By Er. Nabal Kishore Pande — AI Certifications Expert | Generative AI Mastery | $200K Career Architect | IELTS–TOEFL Prep | Study Abroad Mentor

Explore how global women leaders in 2025 drive AI, technology, and innovation breakthroughs to reshape industries and empower future careers.

The New Era of Global Women Leadership

Women leaders worldwide are transforming global governance, business, and technology landscapes in 2025. This new wave of leadership goes beyond representation — it changes how decisions are made by centering diversity, equity, and innovation. Women excel at integrating social, economic, and environmental goals, driving sustainable progress globally. By elevating narratives of inclusion and resilience, they redefine leadership models to reflect the complex and interconnected realities of today’s world.​

Women Driving Digital and AI Revolutions

Women are making notable strides in technology, particularly in AI, machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL). As AI systems and automation reshape economies, women leaders champion responsible AI adoption, transparency, and ethical frameworks. Their involvement helps counter bias and ensures AI technologies serve broader societal goals. Women’s leadership in AI ethics, algorithmic fairness, and governance provides a vital check on unchecked technological power, making leadership more inclusive and future-ready.​

AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning: Tools of Empowerment

The rapid advancement of AI technologies — from generative AI to reinforcement learning, foundation models to autonomous agents — creates unprecedented opportunities for leadership in tech. Women leaders leverage these tools for innovative problem-solving and strategic decision-making. For example, advanced chatbots powered by large language models (like ChatGPT-5), computer vision, and neural networks empower smarter governance and personalized health solutions. Women’s influence in these domains accelerates AI democratization, ensuring benefits reach underserved communities.​

Technology as a Catalyst for Gender Equity

Emerging technologies are powerful levers bridging gender gaps in education, healthcare, and entrepreneurship. AI-driven platforms help identify barriers women face, offering targeted upskilling, leadership training, and economic inclusion. By leading AI-powered change initiatives, women can unlock $10 trillion in global GDP growth tied to gender parity. The proliferation of cloud AI services (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) managed by women empowers scalable solutions for accessibility and sustainability. This impact is amplified by women-led startups innovating in AI, biotech, and clean tech sectors.​

Overcoming Structural Barriers in Tech Leadership

Despite gains, women remain underrepresented in senior tech roles due to structural inequalities like bias, lack of mentorship, and workplace culture challenges. Digital harassment disproportionately affects women in tech, hindering participation and career advancement. Policies promoting gender diversity, inclusive hiring, and safe digital environments are essential. Organizations must invest in mentorships, sponsorship programs, and female-focused AI education initiatives to build leadership pipelines. Globally, legislative efforts such as gender quotas for tech boards are gaining traction to institutionalize change.​

The Intersection of Feminist Leadership and AI Governance

Women leaders are pioneering feminist approaches to AI governance, emphasizing accountability, inclusion, and social good. These leaders advocate for standards addressing data privacy, algorithmic bias, and AI’s environmental footprint. Intersectionality drives their policies, incorporating race, socio-economic status, and geography to build fairer AI systems. Feminist diplomacy promotes cross-border collaboration on responsible AI development, positioning women as key architects of a just AI-powered future. These leadership values contrast with traditional tech cultures, ensuring AI benefits are widely shared and ethically grounded.​

Education and Certification: Building AI Talent Pipelines

Education is critical to preparing women for leadership in AI and technology. Certification pathways in AI, machine learning, and cloud computing foster skills aligned with industry demands and ethical AI use. These programs equip women with expertise in areas like prompt engineering, function calling, AI orchestration, and MLOps, crucial for competitive careers. Upskilling through practical certifications accelerates career mobility and entrepreneurial ventures, reducing the gender leadership gap in STEM. Inclusive education initiatives supporting women in developing regions further expand AI talent globally.​

Women Pioneering AI Innovation and Research

Leading women AI researchers and innovators shape the future of technologies such as diffusion models, transformer architectures, reinforcement learning, and AI agents. Their breakthroughs advance natural language processing, computer vision, and real-time prompt orchestration, powering next-gen applications in healthcare, climate modeling, and finance. By publishing high-impact research, women enhance AI knowledge transfer and serve as role models to inspire emerging talent. Supporting women-led AI labs and startups accelerates innovation, diversity, and global competitiveness, confirming women as indispensable contributors to AI’s future.​

Economic and Social Impact of Women in AI Leadership

Women's leadership in AI technology is proven to boost economic growth, innovation quality, and social welfare. Diverse leadership teams develop better products, reduce bias, and improve user trust. Women’s involvement in AI-driven climate action and healthcare technologies enables scalable, sustainable solutions addressing pressing global challenges. Their strategic vision aligns tech investments with long-term environmental and social goals, creating resilient economies. Encouraging women’s entrepreneurship within AI ecosystems fosters local job creation and inclusive economic participation.​

The Role of Networks and Mentorship

Strong professional networks and mentorship opportunities empower women to break through leadership ceilings in the AI and technology industries. Peer groups and cross-sector coalitions facilitate knowledge sharing, career growth, and advocacy. Global platforms such as the Global Leadership by Women Summit foster connections with investors, academics, and policymakers, amplifying women’s influence. These ecosystems nurture confidence, visibility, and negotiation skills essential for advancing in competitive tech fields. Continued expansion of women-led tech communities enhances leadership diversity and innovation.​

Preparing for the Future: A Call to Action

The dynamic interplay of women’s leadership, technology, and AI promises an equitable future where innovation serves all. Governments, industry, and academia must collaborate to build inclusive ecosystems that remove barriers and accelerate women’s leadership trajectories. Comprehensive policies combining education, safe digital environments, and targeted investment will unlock the full potential of women in AI. Stakeholders should seize this moment to champion transformative technologies powered by diverse voices, securing prosperity and justice globally. The future of leadership is inclusive, digital, and female-led.

Launching the AI MASTERY PATHWAYS™ Series: Empowering Futures

In alignment with these transformative trends, the upcoming AI MASTERY PATHWAYS™ series — launching February 2026 — offers tailored global certification pathways equipping professionals, particularly women leaders, to excel in the generative AI revolution. This series embodies future-ready skills that open doors to high-impact AI careers and leadership roles driving technology advancement worldwide.

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Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX: WEED) (Nasdaq: CGC) reported slumping revenues on Thursday and signaled a new cost-savings era that includes cutbacks on cultivation and 800 layoffs.

The stock fell more than 8% in early trading on the news to lately sell at $2.52, a big drop from its year high of $9.61.

The Canadian cannabis giant published its financial results for the third quarter ending Dec. 31, 2022.

Net revenue of $101 million in the quarter declined 28% versus the same period in the previous fiscal year. Canopy blamed the drop in revenue on several factors:

• Increased competition in the Canadian adult-use cannabis market
• The divestiture of C3 Cannabinoid Compound Company GmbH
• A decline in the U.S. CBD business
• Softer performance from Storz & Bickel and This Works.

Canopy acquired the German C3 for C$41 million in 2019 and then sold it in 2021 for C$114 million. C3 reported sales of C$53.8 million in Canopy’s 2020 fiscal year and C$62.3 million in 2021.

Cash Burn

The new restructuring also makes sense for Canopy considering historical cash burn has swelled its net losses 131% over the year to $266.7 million. Cash and short-term investments fell by a whopping $583 million to $789 million at the end of December from $1,372 million at the end of March 2022.

The company attributed this to the impact of cash used in operating activities, the first tranche of the term loan credit agreement repayment of $118 million, as well as cash used for acquisitions and investments, including the acquisition of the Verona, Virginia, manufacturing facility for BioSteel and a premium payment made to obtain an option to acquire Acreage Holdings Inc.’s outstanding debt as part of the October 2022 CUSA announcement.

Gross debt amounted to $1.2  billion on Dec. 31, 2022, an improvement over the debt level of $1.5 billion at the end of  March 2022.

“Canopy must reach profitability to achieve our ambition of long-term North American cannabis market leadership,” CEO David Klein said in a statement. “These changes are difficult but necessary to drive our business to profitability and growth.”

Closing Cultivation

Canopy Growth said that it would be transitioning to an “asset-light model” in Canada by exiting cannabis flower cultivation in its Smiths Falls, Ontario, facility, ceasing the sourcing of cannabis flower from the Mirabel, Quebec, facility, and moving to a third-party sourcing model for cannabis beverages, edibles, vapes, and extracts.

The changes are in addition to multiple cost reduction activities planned for the year, including the divestiture of Canopy Growth’s Canadian retail operations, the organizational restructuring of certain corporate functions, and the closure of the Scarborough, Ontario, research facility.

The company intends to close its 1 Hershey Drive facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, in addition to reducing headcount across the business by approximately 60%, or 800 positions. Of those, 40% are impacted immediately.

Management believes these cost reduction initiatives will reduce the annual cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses by a combined $140 million–$160 million over the next 12 months, bringing the total cost reduction target to $240 million–$310 million inclusive of the reductions announced in April 2022.

Canopy Growth also said it is still committed to remaining dual–listed on the TSX and the Nasdaq as it continues pursuing its U.S. entrance strategy through Canopy USA.

“The right-sizing of our Canadian business is expected to significantly reduce our cash costs,” said CFO Judy Hong. “Canopy is firmly on the path to deliver at least quarterly breakeven adjusted EBITDA in our Canadian cannabis business in fiscal 2024, even at current revenue run-rate.”

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How to make horse gram recipe ?

kollu paruppu recipe is very famous in Kongunadu. People prefer horse gram for weight loss in ayurveda also horse gram good for diabetes. we used to prepare kollu paruppu recipe often especially to treat cold which goes well with white rice. lets see how to cook horse gram recipe now.

Ingredients:

• kollu paruppu ( known as horse gram tamil & kulthi beans in hindi ) – 1 cup
• Water to cook horse gram
• Castor oil – ½ spoon
• Country tomato – 1(big)
• Turmeric powder – ¼ spoon
• Shallots – ¼ cup (cleaned)
• Red chilli – 3 no’s
• Curry leaves – 1 sprig
• Garlic – 4 cloves
• Cumin seeds – ½ spoon
• Coriander seeds – 1 spoon
• Coriander leaves – 4 stalks
• Required salt

Steps to cook kollu paruppu recipe in pressure cooker:

1. To begin take a bowl add horse gram and wash them thoroughly.
2. Switch on the stove place a cooker then add 2 ½ cups of water, ½ spoon of castor oil, ¼ spoon of turmeric powder, one big country tomato.
3. Now close the pressure cooker and cook kollu paruppu up to 3 whistles.
4. Steps to cook kollu paruppu in earthen pots and normal pan:
5. Switch on the stove place earthen pot or steel pan, add 3 cups of water then is hot add in washed horse gram.
6. Followed by ½ spoon castor oil, one big country tomato then cook up to 15 minutes
7. After horse gram half cooked add turmeric powder then cook until horse gram fully cooked.

Steps to grind kollu paruppu:

1. At first switch off the stove drain the excess water in horse gram and keep it aside.
2. Next add cleaned shallots, red chilli, curry leaves, coriander leaves, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, required salt in cooker, earthen pot or normal pan.
3. Leave it all spices for 10 minutes.
4. Now take a mixer grinder put all things in to it and grind them as semi coarse paste. (No need to add water if you want add drained water from horse gram)
5. You can also add kollu paruppu in Aattu kal and grind well as semi coarse paste. (Taste will be super good)
6. Spicy authentic Kongu special kollu paruppu recipe is ready to serve.
7. Drizzle some homemade ghee or coconut oil on the top of the kollu paruppu and serve with hot white rice.

Various names of kollu paruppu

• Kollu Paruppu is known ashorse lentil or horse gram, horse gram beans in english (also Cowpea)
• kulthi horse gram in Hindi
• ulavalu recipes in telugu
• It is called as Muthira in Malayalam
• Its botanical name is Macrotyloma uniflorum

Tips:

• This is authentic Kongu style kollu paruppu; there also another way.
• The only difference is seasoning, after grind the kollu paruppu, take a kadai add some ground nut oil when it is hot add mustard seeds, one red chilli and curry leaves then fry for a second and add kollu paruppu and cook up to 5 minutes. (This process will help to avoid spoilage of kollu paruppu)
• As of now you need kollu paruppu in semi streaming consistency implies include water at that point cook well.
• kollu paruppu in semi gravy is the good texture to eat.
• More vegetarian recipes : thuthuvalai rasam recipe | pirandai chutney recipe | Mini Sambar Idly recipe | Pachai Payaru Paruppu | Paruppu Rasam recipe | murungakkai paruppu recipe
• black horse gram another variety of kollu.
• We can make more than 40+ kollu recipes ( ulavalu recipes – kulith recipes) using horse gram dal.
  • horse gram soup
  • horse gram juice ( kollu juice)
  • kollu chutney
  • kollu kanji recipe
  • horse gram powder recipe for weight loss ( kollu powder)
  • kollu kulambu
  • kollu podi
  • kollu rasam (i’ll post kollu rasam in tamil soon)
  • paruppu thogayal
  • horse gram flour ( kulith flour) used for Weight loss Roti Recipe

horse gram health benefits / ulavacharu health benefits / kollu benefits

• Kollu known in english as horse dal, horse gram lentils or horse peas. Horse gram benefits for more people who are following horse gram diet for weight loss.
• Refer this web link for horse gram benefits in tamil : kollu for weight loss in tamil
• horse gram nutrition :  Horse gram seed contains carbohydrate (57.2% w/w), protein (22% w/w), dietary fiber (5.3% w/w), fat (0.50% w/w), calcium (287 mg), phosphorus (311 mg), iron (6.77 mg) and calories (321 kcal) as well as vitamins like thiamine (0.4 mg), riboflavin (0.2 mg) and niacin (1.5 mg) per 100 grams of dry matter.
• benefits of drinking horse gram water: Drink the horse gram water twice a day on an empty stomach for weight loss.
• horse gram benefits diabetes : Anti-oxidants help in controlling oxidative stress by scavenging free radicals. He said the study found that raw horse gram seed has the ability to reduce post-prandial hyperglycemia by slowing down carbohydrate digestion and reduce insulin resistance by inhibiting protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1 beta enzyme.
• horse gram and diabetes: This helps to reduce insulin resistance.Hence it is highly used for diabetics.The seed is beneficial for reducing the blood glucose level.It can reduce the digestion of carbohydrate.This leads to lower the blood sugar level.This is used as insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.Including Horse gram (മുതിര) in your daily food is very effective for diabetics.This can also help to reduce the cholesterol level.
• horse gram benefits for weight loss : Consuming horse gram can help you lose burn calories. Horse gram is low in calories. It can keep your bad cholesterol levels in check and prevent the risk of heart diseases. Also, consuming horse gram will provide you with protein and fibre, which will keep you full for long and prevent you from eating more.
• horse gram sprouts benefits : Doctors recommends having sprouts as a good source of protein and also to cool the body.
• horse gram for hair growth : Drink it horse gram for hair growth once a day when bearable hot. Add 1/4 cup of Horse Gram ( Kulthi in India a pinch of Asafoetida ( Hing in India ) and 2 pinches each of dried horse gram for hair growth Ginger ( Adrak in India ) and Liquorice ( Mulethi in India )
• horse gram for kidney stones ( kulthi for kidney stone): The importance of horse gram was well recognized by folk medicine as a potential therapeutic agent to treat kidney stones, urinary diseases, piles, common cold, throat infection, fever, lowering cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels. Horse gram water was prescribed for treating jaundice.
• flaxseed and horse gram : Flax seed is a seed, while Horse Gram is a pulse. * Nutrient Value of 100 gram of Flax seed is: 50 calories, 20 grams of protein, 41 grams of fat, and 28 grams of fiber. * Nutrient Value of 100 gram of Horse grain is: 321 calories, 22 grams of protein, 287 mg of Calcium, 311 mg of Phosphorus and 7mg of Iron.
• is horse gram good for health : If you are trying to lose weight, you can consume horse gram as much as you want, but remember moderation is the key. Moreover, the high protein and fibre content of horse gram will keep you fuller for a long time.
• horse gram where to buy : its available local stores, super market and even online portals.

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