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TEDWomen

TEDWomen is a conference about the power of women and girls to be creators and change-makers. The program of speakers, workshops, events — and daring discussions — has sparked some of TED's most iconic moments yet. Watch talks from past TEDWomen conferences TEDWomen photo highlights
https://www.ted.com/attend/conferences/special-events/tedwomen

TEDWomen (in-person)

TEDWomen is a three-day conference about the power of women and girls to be creators and change-makers. The program of speakers, workshops, events — and daring discussions — has sparked some of TED's most iconic moments yet. TEDWomen 2021 Bold + Brilliant December 4-6, 2019 Palm Springs, CA At TEDWomen in 2019, we highlighted dazzling ideas fr...
https://www.ted.com/attend/conferences/special-events/tedwomen/tedwomen

Halla Tómasdóttir: A feminine response to Iceland's financial crash

Halla Tómasdóttir managed to take her company Audur Capital through the eye of the financial storm in Iceland by applying 5 traditionally "feminine" values to financial services. At TEDWomen, she talks about these values and the importance of balance.
https://www.ted.com/talks/halla_tomasdottir_a_feminine_response_to_iceland_s_financial_crash

Ahn Trio: A modern take on piano, violin, cello

The three Ahn sisters (cellist Maria, pianist Lucia, violinist Angella) breathe new life into the piano trio with their passionate musicmaking. At TEDWomen, they start with the bright and poppy "Skylife," by David Balakrishnan, then play a gorgeous, slinky version of "Oblivion," by Astor Piazzolla.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ahn_trio_a_modern_take_on_piano_violin_cello

Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body

Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. In this powerful talk from TEDWomen, she talks about her lifelong disconnection from her body -- and how two shocking events helped her to connect with the reality, the physicality of being human.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_suddenly_my_body

Kiran Bedi: A police chief with a difference

Kiran Bedi has a surprising resume. Before becoming Director General of the Indian Police Service, she managed one of the country's toughest prisons -- and used a new focus on prevention and education to turn it into a center of learning and meditation. She shares her thoughts on visionary leadership at TEDWomen.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kiran_bedi_a_police_chief_with_a_difference

Tony Porter: A call to men

At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man." Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the "man box."
https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men

Jane Fonda: Why I protest for climate justice

At age 81, actor and activist Jane Fonda is putting herself on the line for the planet -- literally. In a video interview with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Fonda speaks about getting arrested multiple times during Fire Drill Fridays, the weekly climate demonstrations she leads in Washington, DC -- and discusses why civil disobedience is becomi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_fonda_why_i_protest_for_climate_justice

Marian Wright Edelman: Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty

What does it take to build a national movement? In a captivating conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Marian Wright Edelman reflects on her path to founding the Children's Defense Fund in 1973 -- from the early influence of growing up in the segregated American South to her activism with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- and shares how g...
https://www.ted.com/talks/marian_wright_edelman_reflections_from_a_lifetime_fighting_to_end_child_poverty

Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby

Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphibians, is a critic of atrazine, which displays a disturbing effect on ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tyrone_hayes_penelope_jagessar_chaffer_the_toxic_baby

Halla Tómasdóttir: Use your voice, vote and wallet for climate action

Recently back from the COP26 UN climate conference in Scotland, former Icelandic presidential candidate Halla Tómasdóttir sums up the outcomes of the gathering, the progress she saw and the work that's left to be done this way: "The most difficult work of our lifetimes has to happen in the next few years." In conversation with TEDWomen curator P...
https://www.ted.com/talks/halla_tomasdottir_use_your_voice_vote_and_wallet_for_climate_action

Megan McArthur: A NASA astronaut's lessons on fear, confidence and preparing for spaceflight

How does an astronaut prepare physically and mentally to launch into space? NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who traveled to the International Space Station in April 2021 as part of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission, shares stellar life lessons on how to cultivate the resolve to do incredible things through preparation -- and a dash of bravery. A rare gli...
https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_mcarthur_a_nasa_astronaut_s_lessons_on_fear_confidence_and_preparing_for_spaceflight
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