Heading to New Delhi, India for the Women\'s Economic Forum
05.05.2017
Alison Brown and I are heading to India in May as Delegates for the 2016 International Women's Economic Forum (WEF) hosted by the All Ladies League (ALL). ALL Ladies League (ALL) is the world’s largest All-inclusive international women’s chamber and a movement for the Welfare, Wealth, and Wellbeing of ALL. The WEF will be held in New Delhi from May 16 - 21.
"WEF is more than a ‘conference’ – it is a mega marquee annual global happening as part of our movement of love and leadership of ALL that is building an energetic ecosystem across the world to enable women to express themselves with ALL their heart and authenticity and thus drive change and innovation in ALL walks of life, actualizing in the process their own capacity to create and influence." -Dr. Harbeen Arora, Global Chairperson
The topics Alison will be presenting on are:
Women in the Sciences, Opportunity & Challenges - Opportunities and challenges for women engineers
Technology and its impact on our daily lives - The impact of ubiquitous positioning and time services on our daily lives. She developed the first GPS Cell phone, for example, which is now on display at the Smithsonian museum, and can talk in particular about how this technology has evolved.
Women in technology: the pipeline discussion - Alison is very active in programs promoting science, technology and math (STEM) to young girls and can talk about need for women mentors and role models to encourage young girls to enter these fields.
The topics I'll be presenting on are:
“Restorative Justice & Humanizing the Justice System : A Common Sense Approach” - Restorative Justice (RJ) is based on a theory of justice and a global social movement which focuses on crime and wrong-doing as acted against the individual or community, rather than the state. It emphasizes repairing harm caused by criminal behavior instead of punishment. Full Circle Restorative Justice (FCRJ) provides an avenue in the 11th Judicial District which addresses the harm caused by crime, and provides opportunities for victim empowerment and restitution, while supporting offender accountability and integration back into the community.
Participants will learn how communities across Colorado and throughout the United States are incorporating Restorative Practices in the schools and justice system. RJ programs reflect a restorative rather than retributive justice response to crime by giving victims a voice in the justice process, enabling offenders to understand the impact of their actions on a victim (empathy), as well as the effect on their communities. RJ programs help provide opportunities for young offenders to repair the harm, keep out of the juvenile justice system and avoid the "pipeline to prison" scenario.
“How can we spread the culture of love and peace around the world?” - Practicing & teaching Non Violent Communication (NVC) internationally.
“Is there an underlining commonality among cultures? And if so, what?” - I am interested to examine this topic within the context of NVC as well. Every action we do as humans are to meet needs - our cultural conditioning or programming may dictate our behaviors.