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  • More than half of the world's population are women, but only around 10% of all heads of governments and states worldwide are female.

  • Germany is one of them.

  • Gentle Angela Merkel has been in power for more than 15 years.

  • She's the first and so far, only women ever in this position.

  • But she is an exception, and it's still difficult for female politicians to get to the top in the world, mostly around the men.

  • That's why we want to talk to strong women and politics.

  • How is it for them to be female leader?

  • Which obstacles did the face?

  • What can be learned from them Today we are talking to see Atlanta Tikhonov SCA, a woman who was completely unknown just one year ago but ended up as the leader of the biggest protest movement since Belarus gained independence.

  • She is now even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize just to get to the castle of recovered.

  • Belarus is often called Europe's last dictatorship.

  • It's long time leader Alexander Lukashenko is known for his sexist rhetoric.

  • It's just beyond his imagination that a woman could rule the country.

  • But that's exactly what almost happened in Belarus last summer, said Lana always got over the president.

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  • The opposition's exit polls showed that Janowski has won the election and not Lukashenko.

  • Widespread voter fraud angered people across the country to Janowski was put under immense pressure.

  • In the end, she was forced to flee the country.

  • I know it's late in the day book, because that's ability because I was here.

  • She's now an exile in Lithuania, where she keeps on fighting for democracy in her home country.

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  • That is not just to pretty soon to be mothers, but Mr Karzai has become for the first time, women were the driving force during the protests.

  • Lukashenko Security forces respond to the protests with violence, mass arrests and torture initially sparing women the nation for years to come in Mosul.

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  • But soon women became victims of violence to mhm Svetlana taken Oska's husband, Sergey Tikhonov Ski, a well known blogger and Lukashenko critic, was barred from running in the presidential election and jailed.

  • So Chicano ska long postponed her career to devote her time to raising her family.

  • Ran for president Instead.

  • Lukashenko did not take her seriously as an opponent, vastly underestimating her ability to unite people efforts to recover the, uh, financial institutes any positions the haka.

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  • She wanted Chicano ska has become her country's representative to democratic countries around the globe.

  • Several world leaders have met up with her.

  • Among them German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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  • Even if she doesn't consider herself a feminist.

  • Svitlana Tikhonov.

  • Ska is a strong woman who continues to inspire many people in Belarus and abroad.

  • Let us know what you think and make sure to stay tuned and check out our following episodes on strong women in the world of politics.

  • Coming soon.

More than half of the world's population are women, but only around 10% of all heads of governments and states worldwide are female.

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