In the incomplete network, funding is not diversified. A liquidity shock at one bank is more likely to cause liquidity problems at other connected banks because the same shock is spread over fewer banks and is therefore larger and more destabilizing. The principle behind this result is familiar and basic to economics: Diversification reduces risk and improves stability.
In this setting, the need for female leadership has, in  many ways, never been greater. It is often in the darkest hour that women are called to leadership. And now is the time for us to heed that call.