The Week That Was: Global Women Empowerment News Overview

Women all across the world, are growing without any doubt. They are serving as leaders and executives; growing from bottom to top. Globally, women from different countries are competing and teaming up at the same time. They are proving that females can do whatever they want and can succeed by standing on their own feet. Moving towards an equivalent society, women leaders are showcasing their prowess and skills, intending to eliminate the myth of women being weak in any terms. Irrespective of any sector or industry, women can be seen everywhere, slaying every position and role.

Global Woman Leader Team has brought several news stories of global women who have achieved something this week and made rounds on the internet for their accomplishments.

Explore GWL’s News section to know more.

Billie Jean Highlights Improvements Made in Women's Sports at WSF Golden Anniversary

Billie Jean King, a feminist icon on the court, having won 12 Grand Slam titles, says much has been transformed for the better in the women's sports arena, especially during the Golden Anniversary of the Women's Sports Foundation, which she founded in 1974.

 In A Historical Move Bangladesh Appoints 5 Female Lawyers As HC Justices

In a groundbreaking development for Bangladesh's judiciary, five female lawyers have been appointed as justices in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court is for the first time in the history of the judiciary system.

Equal Pay Icon Lilly Ledbetter Passes Away at 86

At the age of 86, a former factory manager from Alabama ‘Lilly Ledbetter’ died. She is a symbol of the equal pay movement. Lilly was the one who had sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. when she realized and found out that her pay check is less than her male counterparts in the same job.

Number of Women Holding Executive Reins in Corporate Britain Falls in 2024

A consultancy ‘The Pipeline’ has said that, for the first in 8 years, the number of women holding executive reins in corporate Britain has fallen in an ‘unacceptable’ reversal which is going to delay gender parity for another five generations.

Pivotal Founder Melinda Gates Announces Additional $1 billion Funding

Melinda French Gates, the founder of Pivotal, has made an announcement on May 2024 regarding her commitment of an additional $1 billion which is supposed to be spent in the next 2 years, intending to advance women’s power across the globe.