UN assembly's first Muslim woman leader

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UN assembly's first Muslim woman leader vows reform
http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/09/12/un-assemblys-first-muslim-woman-leader-vows-reform/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftoday.reuters.com%2Fnews%2Farticlenews.aspx%3Ftype%3DworldNews%26amp%3Bstoryid%3D2006-09-12T204735Z_01_N12344651_RTRUKOC_0_US-UN-ASSEMBLY.xml%26amp%3Bsrc%3Drss&frame=true

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's first Muslim woman president took office on Tuesday vowing to put U.N. reform and battling world poverty at the top of her agenda.

Haya Rashed Al Khalifa of Bahrain told the first meeting of the assembly's 61st session her religion would not affect her leadership of the 192-nation body but her gender would.
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Bahrain's first female diplomat and one of the first two Bahraini women to practice law in her country, she used her legal career to advance women's rights under Sharia law in Islamic family courts before winning the assembly presidency.

More on the Sheikha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haya_Rashed_Al-Khalifa
and her Law firm
http://www.hraklf.com/l1.htm