# @forbes on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-12-12T21:00:08.000+00:00
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It was a year of open doors and slippery floors. ⁣
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The 2025 Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list tells a complicated story. On one hand, we are witnessing history: Sanae Takaichi has shattered the glass ceiling in Japan as its first female Prime Minister, and Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has taken office as Namibia’s first female President—bringing a record number of women into her cabinet with her. ⁣
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But for every step forward, the political ground shifted beneath others. High-profile leaders in Thailand and Indonesia were ousted abruptly. ⁣
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Read more about how women's political power faced a fractured year at the link in the bio. #PowerWomen⁣
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Illustrations: Oriana Fenwick for Forbes

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