(CNN) Samoa swore in its first female Prime Minister in a makeshift ceremony in a tent Monday after she was locked out of Parliament amid a power struggle with the country's longstanding leader. Samoa's Fiame Naomi Mata'afa waits with members of the judiciary parliament in Apia on May 24, 2021, after been locked out of the Pacific nation's Parliament. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court overturned the commission's decision to create a new seat, clearing the path for Mata'afa and the FAST party to form the next government. If Mata'afa's FAST party is allowed to form the next government, that would make her Samoa's first woman Prime Minister, and the only sitting female leader of any Pacific island country. The Pacific region -- which includes New Zealand and Australia -- has the lowest level of female representation in parliament in the world at 18% .

Source: CNN May 24, 2021 05:58 UTC