In this episode, Scarlett Varga and Harini Ravi meet with Somaye Dehban - Founder of "Verbinding", DEI expert, entrepreneur, and consultant. They discuss Somaye's work to tackle social and work divisions by creating and fostering new synergies. They will also address how protests in Iran that started in September 2022 with the death of Mahsa Amini are different from what we saw before and what the international community and you personally can do to support the Iranian women. Tune in and...

In this episode, Scarlett Varga and Ana Mingo chat with Iryna Rubis, diversity, equality and inclusion trainer and strategist and executive director of 'Biasless' - an organisation of DEI and human rights promoters. They go through a variety of topics in this episode - such as gender inequality and boosting LGBTQ rights in Ukraine, the reconstruction of talent in Ukraine, some practicalities on the differences in understanding gender equality and actually practicing them in real life and...

This episode, Scarlett Varga and Ana Mingo talk to Habit Coach Eva Gruber, who supports entrepreneurs, managers & teams who “have too much on their plate” to improve their wellbeing, relationships & peak-performance.  Tune in to their very interesting conversation on mental fitness, positivity, mindfulness. What does it take to accept assertive leadership?  What are the behaviour patterns among women when they try to wear different hats or operate in a male-dominated environment?...

"Women are overtrained, but undersponsored!" This week on Binder Talkback, Scarlett Varga and Ana Mingo are joined by Hedwige Nuyens, Chair of European Women on Boards and CEO of the International Banking Federation, and a champion campaigner in unblocking the gender directive in boardrooms. Tune in for an open and honest conversation about gender equality in Europe, women in economics and finance, the importance of allies, negotiation and power dynamics at the board level. 

Welcome back to another episode of the Binder Talkback! A bit of a delayed International Women's Day treat for you - this time, our hosts Scarlett Varga and Ana Mingo talk to Jana Degrott, co-founder of We Belong Europe, a platform and a safe space for people of colour, and a leader in the Obama Foundation Leaders Europe programme. Jana talks about the difficulties and roadblocks for women and people of colour in politics, the struggle to come up in this space, allies in the political space,...

A very special episode of the Binder Talkback - the first one of 2022, and our hosts Scarlett Varga and Ana Mingo chat with Corinna Horst, the first President and co-founder of the Brussels Binder, and senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. They talk about the origins of the Brussels Binder, the good and the bad of its development, the future of BB, and some much-needed inspiration for the new year! Tune in to listen!

In this episode of the Binder Talkback, Scarlett Varga and Ana Mingo talk to Victoria Espinel, CEO and President at BSA I The Software Alliance, and founding sponsor of Girls Who Code in Washington. They discuss gender diversity in tech, the relationship between the private sector and government in furthering the ideals of equality, and much more! Tune in to listen!

The Binder Talkback is back this time with another new episode, this time with Scarlett Varga and Ana Mingo, and guest Stefanie Sword Williams, author and founder of F*ck Being Humble! They explore the art of storytelling and self-promotion, in line with the BBBeyond toolkit titled “How to rock the floor: Stepping forward and being visible”. Stefanie talks about some best practices to follow while networking, navigating social media, her role models, and finally why self-promotion isn’t a...

For the fourth episode of the #BBBeyond series, Emma Rainey and Scarlett Varga interview Enrique Mendizabal from On Think Tanks on what it means to be a male ally, taking inspiration from the newly launched toolkit series. They spoke about cross-cutting gender analysis in research and how grassroots and civil society partnerships could offer new opportunities for think tanks. Enrique shares with us an important "aha" moment in seeing gender inequality around him, and he also gives his take...

For the third episode of the #BBBeyond series, we had a webinar chat with Susana Pavlou from the Cypriot national database 'She Experts' and Nina Bernarding from the newly launched 'WoX Network' of women foreign policy experts. We spoke about the impact of Covid-19 on women experts and gender equality, but also about the launch of the new BBBeyond interactive map of women expert databases in Europe and beyond, and how women-led networks are important for taking up space. Listen to the very...

For the second episode of the #BBBeyond series, we met up with Maria Andres from the European Parliament Office in Spain where we discuss the #DóndeEstánEllas project and the importance of breaking gender roles to enhance women's participation in society. 

As part of the Brussels Binder Beyond (BBBeyond) project, we've been building a pan-European network of like-minded organisations, think-tanks and women expert databases to foster an inclusive and solution-focused environment to promote women's visibility in media and policy debates.  We've been on the road, meeting up with other women-led initiatives to hear what they've been doing to combat the under-representation of women in their sectors and industries. So for the first episode of the...