The Changing world of Power

So the powerful women summit actually had Lady Gaga and Ellen DeGeneres in the top 10 along with Michelle Obama and Hillary Radham Clinton. Amazing, isn't it? I am not sure if this is great or not. Part of my mind says- Yes! Its wonderful. Now we can make and bring change from whichever platform we can climb on. We have so so many more now to make our voices heard. To save others like us. To change policies. Music=Politics=Sports=Grit=Education=Courage=Determination... and so on. And yet, I wonder. Is Germany's Angela Merkel=Lady Gaga? Is Hillary Radham Clinton=Ellen De Generes? Things to ponder, and yet, if one is considering equality of sheer pure influence, they are equivalent, aren't they? But, the question is, is one influence better than another? And yet, and yet, as long as all these women are advancing the cause of gender quality and gender progress, and making waves in this long stagnant ocean of men, it's good, isn't it?

Powerful women summit

I read that there is a powerful womens summit today with prominent leaders in arts, philanthropy, business, government and education gathering together. Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Indra Nooyi are some of the speakers, and my first thought was that isn't it amazing how so many women today have finally managed to reach their potential? My second thought yipping at the heels of the first was: But these are so so few. We can have a summit with them. Contain them all in one space! When in reality we are so many- struggling, striving, sometimes literally hanging by the thin strength of our nails on the small crevices we find on the smooth unyielding rocks erecred around us. Fighting even to be born. Fighting to survive. Gang raped on our backs at the age of 80 as a pawn in battles of men as happened this week and happens every week in Congo and elsewhere- our sacred holes that give birth to men turned into weapons of destructions against us. But, there is hope. Even one powerful women can influence many many lives. Think about the potential of so many leaving a room and spreading out.