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Parents have an extremely important role in their child's leadership journey.  

In honor of Women's International Month, Yasmine McDougall Sterea, (founder of the Free Free Association, TASIS parent, speaker, writer, and educator who advocates for the physical, emotional, and economic freedom of girls and women) will talk to parents about girls' and young women's freedom, and how parents can support their children's journey to leadership from a young age. 

In today's rapidly changing world (social media, AI, globalization) girls are exposed to situations that might make them question their abilities to become leaders. Girl leaders are girls who learn the importance of self esteem and self confidence, are conscious of their emotional health, and are able to detect and learn tools to prevent abusive situations (bullying, girl competition, and others) from an early age. Learning how to use their voice and contribute to their community are key to becoming successful leaders. 

In this event, parents will gain consciousness and awareness of what girls can experience and learn practical tools to support their child’s leadership journey. We hope you will join us in celebrating our future girl leaders!

ABOUT YASMINE MCDOUGALL & FREE FREE:

In 2018, Yasmine founded Free Free in honor of her mother's memory, following the birth of her daughter. Free Free is a global organization that has directly impacted over 16,000 girls and women, and indirectly reached 40 million people through educational programs and awareness-raising projects to support girl and women's emotional and financial freedom. Free Free has partnerships with Harvard, Gucci, Pepsico, Unilever, United Airlines, the Department of Justice in Brazil. Yasmine is a columnist for EXAME magazine, writes for Vogue, has spoken at the Brazilian National Congress, and has conducted workshops and educational programs for girls and women worldwide.

Before founding Free Free, Yasmine worked for 11 years at Vogue as an editor and director. Yasmine's international experience and leadership are crucial to the success of Free Free. In 2021, Yasmine was elected as one of the 8 entrepreneurs to follow by Forbes, and in 2020 she won the Woman of the Year award from Glamour for her social impact and transformation through Free Free.

"The work that Yasmine has been doing through Free Free is already remarkable. Pay attention to the future, for she is a force of nature!" - Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese - Department of Globalization and National Security, Harvard University

NOTE: There will be a Free Free after school Club launching at TASIS Portugal next term. The club is also running at Harvard University this year. More information about the club will be shared at the end of this event.