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STORIES:
POLITICAL POWER:
Janet Jagan -- Buyaja's current president -- first elected to parliametn in 1953; and then
elected as independent guyana's first female head of state in December '97; -- at present only one
in our hemisphere; and her message is: urging Guyanese girls and women to play a g reater role
in their country's social, and economic development. -- in 1996, Guyana's parliament passed
landmark "domestic violence. "GUYANA
in HAITI -- Madame Ertha Pascal Trouillot -- lawyer -- first female judge in haiti; first
female on haiti's supreme court -- and first femal president (march 1990) and hemispheres --
Active in drafting decree abolishing gender inequality; instrumental in o reganzing hairit's first
free electoral process -- resulting in election of country's first democratically elected president.
In HONDURAS -- Alba Nora Gunera de Melgar-Casto -- president of leading opposition
nationalist party -- became first woman ever to compete for the presidency. She continues to be
poewrful advocate for women; 1997 saw seating of a record number of women as deputiines in
honduras' national congress.
in ECUADOR: over past 2 years -- a string of firsts: in 1996: Rosalia Arteaga was elected
first woman vice president of ecuador; 97 -- Alexandra Vela became first woman to be elected vp
of congress; 1998; Nina Pacari was first indigenous woman to be elected vp of congress; and in
1998: Ana Lucia Armijo became first woman minister of govermetn -- most important seat in the
cabinet. Along with political power -- increased attention to women's issues: over past year --
Ecuador passed and began to enforce new laws against abuse of women; established network of
women's advocates; redrafted constitution to advance women's isues like protection of children
and elminiation of discrimination;
In BRAZIL -- Senator Benedita de Silva -- granddaughter of a slave and grew up in a Rio
de Janeiro slum; community activist within catholic church; founding member of the worker's
partyu; became Brazil's first black female federal deputy and first black female senator;
IN BRAZIL -- Senator Marina de silva -- one of 11 children of an impoverished rubber
tapper from amazonian state of Acre -- now senator from that state -- at age 36 -- elected in
1994. Also environmental activist;
In BRAZIL -- first lady Dr. Ruth Cardoso -- "Dona Ruth -- renouwned urban
antrhoplogist and sociologiest -- worked to address issues of heatlh, nutrition, etc.
In BELIZ -- first ever female speaker of the hosue of reps; an first ever president of the
senate recently sworn in;
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