This case study presents the experiences of four women who have assumed leadership roles in emergency response operations in different countries in the Americas region. Since 2019, the Regional Project on Gender Equality and Leadership in Emergency Operations in the Americas, promoted by the IFRC with technical and financial support from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Canadian Red Cross, has trained and supported women to take on these roles, creating real, not symbolic, opportunities for their professional growth and development.