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Take a Look Beyond Tokenism?
From Women’s Representation of Power through Policy Women’s representation is often celebrated as evidence of progress. We see more women...
Women, Policy, and the Long Game of Global Influence
Power has two faces. There’s the public one, which is the podium: the speech, the summit photo, the handshake staged so carefully you...
Why Africa Needs a New Way to Measure Women’s Institutional Power
The standard narrative of women’s leadership has been strictly quantitative. Headlines and gender-equity reports routinely anchor their...
Why the work of governance is design, not selection
Years ago I sat in a room at a Microsoft partner conference and heard a senior person say, with real pride, that without about twenty...
Shaping Policy at National and Global Levels
For generations, public sector leadership has been viewed through the lens of political theater; the charismatic orator at the podium, the...
Navigating Power, Influence, and the Discipline of Positioning
At the summit of leadership, strategic decision-making never happens in a vacuum. For high-level women navigating today’s complex global...
How High-Level Women Make Strategic Decisions
Strategic decision-making at the highest levels of leadership is rarely a function of perfect information. Contrary to popular belief, the...
Sima Bahous: Designing Global Change for Women
Executive Director, UN Women As the world closes the chapter on another International Women’s Month, the question is no longer whether...
International Women’s Day 2026 Planning Underway with “Rights. Justice. Action.” Campaign
Organisations around the world are ramping up activities ahead of International Women’s Day 2026 on March 8, with a significant push from...