Archive for August, 2023
Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabic Prime Minister of Serbia
August 10, 2023Women and Adversity: Ana Brnabić Prime Minister of Serbia We get into complicated territory when we talk of the Balkan Penisula, a region in southeastern Europe. Eleven countries comprise the Ba ...
Women and Adversity Blog: 2023
January 12, 2023I began writing Women and Adversity in 2014 to promote women writers and praise their achievements. I believed their words would be inspirational for those aiming to get their stories and books ...
Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Tsai Ing-wen President of Taiwan
December 8, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen (pronounced Sigh⸍ Ing-when⸍) was elected president of Taiwan in January 2016 and reelected ...
Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Xiomara Castro President of Honduras
November 10, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Xiomara Castro President of Honduras Xiomara (pronounced See⸍ o mar ah) Castro was elected president of Honduras on November 28, 2021, the fir ...
Women and Adversity: Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland
October 27, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Katrín Jakobsdóttir Prime Minister of Iceland Another example of a woman who has become leader of her country is Katrí ...
Women and Adversity: Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, President of Barbados
August 25, 2022Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women Dame Sandra Prunella Mason President of Barbados I have been to Barbados and remember passing the stark white State House where the president of the ...
Women and Adversity: 21st Century Women, Robinah Nabbanja, First Woman Prime Minister
June 9, 2022Talk about wading into unknown waters! Except for Idi Amin, I don’t know anything about Uganda. Its governing bodies and education system are different from the U.S. and can be difficult to ...