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Although women have come out of backwardness, there is still a long way to go. Although progress has been made in the position of women in education, employment, and politics, there is still a lot of backwardness. To establish equality between men and women, women must be present at all levels of decision-making. That is why women should have an active role in politics. The Prime Minister is a woman, the head of the opposition and another major party is a woman, and the Speaker of the National Parliament is a woman. Still, it is not enough to promote women’s leadership as expected.
Click here to read the full article published by Risingbd on 15 October 2023.
Professor Sanjay Kumar, Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), told Moneycontrol that to ensure the effectiveness of the Women’s Reservation Bill, political parties must start motivating women to take part in active party politics.
He noted that they should not restrict women to softer positions.
“Parties need to give at least 1/3rd of tickets to women candidates. To get these numbers, parties should start motivating women to take an active part in party politics.”
Click here to read the full article published by Moneycontrol on 28 September 2023.
“The problem is that when a woman is attacked, she gets attacked for her character, but never for her policymaking,” Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. There were ludicrous claims of a tunnel running between her and a senior leader's home, writes journalist Nidhi Sharma in her recently published book ‘She, The Leader -- Women in Indian Politics’. She adds the rumours never bothered the minister.
Click here to read the full article published by India Today on 22 September 2023.
September 6 was a groundbreaking day for Mexico. It’s not just because that’s when governing Morena coalition announced that a woman—former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum—would be its presidential contender. After all, Mexico witnessed a woman make a bid for the presidency for the first time in 1982 and had its first candidate for a major party in 2012. But this time around though, Sheinbaum’s selection came a few days after the Frente por México opposition coalition announced its candidate would also be a woman: Senator Xóchitl Gálvez. Given that Sheinbaum and Gálvez will be the two names representing the country’s main political forces, it’s likely that after voters cast ballots in the June 2024 election that the next president of Mexico will be a woman.
Click here to read the full article published by Americas Society/Council of the Americas on 14 September 2023.
Key political parties in Ghana have pledged to create space for active girls and young women participation in politics as a strategy to promote their involvement in decision-making at all levels of national endeavour.
They believe it was the way to ensure inclusive governance which encompassed all interest groups, especially the vulnerable and marginalised in society.
The parties made the pledge at a sensitisation meeting on the involvement of girls and young women in leadership with political parties as part of the implementation of the “She Leads” project.
Click here to read the full article published by Business Ghana on 13 September 2023.
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Audrey Young’s recent series in the Herald examining post-election hypotheticals has been a balm. It’s reminded campaign-weary travellers that there will be an after, and thrown up interesting questions about the political landscape beyond recent hypotheticals involving Winston Peters. Her speculation on who might take up roles within cabinet in both election eventualities is like fantasy football for political nerds.
Click here to read the full article published by The Spinoff on 30 August 2023.