Around the world, women hold 22 percent of seats in national parliaments. In Washington, D.C., women occupy 19.4 percent of congressional seats and 21 percent of Senate seats. There are only 21 women CEOs on the Fortune 500 list, and even Hollywood reflects this disparity: The number of female protagonists headlining the top movies of the year reached a whopping historic high of 29 percent in 2016.
In honor of International Women’s Day, to encourage women across all fields to pursue their goals, CEO, designer and philanthropist Tory Burch has joined forces with big names such as Sheryl Sandberg, Anna Wintour, Laila Ali and Reese Witherspoon. They’ve launched a new campaign through the Tory Burch Foundation which aims to highlight the power of ambitious women.
“I think when men are ambitious, it’s celebrated. When women are ambitious, it’s somehow negative and derogatory,” Burch tells…