Women Leaders

Women Leaders

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The boardroom glass ceiling: Competence over compliance for women directors

The BSEC’s new rule for female independent directors goes beyond gender gap, highlighting a deeper governance crisis – a shortage of competent, independent voices in corporate leadership

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, talk prior to the start of a session at the European Parliament, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 in Strasbourg. Photo: Jean-Francois Badias/AP

EU chief unveils her new team with women in top roles in right-leaning Commission

FILE PHOTO: Victoria Tolosa Paz, Candidate for Deputy, gestures next to Governor of Buenos Aires Axel Kicillof during an event after the midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo

Argentina's replaces three ministers amid economic crisis, puts more women in power

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International Chamber of Commerce elects first woman chair

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Xiomara Castro sworn in as Honduras's first woman president

FILE PHOTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses outside a Nigerian diplomatic residence in Chambesy, near Geneva, Switzerland, September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Emma Farge/File Photo

What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out