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The Journey of Women Leaders in Asia and the Pacific:
FINAL REPORT
This Final Report celebrates the journeys of 12 inspiring women leaders in the international humanitarian, development and social impact sectors - in Asia (South, SouthEast, East) and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands). In this report you will find:
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Profile stories detailing the life and leadership journeys of the 12 women leaders
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Reflection questions accompanying profile stories
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Author's reflections and insights from the 12 in-depth interviews
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Free Guide for The Journey of Women Leaders © Workshop - a storytelling workshop for women leaders designed and developed by The Mangrove Collective
EXCERPTS
"One of the beautiful things I've discovered about advancing in my professional years (almost 20 years!) is the number of brilliant women leaders I've come to know along the way. These women are in my networks: I’ve worked with them, worked for them, and even done life with some of them. As a woman living a multifaceted life and navigating its changing seasons, creating something out of my own initiative and time has felt nearly impossible. Women are incredibly busy. We are always working, serving, caring, nurturing, encouraging, rallying, earning, budgeting, optimising, organising, coordinating, project-managing, counselling, mediating, healing, soothing, communicating, problem-solving… The list goes on. Naturally, but tragically, stories of women’s life journeys often go untold, unheard, and unnoticed. Thus, it was rather easy to conceptualise Mangrove’s first self-initiated project: I wanted to speak with a number of women leaders to learn about their journeys and glean helpful lessons for others. I was brimming with excitement as I envisioned listening to and sharing the life stories of these formidable women leaders I have known and admired for years. I was probably high with exuberant enthusiasm when I kicked off the two-hour conversations (interviews) with them."
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Eunchim Choi, Co-Founder of The Mangrove Collective and
Project Lead, The Journey of Women Leaders in Asia and the Pacific
(Excerpt from 'Author's Note')
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"Roots, Relationships and Responsibilities: The Journey of Women Leaders in Asia and the Pacific is the first of (hopefully) many materials to be produced by The Mangrove Collective (TMC). Through these publications, we aim to generate broader and deeper conversations on themes of significance for humanitarian and development professionals. It is fitting that TMC dedicates its first publication to the theme of women in leadership: We are a group of women leaders who chose the path of entrepreneurship in response to systemic issues that obstruct the advancement and wellbeing of women in this sector. While we, the ‘Mangrove ladies’, chose to birth and build an entirely new organisation to express women's leadership in a way that is compatible with our multifaceted lives, many others have been travelling on leadership pathways appropriate to their circumstances. In this report, we learn from their unique life journeys and celebrate their courage, determination, and resilience.."
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Excerpt from 'Introduction'
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