Nepalese lawmakers elected the country’s first woman Speaker of Parliament. Parliament unanimously elected UCPN-Maoist lawmaker Onsari Gharti Magar as the Speaker of the House. With that victory, Gharti became the first woman to lead the legislative body in Nepal’s parliamentary history. Earlier she had served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament.

Within two weeks of that historical milestone, Nepalese lawmakers elected the country’s first woman president. Parliament elected Bidhya Devi Bhandari as first female president of Nepal. She received 327 out of 549 votes cast. Female House Speaker Onsari Gharti announced Bidya’s victory as the new president of Nepal. Bhandari was the vice-chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) before winning the presidential election on 28 October 2015.

Within few months of that milestone, Nepal got first woman chief justice. Sushila Karki became the first female Chief Justice of Nepal’s Supreme Court ending the male domination of top posts in the judiciary.Nepal is yet to get its first female prime minister. But Nepalese are waiting for that milestone in Nepalese history.