2025 was a rough year for everyone.
Maybe I am becoming cynical as I age but it seems that, despite all our advances which should make life easier, life is getting harder.
And for women, after decades of fighting, we now see entire movements evolving to strip us of the very rights we fought for.
But women are nothing if not resilient and resourceful and it is my honest belief that it is women who will bring sanity back. By our nature alone, we can calm the waters. So, beware the woman! She is a still and powerful force!
Here are a few of the notable headlines women made in 2025…
In politics, two women achieved their countries premier positions; Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who became the first ever female president of Namibia in March, and Sanae Takaichi, as the first female prime minister of Japan in October. And although, she was elected in 2024, I am still enthralled by Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female and first Jewish president of Mexico. (Just had to throw her in there)
Eileen Higgins became the first female mayor of Miami, FL and Zohran Mamdani (though not female) is also notable as the first Muslim immigrant voted as mayor of New York City. We can have him in here on behalf of his elegant and talented artist wife, Rama Duwaji, the first Muslim, Syrian-American, Gen-Z first lady of NYC.
Deb Haaland of new Mexico announced that she would run for governor of New Mexico in the 2026 election, making her the potential first Native American woman governor in New Mexico.
In the Church; Sarah Mullally became the first female spiritual leader of the Church of England when she was named Archbishop of Canterbury (This is HUGE!) and in that vein, Katrina Foster was elected as the first woman and openly gay bishop in the Metropolitan New York Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
In Sports; Skier, Mikaela Shiffrin achieved an unprecedented 100th World Cup victory, becoming the first skier in history to reach the triple-digit milestone. Note: not the first “female” skier, but the first skier ever!!! Way to go Mikaela!
The Associated Press named A’ja Wilson as its female Athlete of the Year. She was also named Time Magazine’s Athlete of the Year. With several records to her name already, A’ja is regarded by many as the best basketball player of her generation and as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time.
The “Women in Blue”, India’s Women’s National Cricket Team won their first Women’s Cricket World Cup.
In Music; Beyoncé made history at the Grammys as the first Black woman to win the Grammy for Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter. Additionally, Cowboy Carter increased Beyoncé’s career total nominations to 99, breaking her tie with her husband, Jay-Z, to become the most nominated artist of all time.
More women of note are featured in Time Magazine’s Women of the Year.
What I love most about all these women is the fact that they all come from different backgrounds, but are all moving in the same direction.
This is what I am passionate about. We are all different, yet we are all the same and we are all one!
Women are at the forefront of every fight!
The Patriarchy shakes in their boots. But we are not coming to take their power, we are coming as a help-mate, to show them how to properly use it.
We are WOMAN!!! We are EVERY WOMAN!!!
Shout out to Chaka Khan
The Woman Hood 