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members in Tallinn, Estonia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Estonia's new two-party coalition government has been sworn in with the first female prime minister since the Baltic country regained independence in 1991. The 15-member Cabinet of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, a 43-year-old lawyer and a former European Parliament lawmaker, was approved Tuesday in the 101-seat Riigikogu legislature.
Mlambo-Ngcuka hopes that the seriousness of the current crisis stemming from Covid-19 will add momentum to electing more female leaders in the months and years to come. It remains to be seen if her hopes will be realized, but some stateside research may forewarn a continuation of the status quo—or even a regression on progress.
As Mr. Zippy always tells me, “we need women to run the world; men have f****d it up enough.” God I love that man.
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