Name: 世界上最有權勢的女人是誰？ (Who Are The World's Most Powerful Women?)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:41:29.000Z
Duration: 3 min 7 s

基礎被動語態

49.6% of the global population is comprised of women. But in 2015, only 24 women worldwide

全球人口有49.6%是女性。但2015年全球僅有24位女性

程度副詞

held head of state or head of government positions. Barely 5% of CEOs and 10% of billionaires

居於國家或政府首長之位。僅有5%的CEO和10%的百萬富豪

are women. With such a dramatic minority, we wanted to take a look at some of the world’s

是女性。由於如此戲劇化的少數狀況，我們想要看看一些世界上

most influential female figures. So, who are a few of the most powerful women in the world?

最有影響力的女性是誰。所以，哪些是世界上最有影響力的女性呢？

For the past decade, the most powerful woman in the world has been German Chancellor, Angela

過去10年內，世界上最有影響力的女性是德國總理梅克爾

Merkel. Merkel was Germany’s first female head of government and almost singlehandedly

梅克爾是德國首任女性政府首長，她幾乎獨自

saved the EU from financial collapse. Currently she is negotiating Greece’s fiscal woes.

解決了歐盟的金融危機。目前她正在為希臘的財政狀況協商

She is so powerful that in political circles she is known as “the decider," and is effectively

她的影響力大到在政治界以「決定者」著名，實際上

considered the leader of the entire European Union. In 2012 Forbes ranked her the second

很多人認為她是整個歐盟的領導人。2012年《富比士》將她列為

Another extremely powerful woman is philanthropist and businesswoman, Melinda Gates.

另一名非常有影響力的女性是梅琳達·蓋茲，她既是慈善家也是女企業家。

As the co-founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, she has used their 40 billion

身為比爾與梅琳達·蓋茲基金會的共同創立者與共同主席，她已將4億美元

dollar endowment to focus on global health care, and empowering women and girls around the world.

的捐款投入於全球醫療照護、協助全球婦女之中。

In a similar vein, Oprah Winfrey is considered one of the most influential

同樣地，歐普拉也是公認美國最具影響力

women in America, and is the richest African American in the world.

的女性，還是世界上最富有的非裔美國人

On the business side, Indra Nooyi is the CEO of one of the largest food and drink companies, PepsiCo.

在商業領域，英德拉·努伊是世界前幾大食物飲料公司－百事公司(PepsiCo)的CEO

Since 1994, she has overseen numerous mergers, acquisitions, and a steady increase

自1994年來她親歷過數次企業合併、擴大和穩定成長的

in market share and stock price. Under her tenure, there have even been moves to invest

市佔率和股價。她任職期間甚至帶領公司投資

in renewable energy, and to combat obesity. As the head of the multinational, 65 billion

可再生能源，以及對抗肥胖症。身為年賺6億5千萬的

dollar a year company, Indra Nooyi is overwhelmingly powerful.

跨國公司老闆，英德拉·努伊的影響力不可小覷

Financially, the two people who control the majority of the world’s money are both women.

在金融領域，兩位控制大部分世界金錢的人物都是女性

Janet Yellen is the first female head of the Federal Reserve in the United States, which

珍妮特·葉倫是美國聯邦準備理事會首位女性主席

has a large hand in determining the country’s economic policy. For the rest of the world,

她在決定國家經濟政策方面有很大的權力。而在世界其他地方

including 188 countries, the International Monetary Fund is also headed by a woman, Christine Lagarde.

包含188個國家，國際貨幣組織也是由女性帶頭，她就是克莉絲汀．拉加德

Lagarde has worked to increase the participation of women in the workforce, worldwide.

她致力於提高全球女性投入職場的比例

No list of powerful women would be complete without the First Lady of the Free World,

最具影響力女性排行榜當然少不了美國第一夫人

Michelle Obama. As the wife of US President Barack Obama, Michelle has used her status

蜜雪兒．歐巴馬。身為美國總統歐巴馬的妻子，蜜雪兒用自己的社會地位

and influence to address the issues of obesity and inactivity in the United States.

和影響力呼籲美國人重視肥胖和缺乏運動問題。

She is also one of the leading forces behind the education and financial empowerment of young women.

她也是協助並改善年輕女性教育和經濟狀況的幕後主要推手之一

Michelle’s impact as the first African American First Lady can not be overstated.

蜜雪兒做為第一位非裔美國第一夫人的影響力不是隨口說說的

The world needs more powerful women to continue the trend of empowering and upholding women’s rights.

世界需要更多具影響力的女性來推動全球女權的重視與堅持

Although the percentage of women in parliament around the world has doubled in

雖然過去10年間，全球議會中女性比例

the last decade, they still make up a small proportion of high ranking government positions.

成長一倍，但更高階的政府職位中女性卻依然是少數

And if women make up half the population, shouldn’t they get equal representation

如果女性人口佔總人口一半，她們難道不該像所有人一樣

Another one of the most powerful women in the world is using that power to run for President in 2016.

還有一位全球最具影響力的女性正利用自己的影響力角逐2016的總統大選

You’ve probably heard of her. To get a better sense of what Hillary Clinton

你可能已經聽說過她了。想更了解希拉蕊．克林頓

is about, check out this political profile. Thanks for watching TestTube News, make sure

點開這份政治介紹就有囉。謝謝收看TestTube News

to like and subscribe for new videos every day!

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