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September 8, 2023
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Women’s voices project pivots to Japan
Launched in January 2022 by Senior Fellow Manjari Chatterjee Miller, and now joined by Senior Fellows Sheila A. Smith and Scott Snyder, CFR’s Women’s Voices from the Indo-Pacific is an interview series highlighting women leaders in the United States’ regional democratic partners. Click here to...
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September 8, 2023
Source: ABC News
Liberal senator Marise Payne to retire from politics
Liberal senator Marise Payne has announced she will quit the Senate, calling time on her 26-year career in federal politics. Senator Payne served as foreign minister and minister for women under former prime minister Scott Morrison, overseeing the government's response to Russia's invasion of...
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September 7, 2023
Source: Insider NJ
State of affairs examines violence towards women in politics and proper representation
Debbie Walsh, Director of the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, sits down for a conversation with Steve Adubato about violence towards women in politics, female representation in office, and why it matters in New Jersey. Click here to...
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September 6, 2023
Source: Bianet English
New accusation to imprisoned Kurdish women politicians: 'producing alcohol in prison'
A lawsuit has been filed against women politicians Ayla Akat Ata, Ayşe Yağcı, Dilek Yağlı, Meryem Adıbelli, and Pervin Oduncu, who are currently detained in the Kobanî trial, on charges of "smuggling prohibited items into a penal institution or prison." The indictment, prepared by the Ankara...
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September 6, 2023
Source: Nippon
LDP to Make Database to Increase Female Lawmakers
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is poised to create a database on women aiming to become politicians as one of additional measures to increase female lawmakers of the party. At its meeting Tuesday, the LDP's Headquarters for Implementing the Reform of Party, chaired by party Secretary-...
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September 5, 2023
Source: Daily News
Parliament needs more women to ensure equal rights
Member of Parliament Rohini Kaviratne said that, in order to solve problems that have arisen because Parliament does not address women’s problems adequately, women’s representation in Parliament should be increased. She said this as the Chief Guest at the Students’ Parliament of Girls’ High...
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September 5, 2023
Source: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Fight over matronymics sparks political battle in Kyrgyzstan
It took nearly three years of legal battles for Kyrgyz feminist activist Altyn Kapalova to be allowed to give her own surname to her children. The 39-year-old mother-of-three’s successful campaign, seen as a win for women in the country, has also triggered a political power struggle between the...
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September 5, 2023
Source: The Jordan Times
Italy, UN Women join forces to advance women’s political engagement in Jordan
The Italian government and UN Women signed a two-million-euro agreement to implement a project titled “Women’s Effective Engagement in Shaping the Future of Jordan’s Political Life”. The move is a significant step towards promoting gender equality and enhancing women’s participation in shaping...
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September 5, 2023
Source: Vanguard
Enugu youths, women should participate in politics
A civil society organisation keen on amplifying voices of women in Nigeria, TechHerNG, has encouraged women in the country to engage and participate in politics. This was as the organisation committed to leveraging technology for social impact frowned at exclusion occasioned by systemic societal...
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