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=== Women in government === |
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==== Azerbaijan ==== |
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{{As of|2007}}, several women in Azerbaijan held senior government positions, including deputy speaker of parliament, several deputy ministers, and deputy chair of the Central Election Commission.[[http://news.day.az/politics/237289.html 2010 Parliamentary Election Results].][{{cite news|url=http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=204351|title=Hicran Hüseynova: "Parlament seçkilərində 19 qadının millət vəkili seçilməsi böyük nəticədir"|date=2010-11-11|publisher=[[Azeri Press Agency]]|trans-title=Hijran Huseynova: "Election of 19 women to the parliament is a great result"|author=Viktoriya Dementiyeva|access-date=2010-11-30|archive-date=2011-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007085124/http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=204351|url-status=dead}}] |
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{{As of|2007}}, several women in Azerbaijan held senior government positions, including deputy speaker of parliament, several deputy ministers, and deputy chair of the Central Election Commission.[[http://news.day.az/politics/237289.html 2010 Parliamentary Election Results].][{{cite news|url=http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=204351|title=Hicran Hüseynova: "Parlament seçkilərində 19 qadının millət vəkili seçilməsi böyük nəticədir"|date=2010-11-11|publisher=[[Azeri Press Agency]]|trans-title=Hijran Huseynova: "Election of 19 women to the parliament is a great result"|author=Viktoriya Dementiyeva|access-date=2010-11-30|archive-date=2011-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007085124/http://az.apa.az/news.php?id=204351|url-status=dead}}] |
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==== Saudia Arabia ==== |
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In modern Bangladesh, women have held high offices in Bangladesh including the [[Speaker_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad|speaker of parliament]] and the office of [[Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh|Prime Minister]]. [{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jan/27/first-female-officer-commands-police-parade|title=Parading into history {{!}} Dhaka Tribune |author=Mohammad Jamil Khan|website=www.dhakatribune.com|access-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204154534/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jan/27/first-female-officer-commands-police-parade |archive-date=4 February 2016}}] In modern India, women have held high offices in India including that of the [[List of Presidents of India|President]], [[List of Prime Ministers of India|Prime Minister]], [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha#List of Speakers|Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and |
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Women cannot vote or be elected to high political positions in Saudi Arabia. [{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabinsight.org/aiarticles/181.pdf|title=Saudi Women's Rights: Stuck at a Red Light|last=al-Mohamed|first=Asmaa|access-date=24 June 2010|archive-date=4 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704015630/http://www.arabinsight.org/aiarticles/181.pdf|url-status=dead}}] However, [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]] has declared that women will be able to vote and run in the [[Saudi Arabian municipal elections, 2015|2015 local elections]], and be appointed to the [[Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia|Consultative Assembly]]. [{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/09/saudi-arabia-women-vote.html|title=Saudi king: Women will be allowed to vote and run for office|date=September 26, 2011|publisher=PBS|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=January 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121201648/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/09/saudi-arabia-women-vote.html|url-status=dead}}] |
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In modern Bangladesh, women have held high offices in Bangladesh including the [[Speaker_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad|speaker of parliament]] and the office of [[Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh|Prime Minister]]. [{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jan/27/first-female-officer-commands-police-parade|title=Parading into history {{!}} Dhaka Tribune |author=Mohammad Jamil Khan|website=www.dhakatribune.com|access-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204154534/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jan/27/first-female-officer-commands-police-parade |archive-date=4 February 2016}}] |
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==== India ==== |
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In modern India, women have held high offices in India including that of the [[List of Presidents of India|President]], [[List of Prime Ministers of India|Prime Minister]], [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha#List of Speakers|Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and |
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[[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]]. {{As of|2011}}, the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha#List of Speakers|Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House of the parliament) were women. |
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[[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]]. {{As of|2011}}, the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha#List of Speakers|Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House of the parliament) were women. |
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==== Taiwan ==== |
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[[File:蔡英文官方元首肖像照.png|thumb|[[Tsai Ing-wen]], elected as [[president of Taiwan]] in 2016. She is the first Asian female elected as either [[head of state]] or [[head of government]] without [[political family]] background.]] |
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[[File:蔡英文官方元首肖像照.png|thumb|[[Tsai Ing-wen]], elected as [[president of Taiwan]] in 2016. She is the first Asian female elected as either [[head of state]] or [[head of government]] without [[political family]] background.]] |
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Women in Taiwan have especially achieved prominent roles in politics. [{{Cite news|last1=Sui|first1=Cindy|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36309137|title=Taiwan, the place to be a woman in politics|work=BBC News |date=May 20, 2016}}] In 2000, [[feminist movement]] advocator [[Annette Lu]] elected as [[Vice President of the Republic of China|first female vice president]] while [[Yeh Chu-lan]] was promoted to be the [[List of vice premiers of the Republic of China|first female vice premier]] in 2004. In 2016, [[Tsai Ing-wen]] was elected as [[president of Taiwan]]. Nevertheless, as in other parts of [[East Asia]], [[sex-selective abortion]] is reported to happen in Taiwan. [{{cite web |url=http://www.econ.yale.edu/~nq3/NANCYS_Yale_Website/resources/papers/LiuLinQian_20130831.pdf |title=More Missing Women, Fewer Dying Girls: The Impact of Sex-Selective Abortion on Sex at Birth and Relative Female Mortality in Taiwan |first1=Ming-Jen |last1=Lin |first2=Jin-Tan |last2=Liu |first3=Nancy |last3=Qian |date= 3 September 2013 |website=www.econ.yale.edu |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804213528/http://www.econ.yale.edu/~nq3/NANCYS_Yale_Website/resources/papers/LiuLinQian_20130831.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}][{{Cite web|last1=Shih|first1=Hsiu-chuan|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/12/08/2003520201|title=Taiwan's gender balance worsening as more parents abort female fetuses|date=December 8, 2011|website=Taipei Times}}][{{cite journal|last=Kalsi|first=Priti|date=1 January 2015|title=Abortion Legalization, Sex Selection, and Female University Enrollment in Taiwan|journal=Economic Development and Cultural Change|volume=64|issue=1|pages=163–185|doi=10.1086/682685|jstor=682685|s2cid=155213182}}] |
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Women cannot vote or be elected to high political positions in Saudi Arabia. [{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabinsight.org/aiarticles/181.pdf|title=Saudi Women's Rights: Stuck at a Red Light|last=al-Mohamed|first=Asmaa|access-date=24 June 2010|archive-date=4 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704015630/http://www.arabinsight.org/aiarticles/181.pdf|url-status=dead}}] However, [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]] has declared that women will be able to vote and run in the [[Saudi Arabian municipal elections, 2015|2015 local elections]], and be appointed to the [[Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia|Consultative Assembly]]. [{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/09/saudi-arabia-women-vote.html|title=Saudi king: Women will be allowed to vote and run for office|date=September 26, 2011|publisher=PBS|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=January 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121201648/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/09/saudi-arabia-women-vote.html|url-status=dead}}] |
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'''Women in Taiwan ''' have especially achieved prominent roles in politics. [{{Cite news|last1=Sui|first1=Cindy|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36309137|title=Taiwan, the place to be a woman in politics|work=BBC News |date=May 20, 2016}}] In 2000, [[feminist movement]] advocator [[Annette Lu]] elected as [[Vice President of the Republic of China|first female vice president]] while [[Yeh Chu-lan]] was promoted to be the [[List of vice premiers of the Republic of China|first female vice premier]] in 2004. In 2016, [[Tsai Ing-wen]] was elected as [[president of Taiwan]]. Nevertheless, as in other parts of [[East Asia]], [[sex-selective abortion]] is reported to happen in Taiwan. [{{cite web |url=http://www.econ.yale.edu/~nq3/NANCYS_Yale_Website/resources/papers/LiuLinQian_20130831.pdf |title=More Missing Women, Fewer Dying Girls: The Impact of Sex-Selective Abortion on Sex at Birth and Relative Female Mortality in Taiwan |first1=Ming-Jen |last1=Lin |first2=Jin-Tan |last2=Liu |first3=Nancy |last3=Qian |date= 3 September 2013 |website=www.econ.yale.edu |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804213528/http://www.econ.yale.edu/~nq3/NANCYS_Yale_Website/resources/papers/LiuLinQian_20130831.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}][{{Cite web|last1=Shih|first1=Hsiu-chuan|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/12/08/2003520201|title=Taiwan's gender balance worsening as more parents abort female fetuses|date=December 8, 2011|website=Taipei Times}}][{{cite journal|last=Kalsi|first=Priti|date=1 January 2015|title=Abortion Legalization, Sex Selection, and Female University Enrollment in Taiwan|journal=Economic Development and Cultural Change|volume=64|issue=1|pages=163–185|doi=10.1086/682685|jstor=682685|s2cid=155213182}}] |
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==== Thailand ==== |
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'''Women in Thailand''' were among the first women in [[Asia]] who were granted the [[right to vote]] in 1932. However, they are still underrepresented in [[Politics of Thailand|Thai politics]].[Sopchokchai, Orapin. [http://www.tdri.or.th/library/quarterly/text/d98_2.htm Female Members of Parliament, Women's Political Participation at the National Level], Women's Political Participation in Thailand, TDRI Quarterly Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1998, pp. 11-20][Iwanaga, Kazuki. [http://www.lu.se/images/Syd_och_sydostasienstudier/working_papers/Iwanaga.pdf Women in Politics in Thailand], Working Paper No. 14, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2005]
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Women in Thailand were among the first women in [[Asia]] who were granted the [[right to vote]] in 1932. However, they are still underrepresented in [[Politics of Thailand|Thai politics]].[Sopchokchai, Orapin. [http://www.tdri.or.th/library/quarterly/text/d98_2.htm Female Members of Parliament, Women's Political Participation at the National Level], Women's Political Participation in Thailand, TDRI Quarterly Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1998, pp. 11-20][Iwanaga, Kazuki. [http://www.lu.se/images/Syd_och_sydostasienstudier/working_papers/Iwanaga.pdf Women in Politics in Thailand], Working Paper No. 14, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2005] |
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== Violence and sexual harassment against women == |
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== Violence and sexual harassment against women == |
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