Is America Ready for a Female President—or Just President Hillary?

Pollsters Jeffrey Liszt and Lisa Grove shared that in a recent survey of voters in battleground states, a whopping 72% “believe that it is likely that our next president will be a woman.” This information, of course, makes sense only in a political landscape featuring Hillary. It may be that nearly three-quarters of voters are ready (perhaps even eager) to elevate a generic woman to the Big Chair. But, absent Hillary, no way 72% of any group would consider such an outcome likely in the very next election.

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Can Women Succeed Without A Mentor? 

Asks Peggy Drexler:

Studies show that historically women have reported a more difficult time finding mentors than men do, which has led to a number of mentoring networks aimed specifically at connecting women with female mentors. In a 2010 World Economic Forum report on corporate practices for gender diversity in 20 countries, 59 percent of the companies surveyed said they offer internally led mentoring and networking programs, and 28 percent said they have women-specific programs. But with women squarely positioned as the driving force behind U.S. labor force growth—projected to account for 51 percent of the increase in total growth through 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Labor—what will happen when there aren’t enough mentors to go around? A 2011 report by McKinsey Research pointed out that women are claiming 53 percent of entry-level management jobs, but that after that, the numbers drop: to 37 percent for mid-managers, and even lower, to 26 percent, for vice presidents and up.

Dr. Tererai Trent, Tina Brown, Oprah Winfrey, & Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at Women in the World

A woman who was raped by her friend in India, and who is now dealing with a case in the High Court, is telling her story to the Women in the World audience. The lights are out. Her back is to the audience. And we don’t know her name. This is what the livestream looks like at the moment. She is doing this as a precautionary measure fearing backlash from her own people. Such a brave woman.

South Africa needs to restore the promise of freedom… all of us who fought for this freedom cannot hide from the truth that in two decades since apartheid we have not (seen the benefits) for women… Every 34 seconds a woman is raped in South Africa. It’s not a cultural issue, it’s a straying of the values and respect of human dignity.

Dr. Mamphela Ramphele

has announced the creation of a new political party, Agad, and is running to be South Africa’s first female president. God speed.

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Dr. Mamphela Ramphele being interviewed by Charlie Rose on stage at Women in the World. She’s campaigning to be South Africa’s first president. Watch live here.

If you’re not watching the Women in the World livestream right now, well, you should probably check it out! Some fantastic live journalism going on right now. Up now: Syria. 

Our cover: the 125 Women of Impact! They changed the world, drove the conversation and fired our imaginations this year. See who made the list.

Hey! We’re doing a Twitter chat in five minutes about women & tech. Girls Who Code’s Reshma Saujani & Recovers.org’s Caitria O’Neill are co-hosting. To join in, follow the Twitter account @WomenInWorld and the hashtag #wiwchat.

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Women Seeing Women
International Women’s Day, March 8

“Mallarme said that everything in the world exists in order to end in a book. Today everything exists to end in a photograph.” —Susan Sontag

Hanna Putz (featured in the first slide of this preview) nurtured her awareness as a photographer, starting out as a model in front of the camera. Echoing Sontag’s sentiment, she has looked for ways to shake up the “permanent posing” of her generation. In creating portraits of friends who had recently given birth to their first children, she noticed a remarkable shift in awareness. “Their attention is mainly on their child, and [they] are also in some kind of a transitional phase, as they are adjusting to the new role that has just been given to them,” said Putz in an interview with BJP.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Newsweek & The Daily Beast features work from 15 talented women who represent a range of remarkable awareness as lovers, daughters, mothers, and foremost artists.