March is Women's History month, and this month's Pink magazine (February-March 2009) includes an article about 13 women political leaders around the globe. According to the article, of 195 nations in the world, 13 are run by women (in other words, the president or prime minister is a woman), and another 31 have vice presidents or deputy prime ministers who are women. We've come close in the U.S., but so far, our women haven't made it to those positions. Perhaps these women will be an inspiration to rising female U.S. political hopefuls. Since politics and law go hand in hand, attorneys take note!
I may be showing my ignorance here, but I didn't even know the 13, so in honor of Women's History Month, here they are:
Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile since 2006
Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique since 2004
Cristina E. Fernandez DeKirchner, President of Argentina since 2007
Zinaida Grecianii, Prime Minister of Moldova since 2008
Tarja Kaarina Halonen, President of Finland since 2000
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia since 2006
Borjana Kristo, President of the Federation of Bosnia since 2007
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines since 2001
Mary McAleese, President of Ireland since 1997
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany since 2005
Pratibha Patil, President of India since 2007
Michele Pierr-Louis, Prime Minister of Haiti since 2008
Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2006
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