |
Maria Sara Jijon |
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Cairo |
Egypt |
Soraya Bahgat |
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Addis Ababa |
Ethiopia |
Rahel Gettu |
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Accra |
Ghana |
Brigitte Dzogbenuku |
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Kumasi |
Ghana |
Rosina Teye |
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Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Dina de Dios |
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Georgetown |
Guyana |
Barbara Pertkin and Nicole Hudson Griffith |
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Petion Ville |
Haiti |
Charlotte Tanis and Rebecca Guillaume |
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Tegucigalpa |
Honduras |
Cecilia Martinez |
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Jaipur |
India |
Archana Surana |
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Delhi |
India |
Sarika Bhattacharyya |
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Majuli Island, Assam |
India |
Gili Navon |
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Mumbai |
India |
Sarika Bhattacharyya |
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Ranchi |
India |
Rashmi Tiwari |
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Haifa |
Israel |
Liron Peleg Hadomi and Noha Khatib |
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Nairobi |
Kenya |
Jebet Chemngorem |
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Beirut |
Lebanon |
Rima El-Husseini |
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Harbel |
Liberia |
Nancy Obi |
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Monrovia |
Liberia |
Vaiba Flomo |
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Tripoli |
Libya |
Hala Elmisrati |
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Bamako |
Mali |
Hadeye Maiga |
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Lilongwe |
Malawi |
Tamala Chirwa |
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Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
Radziah Radzi |
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Arandas, Jalisco |
MĢ©xico |
RocĢ_o Bernal |
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Mexico City |
Mexico |
Luz Maria de la Mora |
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Kathmandu |
Nepal |
Samjhana Phuyal and Monika Chaulagain |
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Managua |
Nicaragua |
Ana Zavala HanĢ_n |
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Abuja |
Nigeria |
Hassana Gambo |
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Calabar |
Nigeria |
Victoria Emah-Emah |
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Enugu |
Nigeria |
Joy Eze |
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Lagos |
Nigeria |
Lucy Kanu |
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Mmiata Anam |
Nigeria |
Tessie Udegboka |
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Belfast |
Northern Ireland |
Carol Fitzsimons |
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Port Moresby |
Papua New Guinea |
Rose Henry |
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Sehwan |
Pakistan |
Noor ul Ain Laghari |
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Lima |
Peru |
Jessica Soto |
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Puerto Princesa |
Philippines |
Amina Swanepoel |
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Warsaw |
Poland |
Daria Mejnartowicz |
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Doha |
Qatar |
Jiskala Khalayli |
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Ni�Į |
Serbia |
Andrea Brbakli€ą |
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Castries |
Saint Lucia |
Thecla Deterville |
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Rustenberg |
South Africa |
Tebogo Anna Mashego |
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Johannesburg |
South Africa |
Hema Vallabh |
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Colombo |
Sri Lanka |
Thilini Bandara |
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Dar-Es-Salaam |
Tanzania |
Emelda Mwamanga Mtunga |
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Bangkok |
Thailand |
Mari Sawai |
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Lome |
Togo |
Candide Leguede |
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Port of Spain |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Nicole Joseph-Chin |
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Lira – Northern Uganda |
Uganda |
Mara Bua-Johnson |
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Kampala |
Uganda |
Rehmah Kasule |
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Soroti |
Uganda |
Alice Emasu Seruyange |
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Seattle |
United States |
Vital Voices Northwest Council |
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Montevideo |
Uruguay |
Paula Gallotti and Veronica Raffo |
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Port Vila |
Vanuatu |
Mary Jack |
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Hoa Binh |
Vietnam |
Duc Nguyen |
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Sanaa |
Yemen |
Mudeerah Sayyad |
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Lusaka |
Zambia |
Lumbiwe Lulu Limbikani |
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Gweru |
Zimbabwe |
N’Florence Guzha |
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Harare |
Zimbabwe |
Nyaradzo Mashayamombe |
*Due to cancellations, the total walks for 2015 is now at 72.
Follow the movement and action in real-time at #MentoringWalk.