Powerful Women Talk to Global X

Victor "Global X" d'Allant
Former Executive Director, Social Edge

Global X loves powerful women, especially those who are changing the world one social venture at a time. Here are his favorite entretiens (that’s French for interviews), knowing perfectly well that he will receive messages from jealous entrepreneurs who didn’t make the cut…

The Top Five X-tremely Powerful Women:

• Jody Williams – Nobel Women’s Initiative

Because she said: "Just don’t whine about issues! Get up and take action to make a better world!"

• Louise Arbour – United Nations

Because she said: “Pick a cause! Be a citizen! Vote! Tell your governments what you want them to do and what you will not tolerate that they do on your behalf!”

• Jacqueline Novogratz – Acumen Fund

Because she told Global X what happened when 10 of the wealthiest people on earth met one of the poorest families in India.

• Pamela Hartigan – formerly with the Schwab Foundation, now with the Skoll Centre at Oxford

Because she said: "Soon, all entrepreneurs will be social entrepreneurs."

• Roshaneh Zafar – The Kashf Foundation

Because she shared with Global X what happened when she realized she was sitting at a conference next to a gentleman called Muhammad Yunus.

Very Powerful Social Entrepreneur Women:

• Ann Cotton – CAMFED

Because she hopes that the world in 2017 will be a world "where every human being will be born from a well-educated woman."

• Josephine Nzerem – Human Angle

Because she told Global X: "If you don’t have the passion, you have lost the walk. Keep the passion alive!" And because of her daughter playing with her mobile phone…

• Kjerstin Erickson – Founder and Executive Director, Forge

Because she is the Radical Transparency Queen!

• Urmee Mehta Mankar- Swadhaar

Because when she quotes a young Mumbai boy, "I am not begging, I am doing my job!" she is explaining the difference between charity and social entrepreneurship.

• Caroline Casey – The Aisling Foundation

Because she reminded Global X that "It’s far better to be a dangerous dreamer than a day dreamer."

• Laila Iskandar – Community & Institutional Development

Because she said: "If it’s not social, then it’s bad business."

• Mari Kuraishi – President, GlobalGiving Foundation

Because of her life in Eastern Europe.

• Paula Goldman because she met a young woman in a Bogota slum who "never doubted that she could make a difference!"

And if that’s not enough, you may want to check other X-Interviews of powerful women social entrepreneurs.