The paradox of power: Why women leaders don’t always mean gender equality

The paradox of power: Why women leaders don’t always mean gender equality

Although India, Pakistan and Germany have had three powerful women in power, gender parity across other metrics remain low. If men can elect Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto or Angela Merkel to lead their country, why are their households still firmly patriarchal?

Half of women lack inspirational female leaders at work

More than half (52%) of female professionals in Ireland said they lack inspirational female leaders within their company, recruiter Robert Walters has found in a new poll on barriers women in Ireland face at work. The finding comes after research from Grant Thornton showed that one in seven Irish firms have no women in their senior management team, and there are no female CEOs at any of Ireland's top 20 publicly traded companies. "Visibility cha…

Fehmida Mirza became Pakistan’s first female National Assembly Speaker

Photo: Dr. Fehmida Mirza / Government of India / India (GODL) On this day in 2008, Dr Fehmida Mirza made history as the first woman elected Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly, becoming the first to lead the country’s lower house of Parliament. A long-time member of the centre-left Pakistan People’s Party, she served as Speaker for over five years before later being appointed… SourceThe post On this day in 2008, Fehmida Mirza became Pakistan…

In a room illuminated by conversation and purpose, four women with different paths, but the same horizon, gathered to talk about equity, leadership and the challenges that still persist. Convened by Banco Estado in the framework of International Women's Day, the vice president of the entity, Veronica Kunze; the president of Sofofa, Rosario Navarro; the rector of the University of Chile, Rosa Devés; and the actress and former culture minister, Pa…