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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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Trump's Presidency Crushes Hopes Of First Female President, Again
The glass ceiling for women in politics just got even more daunting, as the prospect of a female US president has been shattered once again by Donald Trump.
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Kamala Harris Isn't 1st Woman US President, But She Has Other Firsts To Her Name
More than a decade ago, a journalist called Kamala Harris "female Obama". However, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants failed to match the achievement of first African-American president Barack Obama.
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South Africa Scripts History, Gets First Woman Chief Justice
South African judge Mandisa Maya was appointed chief justice by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday, becoming the first female to secure the role.
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5 Points On Mexico's First Woman President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has been elected as the first woman president of Mexico after what was a historic landslide win on Sunday.
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Mexico On Course To Elect Its First-Ever Woman President
Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.
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Asif Ali Zardari: 'Artful Dodger' Returns As Pakistan President
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, was on Saturday voted president for a second time.
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Hyderabad University Elections 2023: In A First, ABVP Fields Muslim Woman Candidate For President's Post
Hyderabad University Elections 2023: The ABVP panel includes three female candidates out of a total of nine students.
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In A First For US Military, Biden Picks Female Admiral To Lead Navy
President Joe Biden on Friday announced he will nominate Admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the US Navy, which would make her the first woman to hold the position and to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Neeli Bendapudi: 5 Points On 2023 US Immigrant Achievement Award Winner
Neeli Bendapudi, the first female president of Penn State University, was born and raised in India before relocating to the US to complete her doctoral studies.
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France's President Names First Female French PM In Over Three Decades
After outgoing French Prime Minister Jean Castex earlier handed his resignation to the President. Emmanuel Macron today named Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new Prime Minister, the first woman to head the French government in over 30 years.
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Xiomara Castro Sworn In As First Female President Of Honduras
Leftist Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the first woman president of Honduras, vowing to reform the crime- and poverty-stricken nation into a "socialist and democratic state."
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"Madam Speaker. Madam Vice President": History Made At Biden Speech
When US President Joe Biden delivered his debut speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, history was made behind him, with two powerful women taking their places on the rostrum for the first time.
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Toyota President Akio Toyoda Awarded 2021 World Car Person Of The Year
Toyota boss Akio Toyoda has pushed models like the Yaris and GR Yaris, focussed on profitability during the pandemic and yet accelerated EV development plans. Tata Motors' Pratap Bose was also a finalist for the award this year - the first ever Indian to be shortlisted.
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Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan Sworn In As First Female President
Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery.
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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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Trump's Presidency Crushes Hopes Of First Female President, Again
The glass ceiling for women in politics just got even more daunting, as the prospect of a female US president has been shattered once again by Donald Trump.
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Kamala Harris Isn't 1st Woman US President, But She Has Other Firsts To Her Name
More than a decade ago, a journalist called Kamala Harris "female Obama". However, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants failed to match the achievement of first African-American president Barack Obama.
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South Africa Scripts History, Gets First Woman Chief Justice
South African judge Mandisa Maya was appointed chief justice by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday, becoming the first female to secure the role.
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5 Points On Mexico's First Woman President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has been elected as the first woman president of Mexico after what was a historic landslide win on Sunday.
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Mexico On Course To Elect Its First-Ever Woman President
Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.
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Asif Ali Zardari: 'Artful Dodger' Returns As Pakistan President
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, was on Saturday voted president for a second time.
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Hyderabad University Elections 2023: In A First, ABVP Fields Muslim Woman Candidate For President's Post
Hyderabad University Elections 2023: The ABVP panel includes three female candidates out of a total of nine students.
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In A First For US Military, Biden Picks Female Admiral To Lead Navy
President Joe Biden on Friday announced he will nominate Admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the US Navy, which would make her the first woman to hold the position and to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Neeli Bendapudi: 5 Points On 2023 US Immigrant Achievement Award Winner
Neeli Bendapudi, the first female president of Penn State University, was born and raised in India before relocating to the US to complete her doctoral studies.
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France's President Names First Female French PM In Over Three Decades
After outgoing French Prime Minister Jean Castex earlier handed his resignation to the President. Emmanuel Macron today named Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new Prime Minister, the first woman to head the French government in over 30 years.
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Xiomara Castro Sworn In As First Female President Of Honduras
Leftist Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the first woman president of Honduras, vowing to reform the crime- and poverty-stricken nation into a "socialist and democratic state."
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"Madam Speaker. Madam Vice President": History Made At Biden Speech
When US President Joe Biden delivered his debut speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, history was made behind him, with two powerful women taking their places on the rostrum for the first time.
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Toyota President Akio Toyoda Awarded 2021 World Car Person Of The Year
Toyota boss Akio Toyoda has pushed models like the Yaris and GR Yaris, focussed on profitability during the pandemic and yet accelerated EV development plans. Tata Motors' Pratap Bose was also a finalist for the award this year - the first ever Indian to be shortlisted.
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Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan Sworn In As First Female President
Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery.
