S.ono been nominated at the top of some company, they have achieved unprecedented economic goals, they used their voices to bring about change. They are the most powerful women in the world, those that Forbes every year inserts in its usual ranking.
But women whose power is increasing, and very rapidly too, are different. AND the prestigious magazine has therefore decided to also report a sort of pre-official ranking, of those to keep an eye on for 2022.
Women to watch for 2022
It begins with the first female minister of the Barbados, Mia Mottley, who managed to transform her island into a republic, taking it out of the British monarchy by naming Sandra Mason (another woman to watch) as the first local head of state.
Immediately before, at the COP26, the United Nations Climate Conference, had attracted the attention of the world stage for having asked the assembled leaders a very simple question, to which, however, it always seems very difficult to answer: “When, as world leaders, we will address the pressing issues that worry our people, whether it is climate or vaccines? When leaders will be leaders? “
Najla Bouden
The first minister of Tunisia
It had never happened before a woman held the post of prime minister of Tunisia.
But Najla Bouden Romdhane, Professor of geology, appointed director general in charge of quality at the Tunisian ministry of higher education in 2011, she made it.
How much he will be able to say his opinion remains to be seen, in the face of a president who came to power by suspending parliament and taking control.
Women 2022, also on the New York Stock Exchange
Lynn Martin, currently head of the Intercontinental Exchange’s fixed income and data services department, which generated $ 1.4 billion in revenue in the first nine months of 2021, is the woman who will replace Stacey Cunningham in January, as president of the New York Stock Exchange.
The indigenous activist who protects his land
He founded theCeibo alliance to protect the land in his native Ecuador. His work helped protect some 500,000 acres of Amazon rainforest and the Waorani territory from oil extraction.
Is called Nemonte Nenquimo, the indigenous activist which for her efforts was awarded a Goldman Prize and a Champion of the Earth award from the United Nations in December 2020.
The self-made woman
We are the co-founder of Canva, Melanie Perkins, the founder of Tala, Shivani Siroya, the co-founder of Bumble Whitney Wolfe Herd and the co-founder of Clear Secure Caryn Seidman-Becker. All of them make it on the list of women to watch for creating a company that has brought some change to the industry in which it operates.
Women 2022 of the media
The power in the media is not only economic power, it is much more. Becoming the voice of a large audience is worth billions. Among those who are conquering a huge audience there is Minyoung Kim, Netflix Vice President of Asia Pacific Content and the one who brought Squid Game to the screens.
But there is also there Chinese stand-up comedian Yang Li with his lashing jokes about “average” men and the Franco-Malian pop star Aya Nakamura, one of the most followed music stars in France.
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