We know that when women are included in public office, countries have higher standards of living with positive developments in health, education, infrastructure, and the environment. Evidence shows that women have a greater to develop, implement, and uphold laws that further specific environmental, development, and humanitarian outcomes, and are central to securing and maintaining peace, and strengthening democracy.

The Covid19 Pandemic has provided a real-time opportunity to understand the critical importance and consequences of good leadership decisions in a high-stakes situation. Despite making up only seven percent of heads of state, the leaders who continue to handle the pandemic most successfully are predominantly women.

From New Zealand to Taiwan to Germany, the female leaders of these countries implemented clear, thorough, and well-executed shutdowns and social distance plans, flattened the curves, are continue to best control and prevent new cases.