How IMF Head Christine Lagarde Convinces Powerful Men To Make Gender Equality a Priority

She consistently applies her intellect, charm, and cool-headed negotiating style to combat “the tacit conspiracy against women”. Sisters are not only doing it for themselves in Lagarde-world, they’re doing it for each other, and if given the opportunity, “doing it all for home, firm and country” – because more women means bigger bottom lines for all. “Inequality is sexist,” the world’s top banker declared last month, noting that the global economy was suffering because women were still not working nearly as much nor on the same terms as men.