In times of trouble, nations turn to women.

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Of course they do.

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In Times of Trouble, Nations turn to Women

By Bill Lambrecht
POST-DISPATCH WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF

Sworn in as president of Liberia last week, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf vowed to attack the corruption that lay beneath the recent bloodshed and despair in her African nation.

In Chile, newly inaugurated President Michelle Bachelet, tortured as a teen during a dictatorship, was propelled to power by voters who were weary of machismo politics and corrupt leaders.

Where trouble and corruption hang in the air, voters around the world are increasingly turning to women to clean up the mess left behind by bad-old-boy networks.

The United States trails much of the world in the success of female candidates, ranking behind dozens of countries in the percentage of women elected to parliamentary bodies. That is due in large measure to the fact that about 70 countries now prescribe hard quotas or voluntary goals for women's participation.

But some U.S. strategists believe the budding lobbying scandal in Washington will heighten the chances of women candidates who are trying to unseat congressional incumbents in November. And the groundbreaking successes of women in other nations have helped rekindle talk about if, and when, a woman will be elected to the White House.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/newswatch/story/C7EEF42317146F87862570FD0077DE81?OpenDocument

[omega minimo]

1. You can't solve problems using the same mindsets that created them

[shance]

2. Im not sure what you mean?

:shrug:

[shance]

3. kick*

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