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niyad

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8. Currently, some 30 of 194 recognized countries has a woman head of

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #4)

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state, including the new PM of Japan. According to what I just read, since its inception, one-third of the UN member countries has had, or has, a woman head of state. The supposed "greatest democracy in the world" is not on that list. It is not even in the top 25 in terms of women in government, or leadership in corporations.

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