There is Megawati Sukarnoputri,
There is Megawati Sukarnoputri, president of Indonesia. And there's Khaleda Zia, prime minister of Bangladesh. And before her, there was Sheikh Hasina Wajed. In India there was prime minister Indira Gandhi. Pakistan had Benazir Bhutto. And Burundi had Sylvie Kinigi.
So why is it that these predominantly Hindu and Muslim countries have all had women leaders, while in the United States, we still refer to the failed campaigns of Geraldine Ferraro and Elizabeth Dole with some sort of pride?
