Pandemic Politics: Lean on your team

by Leah Matchett

‘We were half-way through my first ever FSF conference when I realized that all of the panelists were women. It was the first time in my life I had seen a panel made up entirely of women, without the point of the panel being to talk about women. It was so… normal to listen to these brilliant women. They were, after all, the experts. And that very normalcy blew my mind.’— Leah Matchett, Stanford University

Over the past month, the Future Strategy Forum has teamed up with International Affairs to produce the Pandemic Politics series. To conclude this series, we want to share our lessons as an organization focused on amplifying the expertise of women, encouraging and facilitating mentorship, and creating opportunities to bridge the academic-policy divide. FSF and initiatives like it have grown as spaces both to encourage graduate students of all genders, and to lift up the amazing amount of knowledge and expertise of women.

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https://medium.com/international-affairs-blog/fsf-pandemic-politics-lean-on-our-team-397762034d2