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This Forum explores how women around the world have been taking positions of power and leadership in domestic and international affairs. From Angela Merkel's confident maneuvering in European and world politics, to Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's presidency and reconciliation efforts in post-conflict Liberia, to the community leadership of Uighur women in China, women push for change—in their own societies and beyond.

Issue 10.1

Introduction
Clyde Wilcox

Assumptions and Realities: Electoral Quotas for Women
Irene Tinker

A Woman You Can Trust: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Political Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gwendolyn Mikell

Madam Chancellor: Angela Merkel and the Triangulation of German Foreign Policy
Joyce Mushaben

A Unique Heritage of Leadership: Muslim Women in China
Jacqueline Armijo

An End to Patriarchy: Democratic Transformation and Women's Liberation in Taiwan
Annette Lu
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