{"product_id":"women-and-leadership-isbn-9780262543828","title":"Women and Leadership","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful call-to-action for gender equity that offers 10 key lessons for women aspiring to a leadership role—be it in politics, business, law, or their local community.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFeaturing words of wisdom from female leaders like Hillary Clinton and Theresa May, this empowering study reads like a \u003ci\u003eYou Are a Badass\u003c\/i\u003e volume on world leadership.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Women make up fewer than 10% of national leaders worldwide. Behind this eye-opening statistic lies a pattern of unequal access to power. Through conversations with some of the world’s most powerful and interesting women—including Jacinda Ardern, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Michelle Bachelet, and Theresa May—\u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e explores gender bias and asks why there aren’t more women in leadership roles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Speaking honestly and freely, these women talk about having their ideas stolen by male colleagues, what it’s like to be called fat or a slut in the media, and what things they wish they had done differently. The stories they tell reveal vividly how gender and sexism affect perceptions of women as leaders. Using current research as a starting point, Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala—both political leaders in their own countries—analyze the lived experiences of these women leaders. The result is a rare insight into life as a leader and a powerful call to arms for women everywhere.Prologue Why are we writing this book? 1 \u003cbr\u003e1 Doing the numbers 19\u003cbr\u003e2 Our framework 27\u003cbr\u003e3 Pathways to power: Introducing our women leaders 40\u003cbr\u003e4 Hypothesis one: You go girl 107\u003cbr\u003e5 Hypothesis two: It's all about the hair 128\u003cbr\u003e6 Hypothesis three: Shrill or soft - the style conundrum 153\u003cbr\u003e7 Hypothesis four: She's a bit of a bitch 174 \u003cbr\u003e8 Hypothesis five: Who's minding the kids? 191\u003cbr\u003e9 Hypothesis six: A special place in hell - do women really support women? 211\u003cbr\u003e10 Hypothesis seven: Modern-day Salem 234\u003cbr\u003e11 Hypothesis eight: The role-modelling riddle 254\u003cbr\u003e12 The stand-out lessons from eight lives and eight hypotheses 274\u003cbr\u003eAnnex Snapshots of the pathways to power 303\u003cbr\u003eNotes 309\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements 321\u003cbr\u003eAbout the authors 323\u003cb\u003eJulia Gillard\u003c\/b\u003e was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 2010 to 2013. \u003cb\u003eNgozi Okonjo-Iweala\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the first woman and first African to hold the position. An economist and international development expert with more than forty years of experience, she served as Nigeria’s first female and longest serving Finance Minister (seven years) and the first female Foreign Minister in 2006. She was also Managing Director of the World Bank from 2007 to 2011. She was Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (2016–2020), the African Risk Capacity (2014–2020), and Cochair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.  She is the author of \u003ci\u003eReforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press).","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886958112997,"sku":"NP9780262543828","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262543828.jpg?v=1767744476","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/women-and-leadership-isbn-9780262543828","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}