Hanna Rosin : A leader guiding a nation to prosperity ? Obama ? No , Angela Merkel in Germany . The hero of the moment -- the person who has been shot at , nearly killed and is still not afraid to talk -- is a heroine : 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai , who was nominated for a Nobel Prize and who told Jon Stewart this week that if she were faced with a Taliban gunman such as the one who shot her last year she would , once again , explain to him how important education is for girls . She says news full of dithering male leaders , while a woman has been picked to head the Fed . She says competence in global leadership belongs to women like IMF chief Christine Lagarde . Comment: This may be the week when the world realizes women are better at the helm .
Hanna Rosin : A leader guiding a nation to prosperity ? Obama ? No , Angela Merkel in Germany . She says news full of dithering male leaders , while a woman has been picked to head the Fed . She says competence in global leadership belongs to women like IMF chief Christine Lagarde . Comment: This may be the week when the world realizes women are better at the helm .