Women's Empowerment with Gail Straub

Talk with Kelley Connors, MPH, Women's Health Advocate with Gail Straub, Co-Founder and Director, Empowerment Institute.   

Gail Straub, co-founder and Executive Director of Empowerment Institute, is one of the world’s leading authorities on women’s empowerment.

As part of this focus, she co-founded IMAGINE: A Global Initiative for the Empowerment of Women to help women heal from violence, build strong lives, and contribute to their community. This initiative applies the Institute’s empowerment methodology to the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal “to promote gender equality and empower women.” IMAGINE initiatives are under way in Afghanistan, Brazil, India, Jordan Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and South Africa.

Gail has also consulted to many organizations furthering women’s empowerment including the Chinese Women’s Federation, Women for Women International, the Women’s Leadership Center at Omega, and World Pulse. Additionally Gail is a contributor to the Huffington Post and other publications on women’s empowerment issues.