Enough of This Garbage. Here’s a Friendly Reminder of All the Women Who Currently Run Countries
Maybe you’ve heard by now that there’s some ~drama~ spreading throughout the Democratic primary. TL;DR: CNN reported that during a private meeting in 2018, Senator Bernie Sanders told fellow candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren that a woman could not win the U.S. presidency. He denies the accusation. Her response? “I thought a woman could win; he disagreed.”
Of course, these comments came up in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate and both candidates stood their ground. When asked about the convo, Warren pivoted to her own track record: “The only people on this stage who’ve won every election they’ve been in are the women: [Senator] Amy [Klobuchar] and me.”
True! But, uh, how are we still even entertaining this conversation and asking the question, “Can a woman be president?” It’s...dare I say, boring? Do we really need a reminder of all the women currently leading countries around the world? Welp, maybe we do. Here they are.
Sophie Wilmès of Belgium
Sanna Marin of Finland
Zuzana Čaputová of Slovakia
Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia
Mette Frederiksen of Denmark
Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia
Mia Mottley of Barbados
Paula-Mae Weekes of Trinidad and Tobago
Katrín Jakobsdóttir of Iceland
Bidhya Devi Bhandari of Nepal
Saara Kuugongelwa of Namibia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović of Croatia
Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand
Halimah Yacob of Singapore
Ana Brnabić of Serbia
Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia
Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan
Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar
Erna Solberg of Norway
Angela Merkel of Germany
Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh
Jeanine Áñez of Bolivia
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