An audience of 600 influencers across eight countries participated in a synchronised global conversation that had 68 speakers from around the world debating live just ahead of International Women's Day, March 8th 2020. Among the speakers were award-winning author, film director and LGBTQ rights activist Shamim Sharif, leading Economist and author of 'Women vs. Capitalism', Vicky Pryce, Rwanda's High Commissioner, Yamina Karitanyi, BBC World presenter Tim Willcox, Athena40 Founder/Journalist Elizabeth H. Filippouli, MPs, Ambassadors and civil society leaders.

They all connected live from London to other panels in Amman, Beirut, Istanbul, Karachi, Athens, Joburg and Irvine, California to get a sense of what challenges women need to overcome across different societies and cultures, but also to record calls to action.

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“When you ‘double-click’ on the problem of gender inequality then you realise it is a long- term exercise. This not a challenge for women, it is a challenge for Humanity”, commented HE Yamina Karitanyi the High Commissioner of Rwanda a country that constitutionally mandates that at least 30 per cent of government positions are occupied by women. Since 2003 Rwanda has consistently had the highest female representation, proportionally, of parliamentarians in the world—currently 61 per cent in the lower house. Four of the nation’s seven supreme court justices are women, including the deputy chief justice.