If the decision-makers are always male, women do not get a fair hearing—and their perspectives are sorely needed today.
Author: Harriet L. Elam-Thomas
Harriet Lee Elam Thomas is a diplomat and professor who held numerous posts abroad over the course of her 42-year career, including positions in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, France, Belgium, Mali, Senegal, and the Ivory Coast. She retired in 2005 from the U.S. State Department as a senior foreign service officer with the rank of career minister and currently directs the University of Central Florida Diplomacy Program.