Three women vie to become next Paris mayor
2020-03-13
Anne Hidalgo, Rachida Dati and Agnes Buzyn lead the race for Paris mayor - here are the women and their pledges |
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With a nod from parliament, Greece gets first female president
2020-01-23
Lawmakers elected Katerina Sakellaropoulou as head of state in a rare display of unity in the fractious world of Greek politics
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Barack Obama: Women are better leaders than men
2019-12-17
If women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes, former US President Barack Obama has said |
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Britain elects record number of female lawmakers in 2019 election
2019-12-16
Women now represent just over a third of all members of parliament, taking 220 seats out of 650 in Britain's lower house compared to 208 in the previous election
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Women under 35 run Finland as world's youngest leader takes office
2019-12-11
Social Democrat Sanna Marin took office in Finland as the world's youngest serving prime minister, heading a coalition with four other parties led by women, all but one of them under 35 |
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Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM
2019-12-09
Sanna Marin, aged 34, will become the world's youngest prime minister as head of a women-led coalition government in Finland.
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Netherlands to force companies to have more women on boards
2019-12-04
Companies that do not meet the threshold will have to replace any man leaving the board with a woman, or leave the position empty
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Bolivian Senate head assumes interim presidency; Morales' loyalists object
2019-11-13
The head of Bolivia’s Senate, Jeanine Anez, took office as interim president on Tuesday as former leader Evo Morales pledged to keep up his political fight from exile in Mexico |
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Sophie Wilmes becomes Belgium first woman Prime Minister
2019-10-29
Belgian Budget Minister Sophie Wilmes was chosen for the country’s new caretaker prime minister — a first for a woman, the current premier Charles Michel |
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