in other news, it's a historic day

[sophiaserpentia]

Rwanda has become the first country (in history?) to have a parliament with a female majority.

Comments

[revulo.livejournal.com]

That is kinda badass. O_O Unexpected!

[nebris.livejournal.com]

This is historic. And unless the military too gains a female majority, I fear it shall also be short lived.

~M~

[demonista.livejournal.com]

yay!

[jimkeller.livejournal.com]

A step in the right direction. Definitely. It would be lovely if it had happened without people needing to set up quotas following a genocide, but if it proves stable in its own right, it will be very good for Rwanda.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Historic indeed. I guess it makes some sense to in a largely gendered workforce with a subsistence economy.

Thinking aloud, it'd probably be a good thing for the Timorese to try..

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

And yet we in America have yet to elect a female President...