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By Nisha | July 1, 2008
 Here's our weekly roundup of women around the country and around the world who are making he world go 'round:
Ashley Steinberg of Politico offers up some interesting perspective on what it could take for a female to succeed in winning the highest political office in America, citing the recent examples of two female leaders -- Cristina Ferdinand de Kirchner of Argentina and Michele Bachelet of Chile -- to make some suggestions for Hillary Clinton. [Politico]
Marisabel Rodriguez, the former first lady of Venezuela, who got divorced from Hugo Chavez in 2004, is running for mayor of one of the most important cities in Venezuela, saying she will run as an opposition candidate because she wants to "change the face and way of doing politics in this city and this country," she told reporters-- no doubt a thinly veiled challenge to her former husband. [Wall Street Journal]
With the major female candidate out of the presidential race, more media attention and scrutiny is being focused on the candidates' wives, and Cindy and Michelle seem ready to take it on, with Cindy doing all kinds of charity work and Michelle making attempts to soften her public image in her appearances on television and in interviews. Is the large amount of attention given to the candidates' wives and their personal lives fair -- and can these women harness it to help their respective campaigns? [San Francisco Chronicle]
In Ethiopia, one truly inspirational woman is making a tremendous difference in the lives of Ethiopian women, and her goal now is to stop gender apartheid and the accompanying laws discriminating against women in Ethiopia. She's a
"modern hero," says Amy Coen. [Huffington Post]
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Here's our weekly roundup of women around the country and around the world who are making he world go 'round:
Ashley Steinberg of Politico offers up some interesting perspective on what it could take for a female to succeed in winning the highest political office in America, citing the recent examples of two female leaders -- Cristina Ferdinand de Kirchner of Argentina and Michele Bachelet of Chile -- to make some suggestions for Hillary Clinton. [Politico]
Marisabel Rodriguez, the former first lady of Venezuela, who got divorced from Hugo Chavez in 2004, is running for mayor of one of the most important cities in Venezuela, saying she will run as an opposition candidate because she wants to "change the face and way of doing politics in this city and this country," she told reporters-- no doubt a thinly veiled challenge to her former husband. [Wall Street Journal]
With the major female candidate out of the presidential race, more media attention and scrutiny is being focused on the candidates' wives, and Cindy and Michelle seem ready to take it on, with Cindy doing all kinds of charity work and Michelle making attempts to soften her public image in her appearances on television and in interviews. Is the large amount of attention given to the candidates' wives and their personal lives fair -- and can these women harness it to help their respective campaigns? [San Francisco Chronicle]
In Ethiopia, one truly inspirational woman is making a tremendous difference in the lives of Ethiopian women, and her goal now is to stop gender apartheid and the accompanying laws discriminating against women in Ethiopia. She's a
"modern hero," says Amy Coen. [Huffington Post]