LEADERSHIP and GENDER PARITY The Gold & Silver Shield

Leadership and Gender Parity: The Gold and Silver Shield is a reflection on the qualities of leadership which are meaningful for both women and men. Gender parity in leadership offers us the most optimistic solution to local and world problems. A global snapshot of women’s style of leadership, it is also the biography of one woman, Yvonne King Hanson, who emigrated from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to Canada in 1964. In her own words, she describes her philosophy of leadership and the struggles and successes which took place during her career.