We’ll be looking at some local women in leadership during the pandemic later this week, but first let’s look at women in leadership internationally. The women leading nations in the fight against Covid-19, it’s made us realise just how many there are, and how well acclaimed many of them have been as a result of controlling the spread of the pandemic in their countries.
| Sheikh Hasina Wazed | Prime Minister | Bangladesh |
| Mia Mottley | Prime Minister | Barbados |
| Mette Frederiksen | Prime Minister | Denmark |
| Kersti Kaljulaid | President | Estonia |
| Sahle-Work Zewde | President | Ethiopia |
| Sanna Marin | Prime Minister | Finland |
| Rose Christiane Raponda | Prime Minister | Gabon |
| Salome Zourabichvili | President | Georgia |
| Angela Merkel | Chancellor | Germany |
| Katerina Sakellaropoulou | President | Greece |
| Katrin Jakobsdottir | Prime Minister | Iceland |
| Ingrida Simonyte | Prime Minister | Lithuania |
| Maia Sandhu | President | Moldova |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | State Counsellor | Myanmar |
| Saara Kuugongelwa | Prime Minister | Namibia |
| Bidhya Devi Bhandari | President | Nepal |
| Jacinda Ahern | Prime Minister | New Zealand |
| Erna Solberg | Prime Minister | Norway |
| Nicola Sturgeon | First Minister | Scotland |
| Ana Brnabic | Prime Minister | Serbia |
| Halimah Yakob | President | Singapore |
| Zuzana Caputora | President | Slovakia |
| Tsai Ing-Wen | President | Taiwan |
| Paula-May Weekes | President | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Kamala Harris | Vice-President | United States of America |
There are probably female leaders whom we’ve overlooked, and apologies to them, but this is a good representation of the number of women making a difference through their leadership, on the global stage. Congratulations to them.