Nikki`s mother was denied judgeship in India |
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has claimed her mother, who had studied to be a lawyer in India, was not allowed to sit on the bench as a judge because of the situation with women in the country during that time. “I am a big fan of women. I think there`s nothing they can`t do. And I think any democracy that has allowed themselves to really lift up women has benefited from it,” Haley said when asked about the role of women following her speech to the Council on Foreign Relations. Her mother`s life in India where she was among the first female judges but was not allowed to sit on the bench as she was a woman. But how amazing for her to watch her daughter become governor of South Carolina and US ambassador to the United Haley said. Haley was born Nimrata Randhawa to Ajit Singh Randhawa and mother Raj Kaur Randhawa, who had emigrated from India to Canada and then to the US in the 1960s. However, Justice Anna Chandy was the first female judge in India and also the first woman in India to become a high court judge. She was was appointed as a munsif in Travancore in 1937. Haley added that nations` goal should always be to empower women and show how they can be fantastic leaders, “and to help them get there—and when they are successful, support them on it and encourage them on that.”
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