Some progress has been made regarding including women as religious leaders. We see very successful women as ministers, rabbis, and maybe someday priests and.…Imams?
The New York Times is introducing us to the first woman imam:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/world/europe/germany-muslims-seyran-ates.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront