Vanuatu looks set to elect its first female politician in more than 10 years as results from the country’s snap election roll in.
Gloria Julia King is in the running to win one of eight rural seats in Efate, Vanuatu’s main island.
She says it would be a huge victory for female empowerment and she wants to inspire other women to follow her lead.
“Being able to carry a female voice into parliament, let’s all people in Vanuatu know that there is a female voice up there representing them,” she said.
Official results from last Thursday’s vote are expected in the coming weeks.
Source: ABC Pacific