Women in Power..

Thailand's new Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of the Puea Thai Party laughs with members of parliament moments after being elected as the country's 28th prime minister in parliament in Bangkok ..she is the first female Prime minister.. 

I felt like inspiring a couple of women out there on this day..Happy Womens Day,...who said it cant be done? After Thailand's first female prime minister..this led me to re-visit the strong women in power in this day...

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she arrives for a two-day European leaders summit 

Ireland's President Mary McAleese walks at the monument of the Unknown Soldier during a welcoming ceremony in Sofia, Bulgaria

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar joins in the singing at the 16th Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebration at the Spiritual Baptist Empowerment Hall in Maloney

Argentina's first lady and presidential candidate senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves through a car's window after voting at a polling station in Rio Gallegos on Presidential election day, this was back in October 2007

Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Roza Otunbayeva listens to the state anthem during her presidential swearing-in ceremony in the capital Bishkek 2010

Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir a at a news conference with foreign news media in Reykjavik

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite arrives at an European Union extraordinary leaders summit on Libya and North Africa, in Brussels

Finland's Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi holds a news conference at the end of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels 

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks with her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during her ceremonial reception at the presidential palace in New Delhi

Croatia's Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor attends a news conference during an European Union leaders summit in Brussels

President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf smiles before speaking at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Finland's President Tarja Halonen is surrounded by her supporters 

Prime Minister of Slovakia Iveta Radicova speaks during an interview at the Slovak government building in Bratislava 

Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff attends a ceremony

Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla Miranda addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York

India's President Pratibha Patil leaves after meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown 

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard embraces former Prime Minister Bob Hawke 

[Reuters]