Why?
The world is stuck in systems that no longer work. Development models are failing. Finance is misaligned with life. Business rewards extraction over resilience. Politics struggles to deal with long-term risk. And the old playbooks are not fixing this.
Across every region, women are building what comes next: new economic models, new forms of leadership, and new or ancestral approaches to land, care, technology, governance, and finance.
How?
GLF Women is a global, year-long campaign that brings together leaders, experts, Indigenous knowledge holders, scientists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and community innovators to define the future of leadership, finance and business, technology, and our relationship with land, life, and each other.
This is a strategic shift in who sets the agenda and how.
Get inspired
The future is already being built. Here are eight visionary women leading the way.
Payal Arora
Inclusive AI champion
Tariye Gbadgesin
CEO, Climate Investment Funds
Alessandra Yupanqui
Andean Indigenous storyteller
Francia Márquez
Vice President of Colombia
Asisat Oshoala
Philanthropic Footballer
Billie Eilish
Musical artist with impact
Kristel Quierrez
Indigenous youth advocate
Retno Marsudi
United Nations diplomat
Learn
Upskill and be part of the change.
#GLF Women session at GLF Africa 2026
TalkLandscape with Subhra Bhattacharjee and Eva ‘Kandi’ Makandi
One man’s mission to help women fight the patriarchy
A dialogue bringing together two visions for Earth
GLF Africa 2024 all-women closing plenary
Alternative ways of living in harmony with nature in Colombia
GLF Live with Queer Brown Vegan founder Isaias Hernandez
Act
Help us redefine the global agenda and build the systems that come next.
Join the #GLFWomen. Spread the word.
Share the campaign