Numbers matter in the global effort to gender parity - but so does transforming data into action.

Join the Women in Public Service Project for a conversation with gender parity champions across sectors and issue areas exploring how key stakeholders can use tools like the Global Women's Leadership Initiative Index (The Leadership Index) to implement solutions to accelerate gender parity in leadership around the globe.

A series of panel discussions will reveal innovative strategies to use the evidence base for women's leadership as a starting point to drive change at all levels of decision-making and across sectors.

The event will include a presentation of the Leadership Index from Gwen K. Young, Director of the Global Women's Leadership Initiative and Women in Public Service Project at the Wilson Center.

Panel I: Data Empowering Global Leaders

Roz Brooks
Managing Director, Government, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Curtis Etherly
Director of Diplomatic Relations, Coca-Cola

Dr. Katherine Fritz Director, ICRW Advisors,
International Center for Research on Women

Jennifer Windsor
Practice Lead, Senior Director, Gender and Social Inclusion, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Panel II: Data Innovating Social Change

Allyson Kapin
Co-Founder, Rad Campaign and Founder, Women Who Tech

Kate McCarthy
Director of Programs, Women's Media Center

Jay Newton-Small
TIME Contributor and Author, Broad Influence: How Women are Changing the Way Washington Works