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Media urged to highlight women's role in politics

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May 21, 2024

Media urged to highlight women's role in politics

KARACHI: The Uks Research Centre (URC) has urged the media outlets in the country to recognise the transformative potential of women in politics and foster a more inclusive media environment for democratic, inclusive, and representative

KARACHI: The Uks Research Centre (URC) has urged the media outlets in the country to recognise the transformative potential of women in politics and foster a more inclusive media environment for democratic, inclusive, and representative

Sexism still ranks as the biggest hurdle facing women in elected office

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May 21, 2024

Sexism still ranks as the biggest hurdle facing women in elected office

It’s no secret that women have made unprecedented strides in seeking and attaining elected office over the last decade.

It’s no secret that women have made unprecedented strides in seeking and attaining elected office over the last decade.

Weaponising gendered disinformation across Africa

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May 16, 2024

Weaponising gendered disinformation across Africa

Gendered disinformation is being used across Africa as a tactic to silence critics and exclude women from online civic discourses, new research shows.

Gendered disinformation is being used across Africa as a tactic to silence critics and exclude women from online civic discourses, new research shows.

Unlocking growth: The untapped power of women in political leadership

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May 15, 2024

Unlocking growth: The untapped power of women in political leadership

Progress towards legal gender equality has stalled in many parts of the world.

Progress towards legal gender equality has stalled in many parts of the world.

We shouldn’t have to beg or negotiate for women rights

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May 2, 2024

We shouldn’t have to beg or negotiate for women rights

Africa Renewal: What best practices you would you like to share with other countries regarding your government’s work to empower women?

Africa Renewal: What best practices you would you like to share with other countries regarding your government’s work to empower women?

More women hold elective office, but not necessarily more power, say Rutgers Researchers

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April 26, 2024

More women hold elective office, but not necessarily more power, say Rutgers Researchers

Tracking the number of women in elective office represents only one measure of political power, two Rutgers University researchers told the 2024 National Press Foundation Women in Politics Fellowship.

Tracking the number of women in elective office represents only one measure of political power, two Rutgers University researchers told the 2024 National Press Foundation Women in Politics Fellowship.

Indonesia’s youth and political inequality: how neo-traditionalism hinders women in politics

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April 24, 2024

Indonesia’s youth and political inequality: how neo-traditionalism hinders women in politics

Several Indonesian thinktanks have unofficially assessed that female representation in Indonesia’s national parliament (DPR) for the term 2024-2029 would stand at about

Several Indonesian thinktanks have unofficially assessed that female representation in Indonesia’s national parliament (DPR) for the term 2024-2029 would stand at about