“I am really convinced,” Barack Obama recently said in a speech in Australia, “that if we could do an experiment in which every country was run by women for just two years, the world would turn around for the better.” According to the Guardian, his interlocutor, former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, responded by saying it would take the leaders just six months.

In recent years, there seems to be an increase in the number of women heads of government. It’s 2023… She retired in January Jacinda Ardern from the post of Prime Minister of New Zealand “because he had no other powers”. Resigned in February Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland and Natalia Gavrilita from the Prime Minister of Moldova. Last Sunday, Sana Marine she lost the election and resigned as Prime Minister of Finland.

In the previous two years, he had lost elections in Sweden. Magdalena Andersonher term has expired Angela Merkeldied n Queen ElizabethBye Liz Truss he did not last more than 50 days as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

End or start of the race?

As Suna Erdem wrote in The New European, the removal of a woman to the leadership of the country never meant the end of the struggle, but in some ways marked its beginning.

This is the beginning of a world that is not yet meant for them; a world where violence against women continues unabated—in life, at work, at home, at every level; in a world where various Andrews dominate Tate and former presidents. superpowers that treat women toxic, to say the least, in a world where less than 1/3 of the UN member states have headed a government in their entire history.

And it is worth noting that the first was Sri Lanka, where Sirimavo Bandaranaike served her first term as prime minister for nearly five years, since 1960.

As the Guardian writes, the aforementioned leaders left their high posts for a variety of reasons. However, Dr. Federica Cazzo, lecturer in international relations at La Trobe University, warns thatincreasing militarization around the world due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine could cause uncertainty among women leaders around the world. “Sanna Marin pushed for Finnish membership in NATO, but in general, voters tend to see men as more reliable in matters of defense and security,” Caso said.

Slate pointed another aspectwhat all three ladies have in common is the words they used when they left, implying that it's... cool to admit in public: "I've come this far." It is difficult to understand what are the real reasons for leaving a politician from a leadership position., unless it's clearly related to some kind of bug, the report says. Nevertheless, the language they used Interestingly, Ardern, Sturgeon and Marin publicly justify their departure. “I know the demands of this job and I know I don't have the strength to handle it,” Arden said. “My endurance has been tested,” Marin said. “Those were extremely difficult years and difficult times. I think it's only recently that I've begun to understand, let alone process, the physical and mental impact this has had on me," Sturgeon said.

open attacks

However, before they surrendered their leadership positions, they were subjected to pressure and unprovoked attacks. In 2011, Sturgeon faced sexist attacks over her abortion, with some even calling for her murder, according to The New European. Before her resignation, the former First Minister of Scotland said she was "deeply" concerned about the level of hostility and threats of sexual violence faced by women.

Last year serious threats of violence anti-Ardern has tripled, especially among conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccine campaigners, due to her stance during the pandemic, which saw several restrictive measures put in place that turned out to benefit New Zealanders.

Marin was subjected to disturbing and often sexist scrutiny of her personal life and behavior during faced official investigation after videos surfaced of her drinking and dancing with friends.. In fact, in solidarity with Finland's former prime minister, women in her country and in Denmark have uploaded videos of them dancing in response to misogyny.

When Ardern and Marin met as New Zealand heads of government in late 2022, a reporter asked them if they met because they were... young women. They silently replied that they met because they were prime ministers. Ardern wondered if Barack Obama and John Key, the former prime minister of New Zealand, would be asked the same thing. “Of course, we have a higher percentage of men in politics, this is a reality. However, since two women meet, it's not just because of their gender."Ardern said.

The truth is, of course, as The Conversation reports, that all politicians, regardless of gender, are vulnerable to leaking harmful material from opponents. However, how many men have been attacked because of their gender, because of their age, because of the way they have fun? Especially in the case of Sana Marin, the specificity of this criticism was largely shaped by her being a young woman. Apparently this was staged with the preconceived notion that young women tend to be jovial rather than serious. “Politics is a serious matter, and in most countries of the world it is still considered the prerogative of men,” the same publication says.

What will be left for this world, small, big, after the departure of the standards personified by the ladies of Finland, New Zealand, Scotland?

The world after...

According to a report published in early 2023 by the Fawcett Society - A Home for All, 69% of women MPs have experienced sexist behavior in parliament. the last five years 93% said online abuse or harassment had a negative impact in their emotional world. Only 37% believe that the parliamentary culture "includes people like me".It is reported by The New European.

At the same time, Beseda confirms the biased attitude towards women in parliaments. Sociologist Nirmal Puvar pointed out that women, especially young, minority and working class women, they are seen as invading political spaces that have been occupied by white people for centuries.. Social inequalities by age and gender are often exacerbated in places like parliament, where power struggles are intense.

The Guardian, on the other hand, cites a 2021 European Parliament poll that shows that societies with gender equality have better health, faster economic growth and greater security. At the same time, a study in Norway found a direct link between the presence of women in municipal councils and the level of childcare offered.

As Kerry Hudson wrote in the Scottish Herald: “I hope these women, those who are still struggling with the patriarchal political divide and who are happily returning to a semblance of normality after becoming prime minister, know that they paved the way for a new kind of politics. The journey of being human, being accessible and making your life even a little more recognizable to the people you are called to serve and represent is really appreciated.”

Perhaps, in the end, they will be "Iphigenia" at the altar of a paradigm shift in this hectic world.