Marjan Kalhor is first female Iranian Winter Olympian
Competing in the Slalom and Giant Slalom, 21 year old Marjan Kalhor is the first woman to represent Iran in Winter Olympic competition.
First female president of Costa Rica
In Costa Rica’s recent presidential election, 50-year-old ruling party candidate Laura Chinchilla won after first results showed she had received 47 per cent of the votes counted, way ahead of her main opponents and above the 40 per cent needed to avoid a run-off.
First female speaker in Mozambique
Mozambique is continuing to make positive strides concerning women in politics. The latest success comes from the unanimous election of Veronica Macamo,a member of the ruling FRELIMO party. She is now the first woman speaker of parliament following a swearing in ceremony in the capital Maputo.
New female troops patrol South Bengal frontier
Following heightened security measures and the high numbers of men apprehended at the border, women are being increasingly used for smuggling goods and fake currency notes. To counteract, Indian women have made history since September 2009 by holding combat positions along the country’s difficult border with Bangladesh.
Ethiopian soleRebels doing big business on-line
As reported in The Guardian, old truck tyres never die, they just turn into sandals. Now, thanks to a young woman entrepreneur who has combined the internet’s selling power with nimble business practices more often associated with Asian countries, the idea has been turned into an unlikely international hit.
