What difference does having more women in leadership positions make? In this 2022 Opinion piece in the The National, experts at Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy debated the merits of gendered leadership. The consensus was that more women are needed in order to definitively concede their is a difference. Today, with the an abundance of evidence supporting the benefits of diverse leadership of countries, cabinets and Congresses, it's clear that women's leadership is specific and quantifiable, and it benefits everyone, not just women. Here is evidence listed in the 2022 article, which was beginning to prove it.

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  • An analysis of 194 countries published by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Economic Forum found that Covid-19 outcomes were “systematically better” in countries led by women. Germany’s Angela Merkel, New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen, Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen and Finland’s Sanna Marin oversaw more proactive and co-ordinated responses to the challenges posed by the pandemic.
  • There is also evidence that female leaders focus on important socio-economic issues more than their male counterparts do. Drawing on over 40 years of bill-sponsorship data in the US, researchers found that women representatives sponsor crucial bills related to health, education, economic empowerment and gender-based violence more than men do.
  • A separate study of parliamentarians in the US, UK, Rwanda and Russia, found that women pass more legislation than their male counterparts, and co-sponsor bills with other female colleagues across the political aisle at a higher rate than men.
  • Women’s representation also increases political stability and peace. Several studies found that when more women are included in government, the likelihood of conflict decreases significantly. An analysis of 182 signed peace agreements between 1989 and 2011 by Inclusive Security found that they are 35 per cent more likely to hold and last when women are involved in the negotiation and mediation process. The inclusion of women in political decision-making reduces the likelihood of conflict, corruption, instability, state-sponsored terrorism and sexual violence.

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