Leadership (engl.)

‘The equal participation of genders in leadership positions and structures is not a “nice to have” but a theological imperative’.
Rita Famos, President of the Protestant Church in Switzerland

For a long time, women in management positions have not been a rarity. But even today, women in leadership roles have to assert themselves against structural barriers, prejudices and traditional conceptions of gender roles. In this volume, eighteen women talk about their career paths and experiences in leadership positions. Their stories deal with gender justice, leadership culture and social change in a personal, critical and forward-looking manner. They are renowned voices from the church, business, politics, medicine and society who ask: what makes for good leadership? What can we learn from past struggles? And what does the next generation need? An inspiring plea for visibility, justice and a new culture of leadership.
With a foreword by Federal Councilor Karin Keller-Sutter and essays by Angela Berlis, Simone Curau-Aepli, Rita Famos, Anna-Nicole Heinrich, Fathima Ifthikar, Antje Jackelén, Azza Karam, Najla Kassab, Karin Lenzlinger Diedenhofen, Stephanie von Orelli, Elisabeth Parmentier, Judith Pörksen Roder, Brigitta Rotach, Sabine Scheuter, Silvia Schroer, Emmanuelle Seyboldt, Sonia Skupch, Heike Springhart and Esther Straub.

• mit einem Vorwort von Karin Keller-Sutter