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Some are saying that it is shaping up to be the Year of the Woman. All female senators up for re-election are projected to win and Nancy Pelosi will soon take her post as the first female Speaker of the House. But I’m not sure it is really time to pat ourselves on the back. There stand to be 15 female senators in the new Congress, but isn’t 15% still pretty abysmal? In fact, in our January/February issue of this year, we reported that in comparison 35% of Iraq’s parliament are women.