On 20 July 1960, the world’s first female leader was elected to power. Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, elected Sirimavo Bandaranaike as the Prime Minister of the country on that day; 56 years later, elected female leaders are far from the stuff of myth and legend, and yet, we have a long way to go before we accept them as the more meritorious, people’s choice wherever they do win, without stressing on the fact that they are in fact, female.
On this occasion, Quint Lens curates a series of photographs created by Reuters of elected female representatives that have been voted into power across the world, as an ode to what they represent for women’s movements, and to the slow but sure shift in perspectives towards women.
(All photos and caption text have been taken from Reuters.)
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