No. 416
“The latest FAO report quantifies the enormous opportunity right in front of us: if we can close the gender gap in farm productivity, we could achieve a trillion dollar increase in global GDP, and a reduction of food insecurity for 45 million people globally.”
—USAID Deputy Administrator, Isobel Coleman, Speaking at the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit, May 2023
No. 723
“Women CEOs, since the outbreak of the pandemic, steadily increased their use of words corresponding to leadership styles built around diversity, empathy, adaptability, and transformation, according to our language analysis of 6,831 corporate leaders of S&P Global Broad Market Index..”
— S+P Global. Women CEOs: Leadership for a Diverse Future, 2022
No. 360
“Currently, women are trained to reach leadership positions the way men reach leadership positions—through competition for power. However, as more employees and organizations are shifting toward more purpose-driven, people-centered business models (thanks to COVID), I believe the construct of leadership will change. Instead of fighting for power, leaders will advocate for purpose – which is where women excel. Instead of the future leaders being trained to emulate men, they will be trained to emulate women.”
— Ashley Levesque, VP of Marketing, Banzai
No. 433
Women leaders are particularly skilled in crisis management and communication, [are] collaborative in their decision making, and careful to implement inclusive policies that addressed the pandemic’s social impacts…One of the reigning factors of women’s leadership is the emphasis on collective responsibility and solidarity.
—UN Working Paper, COVID-19 and women’s leadership: From an effective response to building back better, 2020