“For centuries, women have banded together to resist oppressors, to try to make peace. It seems to be something we do well. So how do we get women to the table?” – that was the question posed by Alice Greenwald, Aurora Board Member, Founder and Principal of Memory Matters and Former President and CEO of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, at the ‘Gender Justice and Women’s Empowerment’ breakout session held on May 9, 2024, at the Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum in Los Angeles, California. 

Speakers of the event included Ilwad Elman, 2020 Aurora Prize Laureate and Director of Programs and Development at Elman Peace Center; Zubaida Akbar, Afghanistan Program Manager at FEMENA; Janine di Giovanni, Executive Director and CEO of The Reckoning Project; and Zubaida Bai, President and CEO of Grameen Foundation. The discussion was moderated by Alice Greenwald.