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"Breaking Glass Ceiling": Namibia's First Woman President
Namibia's first woman president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Thursday said her victory in a disputed vote last week had broken a "glass ceiling".
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Namibia Gets Its First Female Leader: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Namibia has elected its first female President, with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner of last week's disputed elections. Ms Nandi-Ndaitwah, the current Vice President of the Southern African country.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Elected Mexico's First Woman President In Historic Win
Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico's first woman president by a landslide Sunday, making history in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence. Crowds of flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music in Mexico City.
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"Going To Be Watershed": 'Macho' Mexico Set To Get First Woman President
When Mexican presidential contenders Claudia Sheinbaum and Xochitl Galvez entered politics at the start of the millennium, more than four in five senators in the
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Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Leaves Blue House, Says Truth Will Prevail
'I feel sorry that I could not finish the mandate given to me as president,' a spokesman for Park, member of parliament Min Kyung-wook, quoted her as saying.
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Harvard Law Review Elects Its First Black Woman President In 130 Years
Twenty-seven years after it elected a black man as its president for the first time, the esteemed Harvard Law Review voted a black woman to the post, making it the first in its 130-year history. Incidentally, the black man was former US president Barack Obama.
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Scientist Sworn in as Mauritius' First Woman President
Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was sworn as president of Mauritius today, becoming the first women to hold the ceremonial position in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Croatia's First Woman President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic Sworn in
Croatia's first woman president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, was sworn in on today and pledged to help kickstart the EU member's ailing economy.
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Barack Obama predicts US will see woman president 'very soon'
A woman in the White House? President Barack Obama says that will happen "very soon," according to remarks released on Friday.
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Once tortured in jail, now Brazil's President
Dilma Rousseff was elected the country's first female president on Sunday, as Brazilians voted strongly in favor of continuing the economic and social policies of the popular president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Ms Rousseff, who served as Mr da Silva's chief of staff and energy minister, joins a growing wave of democratically elected female leade...
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Malaysian Punjabi party gets first woman president
An ethnic Indian Sikh has been elected as the first woman president of Punjabi Malaysia party, the 24-year-old political group that was formed to take care of the interest of the Sikh community in the country.
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"Breaking Glass Ceiling": Namibia's First Woman President
Namibia's first woman president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Thursday said her victory in a disputed vote last week had broken a "glass ceiling".
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Namibia Gets Its First Female Leader: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Namibia has elected its first female President, with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner of last week's disputed elections. Ms Nandi-Ndaitwah, the current Vice President of the Southern African country.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Elected Mexico's First Woman President In Historic Win
Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico's first woman president by a landslide Sunday, making history in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence. Crowds of flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music in Mexico City.
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"Going To Be Watershed": 'Macho' Mexico Set To Get First Woman President
When Mexican presidential contenders Claudia Sheinbaum and Xochitl Galvez entered politics at the start of the millennium, more than four in five senators in the
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Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Leaves Blue House, Says Truth Will Prevail
'I feel sorry that I could not finish the mandate given to me as president,' a spokesman for Park, member of parliament Min Kyung-wook, quoted her as saying.
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Harvard Law Review Elects Its First Black Woman President In 130 Years
Twenty-seven years after it elected a black man as its president for the first time, the esteemed Harvard Law Review voted a black woman to the post, making it the first in its 130-year history. Incidentally, the black man was former US president Barack Obama.
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Scientist Sworn in as Mauritius' First Woman President
Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was sworn as president of Mauritius today, becoming the first women to hold the ceremonial position in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Croatia's First Woman President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic Sworn in
Croatia's first woman president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, was sworn in on today and pledged to help kickstart the EU member's ailing economy.
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Barack Obama predicts US will see woman president 'very soon'
A woman in the White House? President Barack Obama says that will happen "very soon," according to remarks released on Friday.
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Once tortured in jail, now Brazil's President
Dilma Rousseff was elected the country's first female president on Sunday, as Brazilians voted strongly in favor of continuing the economic and social policies of the popular president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Ms Rousseff, who served as Mr da Silva's chief of staff and energy minister, joins a growing wave of democratically elected female leade...
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Malaysian Punjabi party gets first woman president
An ethnic Indian Sikh has been elected as the first woman president of Punjabi Malaysia party, the 24-year-old political group that was formed to take care of the interest of the Sikh community in the country.
