Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley landed at number 99 on the Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women list for the third year running, and the ranking puts her next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plus European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at the top spots. Forbes called out her climate advocacy work after she gave a speech at the UN General Assembly demanding urgent action, and she got tagged as Champion of the Earth for Policy Leadership by the UN Environment Programme. The magazine also pointed to her role in pushing Barbados into becoming a parliamentary republic after ditching the Queen of England as head of state.
Mottley started her political grind back when she became Minister of Education, Youth Affairs and Culture, and she keeps showing up on global power lists because of her vocal positions on climate finance plus debt reform for small island nations. The Forbes ranking checks metrics like money, media reach, impact, and influence spheres across 100 women from different countries who control around 37 trillion dollars in economic power.
Mottley started her political grind back when she became Minister of Education, Youth Affairs and Culture, and she keeps showing up on global power lists because of her vocal positions on climate finance plus debt reform for small island nations. The Forbes ranking checks metrics like money, media reach, impact, and influence spheres across 100 women from different countries who control around 37 trillion dollars in economic power.
