Belinda Goldsmith is an award-winning journalist who has reported and led news teams from more than 20 countries on political, financial and general news.
She is Editor-in-Chief of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world’s leading provider of news and information.
In this role, she runs a global team of nearly 30 journalists and a large network of stringers covering the world’s under reported stories, focusing on humanitarian issues, women’s rights, climate change, corruption and good governance. She also plays a key role in the editorial content for the annual Trust Women Conference, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global event dedicated to putting the rule of law behind women\'s rights through concrete action.
Belinda joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation in 2014 after 20 years of working for Reuters. Recruited in Papua New Guinea, she worked for Reuters in Australia, Sweden, the United States and Britain in a variety of roles including head of Investment Banking in New York, Global Editor of Entertainment and Lifestyle, Global Head of Editorial Learning, and, most recently, Chief Correspondent for Britain. She has run courses for journalists in Bhutan, Myanmar and Lebanon for the Thomson Reuters Foundation and is a regular panellist and speaker at universities and in the media on careers in journalism.
Belinda trained as a journalist in London on local and national newspapers after graduating from Reading University and joined Australian Associated Press in Sydney in 1988 who made her their first female correspondent in Papua New Guinea in 1993.
"We need laws and we need structures that lead the way to gender equality ... it just doesn't happen by itself," she told the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The juggling act between making a profit and tackling societal problems is taking its toll on business leaders' mental health.
Ethiopia's economy is the fastest growing in Africa due to the social enterprises that have been started as a way of helping individuals in agriculture, education and health.
The practice of female gential mutilation (FGM) is increasingly questioned in Somaliland.
The couple's foundation plans to launch a project to monitor trials and create an index to track which countries use courtrooms to oppress minorities and government critics
A survey has shown that for 52% of women commuting in London, New York, Mexico City, Tokyo and Cairo, safety is their primary concern.
A 2016 report found women made up 37 percent of entry-level roles in technology but only 25 percent reached senior management roles
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has warned of a widening digital divide and urged action to connect the millions of people with no access to the internet.
A new poll of experts looks at female safest in 19 megacities.
Belinda Goldsmith looks at the digital gender gap in the world's poorest countries.
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt discusses her new role as the head of Save the Children International.
