Newsweek Names Green Leader One of the World's Most Influential Women

OTTAWA -- Newsweek magazine has highlighted Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, as one of the world’s most influential women.  In their series on Women and Leadership, Newsweek’s Azriel James Relph speaks with Elizabeth May about being a women environmentalist in the political field and about the special concerns women have in the global effort to protect the planet.

The story appears at http://www.newsweek.com/tag/women-and-leadership.html.

Other Greens were part of the series as well: German Green Party Chairwoman Renate Künast was also interviewed and according to Newsweek, may very well become the first Green to head a state.  Nobel Peace Prize Winner and founder of the Kenyan Green Party Wangari Maathai was also featured for her work on empowering women in Africa and worldwide.  Other women that have been highlighted in this series include US First Lady Michelle Obama, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and Australia’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

“I appreciate being recognized by Newsweek and only hope that their series on women leaders will inspire other women worldwide to speak out and become leaders in their own communities. Young women in particular need to be encouraged to speak up and defend their rights, their communities, and the planet.  Women are very powerful and, working together, can be effective initiators of much needed change,” said May.

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