The ascent to the top of the European Parliament is filled with cliff edges and challenges, especially as a woman. For a former female vice president of the body, though, the most impactful differences were some of the least obvious.
Silvana Koch-Merin, a former Member of the European Parliament and the current president and founder of Women Political Leaders (WPL), speaking at the Fortune Most Powerful Women International summit in Riyadh, described the everyday gender imbalances she experienced while working for the legislative body.
