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Despite Merkel’s Endurance as Chancellor, German Women Still Fight for Parity in Politics

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BERLIN — In the seating snub heard round the world, the first woman president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was not offered a chair in April while meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and European Council President Charles…
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Misogyny Didn’t Stop Them: The World’s Most Important Female Leaders

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From Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas, women remain important forces of change as government leaders in the modern era. Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister after its independence, was one of the…
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