Moment of Note

A first in Saudi Arabia happened last week when two business women were elected to public office. This moment came in the first polls in Saudi Arabia where women were allowed to run and vote. It is being hailed as a preparatory move, but they say it will be a very slow and difficult process to get more women into public offices.

As a further note, the record for female representation in any country is held by Rwanda with women making up 49% of the lower house (according to Newsweek). In that same ranking, the US is 67th. More stats on this to follow another day.