Brazil’s First Female President Makes Women Top Priority
Maybe certain other countries (ahem, USA) can learn from Brazil’s example, as the Brazilian people elected their first female president on Sunday, and the significance of the event in terms of gender equality wasn’t lost on President-elect Dilma Rousseff. After she won Sunday’s vote, Rousseff made her “first commitment” to her countrywomen in her victory speech, delivered in the capital city of Brasilia. Click here for The Guardian’s in-depth analysis of the campaign, outcome and significance of Brazil’s big election.
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on November 1, 2010. Filed under