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The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
The world average of female top executives [1] is 8 percent. Thailand has the highest proportion of female CEOs in the world, with 30 percent of companies employing female CEOs, followed by the People's Republic of China, with 19 percent. [2] In the European Union the figure is 9 percent and in the United States it is 5 percent. [2]
See Category:American women in business, Category:American women in politics. Jewel Freeman Graham (1925–2015), educator, social worker, second black woman to head the YWCA; Zipporah Michelbacher Cohen (1853–1944), American civic leader, president Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Association in Richmond, Virginia
Here are 6 reasons why we need women leaders. The image of women home, cooking, and taking care of the kids is becoming a thing of the past now that more and more women are heading out into the ...
In one-party states, the ruling party's leader (e.g. the General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency or premiership. In Andorra , Iran , and Vatican City ( Holy See ), a clergy member also acts as the head of state.
This is a list of women CEOs of the Fortune 500, based on the magazine's 2024 list (updated yearly). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of Sept. 2024, women were CEOs at 10.4% of Fortune 500 companies. Fortune 500 women CEOs as of 2024 (52 women)
Most of the n honor of Women’s History Month, we’re putting the spotlight on female billionaires. Here’s a list of the richest women in the world for 2019, ranked.world's wealthiest people ...
Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work. With their fierce determination and refusal to back down, all of these 12 women were not just ahead of their own times, but responsible for shaping ours.