Worldwide, there are currently 20 women holding the office of the head of state or head of government, which represents just 6.3% of the total of 315 world leaders. Gender equality at the top end of politics clearly has a long way to go. Can you identify the female leaders below, some current, some historical? Let’s hear how you get on 🙂
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Question of
Angela
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Angela Merkel (Germany)
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Julia Gillard (Australia)
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Theresa May (UK)
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Question of
Theresa May
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Margaret Thatcher (UK)
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Theresa May (UK)
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Queen Elizabeth II (UK)
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Question of
Dilma_Rousseff_Brazil
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Isabel Perón (Argentina)
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Julia Gillard (Australia)
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Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
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Question of
Benazir_Bhutto
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Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh)
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Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Trinidad and Tobago)
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Question of
Yulia_Tymoshenko_UKR
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Yulia Tymoshenko (Ukraine)
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Golda Meir (Israel)
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Cristina Kirchner (Argentina)
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Question of
Golda
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Isabel Perón (Argentina)
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Indira Gandhi (India)
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Golda Meir (Israel)
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Question of
Julia_Gillard_AU
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Julia Gillard (Australia)
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Margaret Thatcher (UK)
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Beata Szydło (Poland)
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Question of
Megawati_Sukarnoputri_-_Indonesia
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Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh)
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Megawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesia)
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Corazon Aquino (Philippines)
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Question of
Cristina kirchner ARG
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Cristina Kirchner (Argentina)
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Isabel Perón (Argentina)
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Ana Brnabić (Serbia)
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Question of
Sheikh_Hasina _Bangladesh
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Corazon Aquino (Philippines)
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Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh)
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Indira Gandhi (India)
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Question of
Corazon_Aquino_
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Park Geun-hye (South Korea)
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Gloria Arroyo (Philippines)
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Corazon Aquino (Philippines)
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Question of
Indira_Gandhi_1977
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Indira Gandhi (India)
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Khaleda Zia (Bangladesh)
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Anneli Jäätteenmäki (Finland)
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Question of
Maggie
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Queen Elizabeth II (UK)
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Saara Kuugongelwa (Namibia)
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Margaret Thatcher (UK)
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10 out of 13. I am happy
So you should be, Grace! Great score 🙂
You got 9 out of 13 right!
Great
Good score, BS!
Thank you! I’m terrible with facial recognition, so I was happy with that score.
8/13
That’s a good pass, Jotomy: well over 50% 🙂
6 correct, major fail lol good quiz though.
LOL Would you have done better if I’d done male-only leaders? 😉
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got 11 out of 13 right!
Oh, well done, you!
Got 10, struggled to remember who three of the ladies were. Awesome quiz sir!
Thank you, Doc! You did well 🙂
Merci! I am kicking myself I should have gotten 11. Oh well!
Got only 6
You’re probably too young to remember some of these women! Thanks for playing, Muhammad 🙂
10 out of 13
Nice score, Sebastian 🙂
7 out of 13. If I’m honest I mostly looked at their faces and judged where they looked to be from 😛
Well it seems to have worked more than half the time 🙂 Well done!
9/13 nixxxtt
Not bad Mustafa 🙂 Thanks for playing!
11/13 Awesome quiz!
Very good result! Thanks for playing, Ellie 🙂
Super-9/13
Not bad, Lado!
8 out if 13
OK – that’s over 50% 🙂
There are two things, I’d like to say, Norman Darlington
Firstly, you said there are “currently” 20…. Not all of them are “currently”, right?
Secondly, ladies like Benazir Bhutto and Indira Gandhi aren’t amongst us now.
There are indeed currently 20 such female leaders. But the quiz is not just about current leaders. It says, “Can you identify the female leaders below, some current, some historical?”
Oh yes, sorry. It’s there. Still I have one thing to say. The image that you selected for “Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)” this entry is very indicative. Honestly, I couldn’t identify that leader but knew the flag of Brazil and I got it right.
That’s called using your intelligence! Well done ☺
Hahaha… Thanks for the complement…
12/13. I got the Argentinean head of state wrong. Lovely quiz. The Bhutto and the Gandhi families have enjoyed a lot of power and suffered a great deal of bereavements too.
You did very well 🙂 Thanks for your appreciation. True about both of those families.
Lucky 13 out of 13 since I made good on about three of the leaders while the others I knew watching the news.
Well done! Does “made good on” mean “guessed correctly”?
10/13 I had a dreadful feeling I was going to fail but I surprised myself. This was so fun!
You did well! Thanks for participating, Gina 🙂
13 out of 13.
Amazing 😉
11 out of 13 right!
Good result!
7/13
Nice quiz!
Over 50%, Nina! Thanks for playing 🙂
12/13 – defeated by the Philippines!
Almost full marks! Yes, this isn’t quite how I remember Cory either…
I got 7 right
Not a bad score, Anna! Thanks for playing 🙂
7/13 great quiz!
Over 50%, so not a bad result! Thanks for playing, Carol 🙂
You got 8 out of 13 right!A great test for powerful women around the world.
Thank you, Elenka!