Recently, I came across a LinkedIn post by Alejandro Moreno-Salamanca, an IESE professor, that highlighted an essential truth: sustainable female leadership requires co-responsibility.

As someone deeply committed to the empowerment of women on the move—migrant women navigating life transitions, motherhood, work, study, and identity—I welcomed this framing. It recognises that leadership doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s shaped by the environments we move through, from our homes to our workplaces and communities.

Yes, co-responsibility is vital –

…both in the domestic sphere and in the workplace. We need to normalize fathers taking the child to the pediatrician, male partners showing up fully at home, and men sharing the emotional and logistical labor historically placed on women. But if we stop there, we risk mistaking shared chores for systemic change.

True equity goes beyond partnership at home.

It requires bold, systemic redesign in public and private sectors. It’s not only about promoting women into positions of power—it’s also about interrogating and dismantling the systems that define power, success, and leadership in our societies.

At WEMatter, I work closely with women whose leadership potential often remains invisible in traditional metrics.

Migrant women—highly skilled, experienced, and highly educated—I call them women on the move because they not only move across cities and countries; they move barriers and perceptions. Many are women of colour. Some are raising families alone. Some left established careers behind to cross borders. They are too often overlooked in mainstream conversations about leadership—not because they lack skill or drive, but because the systems they enter weren’t built with their realities in mind.

So yes, let’s talk about co-responsibility. But let’s also talk about:

• Intersectional leadership that acknowledges the layers of identity—gender, race, migrant status, motherhood—that impact a woman’s path.
• Policy changes that recognise unpaid labour, diversity, and inclusion as non-negotiable pillars of thriving economies and societies.
• Leadership frameworks that centre around diversity, inclusion, justice, dignity, and care as key values in a world undergoing deep transformation.

We don’t just want seats at the table. We want to reshape the table itself—and invite more people in.

Co-responsibility is a start. But it must be coupled with systemic intention and cultural courage to build a more inclusive, humane future—for all of us on the move.