Nicola Sturgeon is set to become the 20th member of the worldwide club of women leaders. At 44, shell be one of the youngest. So, how else does Ms Sturgeon - the Irvine-born former solicitor - compare with others in this exclusive set? • Well, some, including Argentinas Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Bangladeshs Sheikh Hasina Ms Hasina, took roles which were once occupied by their husbands or fathers. • Four of them, including Lithuanias Dalia Grybauskaite, have been given the Iron Lady label - made famous of course by Britains first woman prime minister Margaret Thatcher. • Ms Sturgeon is typical of a UK politician in that she studied law, but Michelle Bachelet of Chile and Ewa Kopacz of Poland were both paediatricians before entering into full-time politics. • And no Scottish leader is likely to face an assassination plot like Kamla Persad-Bissessar, of Trinidad and Tobago, or find themselves in exile like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Find out more about these powerful women. bbc.in/1AgS0y8
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:17:06 +0000