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Sep 2023
36m 10s

Who Runs the World?... Not Women

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
About this episode

Female representation in politics leads to numerous benefits, but the vast majority of the world’s most powerful politicians are men. Using the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index tool to track women’s leadership across the globe, this episode examines the problems that arise from a shortage of female leaders.

 

Featured Guests: 

Sandra Pepera (Senior Associate and Director for Gender, Women and Democracy, National Democratic Institute)

Linda Robinson (Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy)

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/who-runs-world-not-women 

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