Female leaders during Covid-19 crisis

By Alvin Mbugua The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for effective leadership the world over. Cutting across both the public and private sectors, tough and seemingly impossible decisions with wide-reaching consequences had to be made in a timely fashion. The crisis changed peoples’ lives in often catastrophic ways, from public health concerns to widespread unemployment, and the world needed its leaders to step up. It was, thus, extremely refreshing to bear witness to the ways that women in leadership did exactly that from the onset of the pandemic. Globally, female leaders have been highly commended for acting quickly and decisively…