As the year draws to a close, Thomson Reuters Foundation take a look at which women managed firsts in their fields. First all-female space walk completedIn October, a team of two women from US space agency NASA were the first all-female team to step into space. There had been female spacewalkers before but this was the first time there was team of two women. Pope Francis named first women to key Vatican departmentFour women - three nuns and one lay person - became councillors in the office of synods, which prepares major meetings of world bishops held every few years. First indigenous Mexican woman nominated for an OscarYalitza Aparicio (26) became the first indigenous Mexican woman nominated for an Oscar.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 30, 2019 06:11 UTC