10 Hottest Female Politicians across the Globe

There is a wrong notion that politicians are busy people who do not care much about their looks and style and only actresses or models can be the hottest. But before you start believing in such notion hold on!  There are some female politicians too, who are incomparable in the hottest list and have created buzz in the media world. Take a look at some of the hottest female politicians of the world who are busy serving the people and manage to keep them well groomed as well.

1) Priyanka Gandhi

Place:  India

Priyanka Gandhi is the daughter of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. Priyanka Gandhi is one of the hottest female politicians in India. She is not actively connected with politics at present but she has joined election campaign for her brother Rahul Gandhi. She is one of the charming and graceful ladies in Gandhi family and has resemblance with her grandmother, Indira Gandhi, who served as third Prime Minister of India.

2) Hina Rabbani Khar

Place: Pakistan

When it comes to hottest and attractive female politicians, Hina Rabbani Khar is the best one to name. Politician Hina Rabbani Khar is the Foreign Minister of Pakistan. She is the first female and one of the youngest in Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is one appealing and charming young lady who is often criticized for her spending habits, such as branded clothes, accessories, shades etc.

3) Queen Rania

Place: Jordan

Queen Rania Al Abdullah is the wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan. She is considered as the epitome of beauty. She is known for her expensive taste for designer goods. Queen Rania supports many humanitarian causes both in Jordan and all over Middle East. She stood third in the list of most beautiful woman in the world by Harpers and Queen Magazine back in 2005.

4) Mara Rosaria Carfagna

Place: Italy

Mara Rosaria Carfagna is exemplary who can defines ‘being hottest’ in her unique way. The former television personality is an Italian politician and well recognized for her “topless model” image. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia and later, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made her Minister of Equal Opportunity in 2008. She was selected as number one in Maxim’s ‘World’s Hottest Politicians,’ and she was also named as ‘the most beautiful minister in the world.’

5) Sarah Palin

Place: USA

Sarah Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. She is the first female whom Republican Party nominated for Vice Presidential candidate. This attractive lady is the youngest as well as the first woman who elected to be a Governor of Alaska. She is also famous as an author, her book ‘Going Rogue’ became New York Times’ best seller and more than two million copies were sold.

6) Ruby Dhalla

Place: Canada

Attractive Ruby Dhalla is a Canadian politician. She was born to an immigrant family from Punjab, India. Dhalla is one of the first Sikh women to serve the Canadian House of Commons. Interestingly, at the age of 10, she wrote a letter urging Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to resolve the situation without further violence, during military actions at Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. The letter was personally responded by Gandhi and was also quoted on a press conference.

7) Yulia Tymoshenko

Place:  Ukraine

The stylish and beautiful Yulia Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian politician. She has been elected twice for the Prime Minister of Ukraine. This bold and beautiful lady was a successful business woman before she could enter mainstream politics. She was ranked third in Forbes Magazine’s List of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2005. Adding to it, she is well known for her plaited hairstyle and when it comes to classy and graceful feminine looks, she is the one who tops.

8) Princess Catherine

Place: UK

Kate alias Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge is the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Prince William is the second in line to the thrones of 16 Commonwealth realms, which eventually make his wife Princess Catherine the Queen of England. She is known for her graceful fashion and Time Magazine has selected her as one of The 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012.

9) Nikki Haley

Place: USA

Nimrata Randhawa Haley alias Nikki Haley is the current Governor of South Carolina, who is real inspiration and pride of all Indian-Americans. She is a member of the Republican Party and the second Indian origin Governor in South Carolina. Moreover, this attractive lady is the youngest present Governor in U.S. Haley has also been honoured with many prestigious awards which include the Palmetto Leadership Award and India Abroad Person of the Year 2010.

10) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Place: Argentina

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is the current and the first female President of Argentina. Her late husband Nestor Kirchner was the former President of Argentina. She is known for her passion for clothes and expensive spending habits on clothes, jewelry and shoes, to name a few.

Nearly Half of World’s Child Marriages Occur In India

Contemporary India continues to be plagued by social and health ills like child marriage, early motherhood and domestic violence.  More than 40 percent of the world’s child marriages still occur in India. More than 60 million women worldwide who are between 20 and 24 years were married before they turned 18. Latest records in the ‘State of the World‘s Children report 2012’ released by UNICEF revealed that almost 22 percent women in India, who are now aged between 20 and 24 years gave birth to a child before they turned 18.

Almost 45 in every 1,000 births are born to mothers in the age group of 15-19. Around 57 percent of male adolescents (age 15-19) and 53 percent of female adolescents thought a husband was justified in beating up his wife under certain circumstances.

The report revealed that only 35 percent adolescent males (aged 15-19) and 19 percent adolescent females have a comprehensive knowledge of HIV. Almost 33 percent of children under the age of five in urban India and 46 percent in rural India are underweight.

Around two in four people in urban India and one in five in rural India use improved sanitation facilities. India ranks 46 and is among the 50 worst nations with the highest under-five mortality rate.

The report suggested that school attendance is lower in slums. A survey in Delhi found a primary school attendance rate of 54.5 percent among children living in slums in 2004–2005, compared with 90 percent for the city as a whole.

The report also threw light on child trafficking. It was seen that at any given time, nearly 2.5 million people are in forced labor as a result of trafficking, 22 to 50 percent of them are children. One study indicated that most trafficked girls are put to work as sex workers in major Indian cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.

43 percent of children under the age of five are underweight with 16 percent being severely undernourished, 20 percent are wasted and 48 percent are stunted.

It was noted that 18 percent children between the years 2000-2010 were married by the age of fifteen and 47 percent were married by the age of eighteen. 5 percent of male and 30 percent female adolescents aged 15-19 are currently married/in union.

Karin Hulshof, UNICEF representative to India said to Times of India “A child born in a slum in urban India is as likely to die before her or his first birthday, to become underweight or anemic or to be married off before her 18th, as a child in rural India. Unfortunately for the urban poor child, the situation is most of the time not as visible and gets diluted by a much rosier picture of urban life. Great inequities are found within towns and cities, where great opportunity and great deprivation exist side by side.” He added that “Child brides become mothers much before their bodies are physically mature.”

World Health Organization‘s executive board meeting in Geneva had also taken up the issue recently. As per WHO, half the girls in early marriage live in south-east Asia. According to the National Family Health Survey, about 10 million girls are married each year before the age of 18 worldwide and one third of them live in India. Child marriage is now prohibited by law in India, with the minimum age of marriage being 18 for girls and 21 for boys. Though the latest available government survey found 48 percent of women (aged 20-24) were married or are in union before the age of 18.