Dilma Rousseff in 2016 she was no longer in the list. In August 2011, Rousseff was included in the "Forbes list of the most powerful women in the world, at the 3rd position, behind Merkel and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In October 2010, she was included in the "Forbes list of the most powerful people in the world, at the 16th position. She was the third highest placed woman on the list, after Angela Merkel and Sonia Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress. On 20 September, she received a Woodrow Wilson Public Service Award at the Pierre Hotel in
Women in positions of power the Indian Corporate world thereby strengthening and promoting contributions of women to the economic progress of the country. Women in positions of power Women in positions of power are women who hold an occupation that gives them great authority, influence, and/or responsibility. Historically, power has been distributed among the sexes disparately. Power and powerful positions have most often been associated with men as opposed to women. As gender equality increases, women hold more and more powerful positions, due to policy and social reform. Accurate and proportional representation of women in social systems has been shown to be important to long-lasting