Blog: JA Mascareignes at the 2021 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum

Can you imagine being on a journey to a bold and inclusive leadership? Yes, it is possible at JA Mascareignes! Empowering the Mauritian youth constantly requires an upgrading of one’s own skills, and the JA Mascareignes staff follow ongoing training so that the organisation gets better at what it does.

In this line, JA Mascareignes provided, through an opportunity offered by JA Worldwide, its staff with the possibility of participating in the 2021 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum during the first week of May 2021. Created by the WILD Network which stands for Women Innovators & Leaders Development, this event brought together 900 people coming from 120 countries, with 90+ speakers who are either a leadership expert or a global development sector leader. It started on the 4^th of May and extended over 3 days. Content of the event ranged from the next-level leadership to inclusive leadership of entrepreneurs and sector-wide initiatives.

This forum has indeed been enriching, insightful and enlightening. While speakers shared their experience of leadership throughout their career paths, participants were welcome to engage in meaningful discussions through networking tables. Interactive workshops on topics such as strategies to build resilience, managing project development during COVID, leaders advancing gender equity, stories of failure and success and challenging our imposter syndrome. These sessions brought forth a new pair of lenses to look at things in the world of leaders and innovators.

The 3 days spent in the forum were full of golden nuggets to be cherished for long. Our heartfelt thanks go to the WILD Network for having created such an event, and to JA Worldwide for having provided the JA staff the opportunity of becoming better leaders for the generations of today and tomorrow.