The PARITY DEMOCRAT
A monthly record of developments which enhance democracy through women's empowerment
www.shequality.org
Vol 8 No 10 £ 5 US$ 10 ISSN 1367-6946 October 2004
Introduction
In this 94th monthly issue of The Parity Democrat, I highlight the October 2004 dates from my four anniversary lists: 11 "Anniversaries of the Democracies", 9 of "Women's Empowerment", 8 "Centenaries of Women of History", and 14 new "Birthdays of Distinguished Living Women". The attachment of the month is my Fifth 100 Questions on Women’s Empowerment". Here I list the women heads and deputy heads of state and government throughout the world, as included among the 1296 leaders named in my List 73 of 11 July 2004. The 49 names include 14 new names * since the list last given here, in The Parity Democrat for April 2003:
A. Heads of State and Government: 12
Country Name Office Term of Office
Costa Rica Lineth Saborio First Vice-President 11.6.2002-2006
Dominican Republic Milagros Ortiz Bosch Vice-President 16.8.2000-16.8.2004
El Salvador *Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar Vice-President 1.5.2004- 1.5.2009
Gambia Aisatou N'Jie Saidi Vice-President 1.1997-2006
Honduras Armida De Lopez Second Vice-President 27.1.2002-2006
Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri President 23.7.2001-9.2004
Iran Masoumeh Ebtekah Vice-President 11.8.1997-2005
Kiribati *Teima Onorio Vice-President 6.2003-2007
Palau Sandra Pierantozzi Vice-President 7.11.2000-2004
Panama Mireya Moscoso President 1.9.1999-1.9.2004
Philippines Gloria Arroyo President 19.1.2001-2008
Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga President 14.11.1994-12.2006
B. Heads of State: 14
Antigua & Barbuda Yvonne Maginley Deputy Governor-General 1999-
Bahamas Ivy Dumont Governor-General 1.2002-
Canada Adrienne Clarkson Governor-General 7.10.1999-
Denmark Margrethe II Queen 14.1.1972-
Finland Tarja Halonen President 1.3.2000-2006
Ireland Mary McAleese President 11.11.1997-2004
Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga President 8.6.1999-2007
Netherlands Beatrix Queen 30.4.1980-
New Zealand Silvia Cartwright Governor-General 4.2001-
Saint Lucia Calliopa Pearlette Louisy Governor-General 19.9.1997-
Sweden Crown Princess Victoria Deputy Head of State 14.7.1997-
Taiwan Annette Lu Vice-President 20.5.2000-2008
United Kingdom Elizabeth II Queen 6.2.1952-
Viet Nam Truong My Hoa Vice-President 25.7.2002-2007
C. Heads of Government: 23
Bahamas Cynthia Pratt Deputy Prime Minister 10.5.2002-
Bangladesh Khaleda Zia Prime Minister 10.10.2001-
Barbados *Mia Motley Deputy Prime Minister 4.2003-
Belgium Laurette Onkelinx Deputy Prime Minister 11.7.1999-
Bulgaria Lidiya Santova Shuleva Deputy Prime Minister 24.7.2001-
Canada *Anne McLellan Deputy Prime Minister 12.12.2003-
China *WU Yi Vice Premier of State Council 17.3.2003-
Croatia *Jadranka Kosor Deputy Prime Minister 23.12.2003-
Georgia *Tamar Beruchashvili Deputy Prime Minister 17. 2.2004-6.2004
Ireland Mary Harney Deputy Prime Minister 6.1997-
Kazakstan *Byrganym Aitimova Deputy Prime Minister 18.5.2004-
Liechtenstein Rita Kieber-Beck Deputy Head of Government 5.4.2001-
*uxembourg Lydie Polfer Deputy Prime Minister 7.8.1999-
Macedonia Radmila Secerinska Deputy Prime Minister 1.11.2002-
Mozambique *Luisa Dias Diogo Prime Minister 19. 2.2004-
New Zealand Helen Clark Prime Minister 10.12.1999-
Poland *Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka Second Deputy Prime Minister 2. 5.2004-
Sao Tome & Principe Maria das Neves de Sousa Prime Minister 6.10.2002-
Spain *Maria Teresa Fernandez dela Vega First Vice-President of Govt 18. 4.2004-
Tajikistan *Khairinisso Mavlovona Deputy Prime Minister 1.2004-
Turkmenistan *Sherkersoltan Mukhammedova Deputy Chair Council of Ministers 30.9.2003-
Gurbansoltan Handurdyyeva Deputy Chair Council of Ministers 9.2002-
Uzbekistan *Svetlana Inamova Deputy Prime Minister 2.2004-
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The PARITY DEMOCRAT October 2004
ANNIVERSARIES of the DEMOCRACIES
extract from the writer's "2400 Target Dates for Consolidating and Enhancing Democracy 1988-2016"
Anniversaries for Celebration
Day & Date Location Democracy/Grouping Anniversary
Sun 17 Oct Leyte Philippines U S A 60 Biggest battle in naval history defeats enemy fleet
Wed 20 Oct Charleville-Mez France 150 Arthur Rimbaud 1854-1891 poet born
Sun 24 Oct Panama Panama 10 Constitutional amendment abolishing standing army
Tue 26 Oct Jerusalem Israel / Jordan 10 Peace treaty
Wed 27 Oct New York U S A 100 First rapid-transit subway opened
Wed 27 Oct Kingstown St Vincent & Grens 25 Independence in 1979
Occasions for Remembrance, Lustration, Reconciliation or Compensation
Fri 1 Oct Chechnya Russia 5 Invasion
Tue 19 Oct Tokyo Japan 60 Start of 2500 kamikaze suicides
Sun 24 Oct New York U S A 75 Wall Street crash in 1929
Mon 25 Oct Sevastopol Britain 150 Futile charge of the Light Brigade leaves 110 dead
Wed 27 Oct Warsaw Poland 20 Police murder of pro-Solidarity priest Jerzy Popielusko
ANNIVERSARIES of WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
extract from the writer's "1000 Women's Anniversaries 1991-2010"
Wed 6 Oct Tokyo Japan 80 Manae Kubota Director General Economic Planning 1993- b 1924
Fri 8 Oct Yorks/London Britain 75 Betty Boothroyd Speaker of Parliament 1992- born 1929
Sat 16 Oct Sofia Bulgaria 60 Votes for Women
Mon 18 Oct Ottawa/London Canada 75 Privy Council in 1929 declares women to be "persons" in law
Mon 18 Oct Managua Nicaragua 75 Violeta Barrios de CHAMORRO President 1990-96 born 1929
Oct Santiago International 30 ISIS International Women's Network
Occasions for Remembrance
Tue 9 Oct Jogjakarta Indonesia 1 49 schoolgirls burned to death in bus crash
Thu 21 Oct Grosny Chechnya Russia 5 Missile kills 27 mothers and babies in maternity clinic
Sun 31 Oct Delhi India 20 Murder of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984
50- & 100-Year ANNIVERSARIES of DISTINGUISHED WOMEN of HISTORY
extract from the writer's "5500 Women's Centenaries 2004-2054" and "170 Centenaries for 2004"
Births
Born or Died Anniversary Woman of distinction Country Main Activity Reference (see PD 73)
(portrait*)
13 Oct 1754-22. 1.1832 250 Mary McCauley- Molly Pitcher U S A independence heroine CW NAW
20 Oct 1904- 3. 6.1986 100 Anna Neagle Britain actress producer WW
26 Oct 1904- 100 Josefina de Vasconcellos Brazil sculptor WW
31 Oct 1904-17. 1.2000 100 Elisabeth Ramsden Collins Britain painter sculptor
Deaths
11. 6.1769- 1 Oct 1854 150 Anne Newport Royall U S A traveler newspaperwoman CW NAW
15.12.1861- 9 Oct 1954 50 Vida Scudder U S A social reformer scholar CW NAM
1840-23 Oct 1904 100 Emily Dilke Britain trade unionist art historian EV WW
9. 6.1887-31 Oct 1954 50 Gertrude Agnes Muller U S A inventor businesswoman NAM
BIRTHDAYS of DISTINGUISHED LIVING WOMEN
new entries in the writer's "2400 Birthdays for 2004"
DoB Age in 2004 Woman of distinction Country "First", Other Achievements or Position Reference
5 Oct 1981 23 Yining Zhang China Olympic table tennis champion ATH
5 Oct 1982 22 Saori Yoshida Japan Olympic wrestling champion ATH
6 Oct 1981 23 Udomporn Polsak Thailand Olympic weightlifting champion ATH
8 Oct 1929 75 Irene Dalis U S A mezzo-soprano DO
9 Oct 1919 85 Irmgard Seefried Austria soprano DO
9 Oct 1986 18 Laure Manandou France Olympic swimming champion ATH
18 Oct 1934 70 Berit Lindholm Sweden soprano DO
18 Oct 1937 67 Caterina Ligendza Sweden soprano DO
20 Oct 1946 58 Elfriede Jelinek Austria novelist feminist WL
23 Oct 1921 84 Denise Duval France soprano DO
25 Oct 1928 76 Virginia Zeani Romania soprano DO
27 Oct 1941 63 Edda Moser Austria soprano DO
29 Oct 1981 23 Amanda Beard U S A Olympic swimming champion ATH
29 Oct 1983 21 Nurcan Taylan Turkey Olympic weightlifting champion ATH
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A Fifth 100 QUESTIONS on WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
asked at Head-of-Government & Other Meetings 2003-2004
6 May 2004 www.shequality.org @ Raymond Lloyd
INDEX (continued on last page)
Date Place Occasion Person Addressed, Office & Country *CPD/PD #Followup
6. 5.04 Dublin EuroMed Ministers Mohammed Benaissa Foreign Minister Morocco PD EU25c
" " " " Joschka Fischer Foreign Minister Germany PD
" " " " Abdullah Gul Deputy Prime Minister Turkey PD
19. 4.04 London European Bank Elena Kohutikova Dep Governor Nat Bank Slovakia PD EB2004
18. 4.04 " " " Chultem Ulaan Minister of Finance Mongolia PD
" " " " Elena Koneva Women In Business & Government panel PD EB2004
" " " " Regina Prehofer Member Managing Board Bank Austria PD EB2004
" " " " Ulan Sarbanov Governor National Bank Kyrgyzstan PD
" " " " Noreen Doyle First Vice President European Bank PD EB2004
QUESTIONS
6. 5.04 Dublin EuroMed Ministers Mohammed Benaissa Foreign Minister Morocco PD EU25c
In the research paper prepared for this meeting, and downloadable from the Shequality website, I highlighted Morocco's recent progress in democracy, and elsewhere I have cited President Bush quoting King Mohammed VI's very enlightened words on women's advancement: how soon do you expect that Morocco, which currently has 1 woman among 33 ministers, will emulate your Mediterranean neighbours, such as Algeria which has 5 among 40, or even Spain, whose new government has 8 women among 16 ministers?
6. 5.04 Dublin EuroMed Ministers Joschka Fischer Foreign Minister Germany PD
3 June marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation in Berlin in 1904 of the International Alliance of Women, a body dedicated to the female franchise, one longterm result of which is the presence at this EuroMed meeting of women foreign ministers from Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Jordan, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, Tunisia and the United Kingdom: will the importance of this centenary be brought to the attention of CDU leader Angela Merkel and her fellow women MPs, in the expectation that, in the Presidential Election on 23 May, they may yet consider voting for Professor Gesine Schwan, and so electing only the second woman German-speaking president (after Ruth Dreifuss in Switzerland), but now in the world's G2 democracy?
6. 5.04 Dublin EuroMed Ministers Abdullah Gul Deputy Prime Minister Turkey PD
2004 is the 150th anniversary of Florence Nightingale pioneering military nursing in Scutari: will Turkey take the opportunity of the Nato summit in Istanbul on 28-29 June to invite Tony Blair and distinguished women participants, including the President of Latvia, the defence ministers of France and Norway, the foreign ministers of Estonia, Luxembourg and Portugal, and the US National Security Advisor, to cross the Bosphorus to visit the Uskadur barracks, in tribute to this great humanitarian achievement from which all Nato defence and peacekeeping forces still benefit?
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* PD or CPD denotes the writer's accreditation as editor of the Westminster-based, 1997-founded, monthly Parity Democrat (ISSN 1367-6946), or as honorary secretary of the 1980-founded Council for Parity Democracy. Most questions were asked live, but where I was not recognized or allowed only one question, others were emailed, handed in or sent on.
# Denotes a 6- 14-page paper on women's advancement and democracy prepared before the meeting, and sent with a postscript of questions asked at the meeting. WG (72) denotes my (24-page) bimonthly list of "Women Leaders throughout the World", 1211 names on 21 January 2004. OP denotes number and date of letter in 1981-2002 series "Letters to Citizens and Leaders in Open Polities", anticipating or following up the question. The above list is complemented by 13 others, five "100 Questions on Women's Advancement" and eight "100 Questions on Democracy".
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Date Place Occasion Person Addressed, Office & Country PD Followup
19. 4.04 London European Bank Elena Kohutikova Dep Governor National Bank Slovakia PD EB2004
How successful have you been in obtaining the portrayal of distinguished Slovak women, such as your writers Zuska Zguriska and Elena Marothy-Soltesova, on your new Euro coins, thus emulating your neighbours Austria which has the Nobel Peace laureate Bertha von Suttner on its 2 euros, Ukraine which has the poet Lesya Ukrainka on its 200 hryvnia note, Poland whose Deputy Prime Minister Marek Beleka promised me in Bucharest on 19 May 2002 that he would consider restoring Marie Sklodowska Curie to European money, and the Czech Republic which already portrays three distinguished women of history on its current banknotes?
18. 4.04 London European Bank Chultem Ulaan Minister of Finance Mongolia PD
As someone who put the question to the EBRD President in London on 21 April 2001, may I first say how pleased I am that Mongolia will soon become a country of Bank operations: Mongolia also was the first republic in the world, the first republic, to have a woman head of state, Yanjamaa Nemendeyen Subaataryn in 1953-1954: since the collapse of communism, has there been another first, or will there soon be one, in the financial advancement of Mongolian women? And on your plans for all-year-round tourism, have you sought advice from Lulea in northern Sweden on how to emulate their very successful ice hotel?
18. 4.04 London European Bank Elena Koneva Women In Business & Government panel PD EB2004
As someone who for 25 years has worked fulltime and on a voluntary basis for democracy and women's empowerment around the world, may I offer two of my databases which participants here may find encouraging: the first a bimonthly list of women leaders, 1211 names from 212 countries in List 72 of 27 January 2004, including presidents, finance ministers, governors of central banks, high court judges and bishops; the second of 4800 able women whose names I have circularized as capable of leadership in international organizations, both lists available free from my website http://groups.msn.com/shequality by clicking successively on Documents, Women Leaders?
18. 4.04 London (2) European Bank Regina Prehofer Member Managing Board Bank Austria PD EB2004
May I first say, as someone who writes about women and finance around the world, what a pleasure it is to come to an EBRD meeting with a panel made up only of women bankers, although this may not be so surprising because Austria was the first European democracy to have a woman president of a central bank, Maria Schaumayer Governor of the Austrian National Bank between 1990 and 1995: is Bank Austria Creditanstalt sharing this enlightenment by making a special point of training other women bankers in central and eastern Europe?
And similarly, Austria is the only country to portray a distinguished woman of history on its Euro coins, the Nobel Peace laureate Bertha von Suttner on your two Euros; in December 2005 we shall celebrate the centenary of this award, an occasion of special importance because it was Bertha von Suttner who persuaded Nobel to create the Prize in 1901; in 1966 the Swedish central bank created a Nobel prize in economics to celebrate its tercentenary; will Bank Austria create a similar prize to honour Bertha von Suttner's work for women's advancement?