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August 6, 2025

Hiroshima: Would a woman have dropped the atomic bomb?

Policy Coordinator Emma Sandifer was interviewed by Artículo14 about the role of women in creating nuclear weapons policies. The article is originally in Spanish.

It’s been 80 years since the first atomic bomb was dropped, one of the darkest passages in human history that took place in Hiroshima , and at Article 14 we ask ourselves whether things would have been different if a woman had been at the controls in 1945.

To delve deeper into the role of women in nuclear policy, we asked expert Emma Sandifer , program coordinator at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation , a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to reducing and ultimately eliminating the threats posed by nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons through engagement with the U.S. Congress and public education. Sandifer told Article14 that “ the more diverse and inclusive the decision-making space around nuclear weapons, the better the policies .” Read more

Posted in: Asia, Center in the News, Emma Sandifer, Non-Proliferation, People, Press & In the News on Non-Proliferation, Press Room

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