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Rank	Name	Age	Country	Category
1	Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany	58	Germany	Politics
2	Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, United States	65	United States	Politics
3	Dilma Rousseff President, Brazil	65	Brazil	Politics
4	Melinda Gates Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	48	United States	Humanitarian
5	Jill Abramson Executive Editor, New York Times Co.	58	United States	Media
6	Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress, India	66	India	Politics
7	Michelle Obama First Lady, United States	48	United States	Politics
8	Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund	56	France	Humanitarian
9	Janet Napolitano Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States	55	United States	Politics
10	Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook	43	United States	Technology
11	Oprah Winfrey Entrepreneur, Personality	58	United States	Celebrity
12	Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo	57	United States	Business
13	Irene Rosenfeld Chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods	59	United States	Business
14	Lady Gaga Musician, Philanthropist	26	United States	Celebrity
15	Virginia Rometty President and CEO, IBM	54	United States	Technology
16	Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President, Argentina	59	Argentina	Politics
17	Ursula Burns Chairman and CEO, Xerox	54	United States	Technology
18	Meg Whitman CEO, Hewlett-Packard	56	United States	Technology
19	Aung San Suu Kyi Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma	67	Burma	Politics
20	Maria das Graças Silva Foster CEO, Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil	59	Brazil	Business
21	Marissa Mayer CEO, Yahoo	37	United States	Technology
22	Anne Sweeney Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney	55	United States	Media
23	Diane Sawyer Anchor of World News, ABC, Walt Disney	67	United States	Media
24	Angela Braly CEO, WellPoint	51	United States	Business
25	Susan Wojcicki Senior Vice President, Google	44	United States	Technology
26	Queen Elizabeth II Monarch, United Kingdom	86	United Kingdom	Politics
27	Julia Gillard Prime Minister, Australia	51	Australia	Politics
28	Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States	72	United States	Politics
29	Arianna Huffington Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, AOL	62	United States	Media
30	Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister, Thailand	45	Thailand	Politics
31	Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service, United States	64	United States	Politics
32	Beyonce Knowles Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician	31	United States	Celebrity
33	Diane Von Furstenberg Owner, Fashion Designer, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, L.P.	65	United States	Business
34	Helen Clark Administrator, U.N. Development Programme	62	New Zealand	Humanitarian
35	Georgina Rinehart Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting	58	Australia	Billionaire
36	Amy Pascal Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony	54	United States	Media
37	Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization	65	China	Humanitarian
38	Jennifer Lopez Actress, Musician, Personality, Philanthropist	43	United States	Celebrity
39	Sheri McCoy CEO, Avon Products	54	United States	Business
40	Shakira Musician, Personality, Philanthropist	35	Colombia	Celebrity
41	Mary Barra SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors	50	United States	Business
42	Zhang Xin & family Cofounder, CEO, Soho China Ltd.	47	China	Business
43	Alice Walton Chairman, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	63	United States	Billionaire
44	Laura Lang CEO, Time Inc., Time Warner	56	United States	Media
45	Angela Ahrendts CEO, Burberry Group	52	United States	Business
46	Sue Naegle President, HBO Entertainment, Time Warner Cable	43	United States	Media
47	Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Personality, Philanthropist	54	United States	Celebrity
48	Safra Catz President, CFO, Oracle	51	United States	Technology
49	Laurene Powell Jobs & family Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective	49	United States	Billionaire
50	Rosalind Brewer President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores	49	United States	Business
51	Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief, Vogue, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.	63	United States	Media
52	Helene Gayle President, CEO, CARE	57	United States	Humanitarian
53	Christiane Amanpour Chief International Correspondent, CNN, Time Warner	54	United States	Media
54	Rosalia Mera Investor, Philanthropist	68	Spain	Billionaire
55	Cynthia Carroll CEO, Anglo American	55	United States	Business
56	Cher Wang Co-founder and Chair, HTC	54	Taiwan	Technology
57	Abigail Johnson President, Fidelity Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services, Fidelity Investments	51	United States	Business
58	Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems	52	United States	Technology
59	Chanda Kochhar Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank	51	India	Business
60	Gail Kelly CEO, Westpac Banking Group	56	Australia	Business
61	Margaret Hamburg Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, United States	57	United States	Politics
62	Ellen Kullman Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours	56	United States	Business
63	Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard University	65	United States	Humanitarian
64	Shari Arison Investor, Philanthropist	55	Israel	Billionaire
65	Mary Schapiro Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States	57	United States	Politics
66	Angelina Jolie Actress, Philanthropist	37	United States	Celebrity
67	Miuccia Prada Owner, Fashion Designer, Prada	63	Italy	Business
68	Carol Meyrowitz CEO, TJX Cos	58	United States	Business
69	Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, World Food Programme, United Nations	55	United States	Humanitarian
70	Sue Gardner Executive Director, WikiMedia Foundation	45	Canada	Technology
71	Joyce Banda President, Malawi	62	Malawi	Politics
72	Sri Mulyani Indrawati Managing Director, World Bank	50	Indonesia	Humanitarian
73	Bonnie Hammer Chairman, Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios, NBCUniversal, Comcast	62	United States	Media
74	Chua Sock Koong Group CEO, SingTel	53	Singapore	Technology
75	Sofia Vergara Actress, Entrepreneur	40	Colombia	Celebrity
76	Ho Ching CEO, Temasek	59	Singapore	Business
77	Tina Brown Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Beast and Newsweek, IAC/InterActiveCorp.	59	United States	Media
78	J.K. Rowling Author	47	United Kingdom	Celebrity
79	Chan Laiwa & family Philanthropist	71	China	Billionaire
80	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder, Chair, Biocon Ltd.	59	India	Technology
81	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Minister of Finance, Nigeria	58	Nigeria	Politics
82	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia	74	Liberia	Politics
83	Gisele Bundchen Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Supermodel	32	Brazil	Celebrity
84	Mary Meeker General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	52	United States	Technology
85	Shaikha Al-Bahar CEO-Kuwait, National Bank of Kuwait	–	Kuwait	Business
86	Marjorie Scardino CEO, Pearson	65	United States	Media
87	Solina Chau Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation	50	Hong Kong	Humanitarian
88	Jan Fields President, McDonald’s USA, McDonald’s	57	United States	Business
89	Weili Dai Co-founder, Marvell Technology Group	51	United States	Technology
90	Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	58	United States	Humanitarian
91	Sun Yafang Chair, Huawei Technologies	56	China	Technology
92	Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates	53	United Arab Emirates	Politics
93	Guler Sabanci Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding	57	Turkey	Business
94	Greta Van Susteren Anchor, FOX News, News Corp	58	United States	Media
95	Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase	45	United States	Business
96	Mindy Grossman CEO, HSN	55	United States	Media
97	Patricia Woertz Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland	59	United States	Business
98	Judith Rodin President, Rockefeller Foundation	68	United States	Humanitarian
99	Beth Brooke Global Vice Chair – Public Policy, Ernst & Young	53	United States	Business
100	Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani Chair, Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar	29	Qatar	Humanitarian

Delhi gang-rape: Chennai women march in protest at midnight

Around four hundred people mostly young women took to the streets along the Marina beach past midnight demanding a safer environment for women across the country to move freely without being raped as they put it.

Kritika, who raised slogans closer to the Gandhi statue on the beach road, told NDTV: “we are as much citizens of this country just like men. Why should women live in fear of being raped? We should be able to fearlessly move around in any part of the country at any point in time, as Gandhiji dreamt”.

The rally began just around an hour after Home Minister Mr Shinde announced that the Union Government was considering amendment to the Indian Penal Code to award Capital Punishment for rape in the rarest of rare cases. “What’s rarest of rare case in a rape? Every such offender must be awarded death sentence,” a woman protester told NDTV.

Another woman added, “Chemical castration could be a deterrent, such men found guilty of rape should undergo the same trauma and agony of the victim”.

Walking along the Marina many also feel announcements like this are mere tokenism and would serve no purpose until efforts are made to stop denigration of women. “Look at how women are portrayed in our films, television sops and even television commercials. This denigration should stop. They should portray women in a dignified way, otherwise boys will not respect women,” a protester said.  She added, “Films and the media largely only provoke and promote harassment of women”.

“The change should begin at home. Fathers should respect their wives. Parents should give equal importance to daughters. Parents should teach their young sons to respect women. Nothing will change otherwise,” a college student said.

On Saturday, police in Nagapattinam district arrested two minor boys for allegedly raping a minor girl, who was alone at home. Down south in Tuticorin, police also arrested two other men for allegedly murdering a school girl after attempting to rape her.

“We just feel scared to send our daughters alone. But how can we deny them their right to wear what they like and go out when they feel like?” a mother argued.

Certainly Chennai is speaking out, in resonance with the anger and helplessness being demonstrated by ordinary people in the capital and around the country, shocked by the brutal gang-rape of a medical student, Amanat (NOT her real name), in a moving bus in New Delhi.

(Story un-edited and taken from http://www.ndtv.com/)

Amazing feats made by women.  When was the last time we stood for something we believed in.  I’m not saying Riot, but cause some noise on the things we deserve! – Le’Anne

You + Impact

 

I found this on the internet and I thought it was encouraging.  Ladies, we have worked our butts off regardless of what others think and what grades you’ve currently been bringing home.  Remember that you worked hard to get here.  We, as African American women used to be looked at as the help.  Now we are emerging forward and we are The Help for others.  We are that voice that people want to hear.  Speak up and Speak out.  Be the best in your major because now it’s not just for you, it’s for the other women in the world like you trying to even step foot in your spot.  You may believe that you have it rough, or right now times are hard, but when you become the best YOU that you can possibly be, then you will look back and realize all that you have accomplished.  Knowledge is power, and power is love.

Spring 2013

Spring 2013 is approaching quickly, and although everyone is getting ready to adjust to their newly found classes, classmates, and professors, we would like to ask of you to get adjusted to the newly found website of Today’s Black Women!  Browse around!  On the blog you will be able to access, who has the warm & fuzzy or perhaps the scrapbook.  What our last meeting was about or tips to discovering our upcoming meetings.  We will be posting informational material like what’s happening in politics, the latest trends and also what laws are being passed concerning multicultural women.  The primary focus for this website is to keep you update and informed of our latest findings and upcoming events.  Even though Today’s Black Women is every Monday at 5pm, we encourage you to be an inspirational women everyday!

Be on the lookout as well!  The Mens Football Team will be working very hard this semester with recruiting, training, and play making all for our Spring Game!  Be prepared to go out out and support!