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Oklahomans head to the polls today for the first of three potential votes to choose a new governor. And for the second time this year, we could have a historic outcome -- two female nominees representing the two major parties.

Republicans have insisted they were short-changed in the latest round of legislative redistricting. So were women, according to a Rutgers University report released on Monday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday stressed the need to promote the participation of women in decision-making, noting that, "democracy and gender equality are interlinked and mutually reinforcing.

United Nations, New York — Women make up less than 10 percent of world leaders. Globally less than one in five members of parliament is a woman. The 30 percent critical mass mark for women’s representation in parliament has been reached or exceeded in only 28 countries.

House Democrats will make history in the 2012 election, sending to Congress next January the first women and minority-majority party faction in U.S. history.