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federal government may not be plainly evident. Feminine wisdom’s emerging solutions are compassionate, collabora- tive and consensus-building, and pursue universal outcomes and group coopera- tion. They contrast with conventional competitive strategies and solutions, ac- cording to The Legislative Effectiveness of Women in Congress study at Vander- bilt University’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, in Nashville. Jean Shinoda Bolen, a medical
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he Heart to Lead: Women as Allies for the Greater Good, a documen- tary film directed and produced
by Cheryl Gould, of Naples, Florida, explores the emerging paradigm of heart-based feminine leadership and how it is attuning women to their inner strengths, beliefs, each other and our Earth. “Women’s deeper unity of being is empowering them to take action and lead. Women who once longed for a culture that would reflect their highest priorities are now creating one in which they support each other and make a difference,” says Gould. She notes that for centuries, a vast
number of women have led and served as change agents. “Unfortunately, the
majority of them never made it into the headlines or history books. A prime example—few individuals knew that 12 women ran for president before Hillary Clinton.” In a recent Yes! magazine article,
Rucha Chitnis reports that women are rising up to push back against growing corporate power, land grabs, economic injustice, climate change and more. Women’s groups and networks offer a paradigm shift, she concludes, expos- ing links between unbridled capitalism, violence, the erosion of human rights and destruction of the Earth. A woman’s style of leadership
in America’s corporate boardrooms, activist-led movements or state and
Witnessing the evolution of my group, Women of Intention: Ordinary Women Making an Extraordinary
Difference, for the past 11 years has been inspirational. Women connecting and supporting each other as we discover our purpose, and work towards the world we all know is possible, is the quickest, best and possibly only way to peacefully create change.
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doctor, Jungian analyst in Mill Valley, California, and author of Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, has been advocating since 2002 for a United Nations Fifth World Conference on Women (5WCW). “Empowered and equal women are the key to peace and sustainability. We need to rise up together and fulfill the Dalai Lama’s words at the Vancouver Peace Sum- mit: ‘It will be up to Western women to bring about peace.’” Bolen’s 5WCW vision joins mil-
lennial women worldwide now en- tering their era of activism with the feminist movement spearheaded by a boomer generation of women that’s forwarded the equality and empower- ment of women this far. To this end, she marched in Washington, D.C., on Janu- ary 21 in the Million Women’s March that globally attracted 5 million partici- pants. “To make human rights women’s rights, we need a united global wom- en’s movement,” she states. Sande Hart, from Orange County, California, director of the Charter for Compassion International-Women and Girls sector and president of the women’s global interfaith organization Spiritual and Religious Alliance for Hope (SARAH), participated in the Los Angeles Women’s March with 750,000 others. “There’s a sense that we’ve had enough. We’re not angry. We are morally outraged and seeking peaceful solutions wrapped in compassion and based in justice for all. In nearly 15 years of women’s community building, I’m convinced that healing our commu- nities with resilience and a regenera- tive spirit is our biological and innate imperative. I see women emerging in unprecedented ways to make this happen,” says Hart. The Rising Women Rising World
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