Kurdish girl becomes Iceland's youngest parliamentarian

Women 07:52 PM - 2021-09-26

Lania Taha Karim, a Kurdish girl who lives in Iceland, was elected as a member of parliament.

Lania Taha, known as Lania Rún, was born in Iceland on December 18, 1999. Her mother is from Halabja and her father is from Slemani.

She is a university student and at just 21 years of age, she was able to become the youngest member of the Icelandic parliament.

Iceland has elected a female-majority parliament, a landmark for gender equality in the North Atlantic island nation, in a vote that saw centrist parties make the biggest gains.

After all votes were counted Sunday, female candidates held 33 seats in Iceland’s 63-seat parliament, the Althing. The three parties in the outgoing coalition government led by Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir won a total of 37 seats in Saturday’s vote, two more than in the last election, and appeared likely to continue in power.

The election makes Iceland the only country in Europe, and one of a handful in the world, with a majority of female lawmakers. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Rwanda leads the world with women making up 61% of its Chamber of Deputies, with Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico narrowly over the 50% mark. Worldwide, the organization says just over a quarter of legislators are women.


 
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