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First Female Officer to Command NY Air National Guard Sworn In
Brigadier General Denise Donnell was sworn in Saturday as the new commander of the 5,900-member New York Air National Guard, the aerial arm of the New York National Guard. She is…
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Women City Managers Face a Glass Cliff as Local Governments Are More Likely to Hire Them When Budgets Are Collapsing
In recent decades, women have made significant strides in obtaining leadership positions in local governments. While only one percent of chief administrative officers were women in the mid-1970s, the percentage increased to 20…
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Detroit’s Youngest City Council President Empowers Black Women To “Lead From Where They Are”
Mary Sheffield became the youngest person ever to be electedto the Detroit City Council in 2013 at just 26 years old. At the start of 2022,…
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Climate Justice Requires Women’s Leadership
The world is well aware that the climate crisis is one of the main stumbling blocks to sustainable development. And yet, despite the dramatic evidence of the lethal consequences of climate change, and despite possessing…
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All-women Ukrainian delegation travels to Washington with message from Kyiv
Five Ukrainian women, all members of parliament, left Kyiv this week for Washington — but only long enough to ask in person for more help before heading back into danger. Driving the news: “We are mothers.
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Judge Patricia Guerrero is confirmed as first Latina on California Supreme Court
A San Diego appeals court judge who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants was confirmed Tuesday as the first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court. Justice Patricia Guerrero was approved by a…
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Germany’s New Muscular Foreign Policy ‘Lies in the Hands of Strong Women’
It was Chancellor Olaf Scholz who, three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, broke with Germany’s postwar pacifism, vowing to give his country the necessary resources and muscle…
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Albright acted as model, mentor for generations of women
Dissatisfied with the temporary job she accepted after graduating from the University of Chicago, Sahana Dharmapuri felt the pressure to find work using her studies of the Middle East and public policy. Scanning a newspaper…
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This Police Chief Is Hiring Female Officers to Fix ‘Toxic’ Policing
Officer Karen Wrigley’s pink nails tapped her body camera as she stepped from her cruiser into the cold. “You want to open up the door?” she…
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The Leadership Myth That Holds Women Back
KEY POINTS In leadership, gender parity makes slow progress. At this rate, it will take 130 years for women leader numbers to equal their male counterparts. There is a common myth that “my…