Tuesday, January 5, 2016
(This article from Chime for Change was written by Internews President & CEO Jeanne Bourgault.)
Anne Marie Slaughter, a US foreign policy expert, once said that when John Kerry was nominated as US Secretary State in 2013, her son asked her: “mom, how can a man be a Secretary?” For the previous eight years, two women had held the high-profile position. To me, the boy’s astonishment captures the influence of public role models in shaping a child’s perspectives on life and what can be done.
