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Park Ji-hyun fought digital sex crimes in South Korea under the cloak of anonymity. Now she’s a senior leader in the Democratic Party of Korea. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg

Republic of Korea: A 26-year-old sex-crime fighter dives into South Korean politics

Park Ji-hyun has emerged as a leader of South Korea’s opposition and a torchbearer for women fed up with the country’s longstanding gender divide.In the five years since Park Ji-hyun's 21st birthday, the South Korean activist has busted an online...

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Zimbabwe: "Fear of sexual harassment keeps young women out of politics"

Living in an era when Zimbabwe and the world are fighting for gender equality, it is sad young women still shun politics in fear of sexual harassment which appears to be the greatest challenge in the male dominated sphere, a member of parliament has...

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Australia: Where are the young women?

Driven by the shared belief that all young voices should be heard, Raise Our Voice Australia has proudly partnered with The Body Shop Australia to ask young women and gender diverse Australians about their political engagement.With just under 500...

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We need girls in school to become women in politics

Very little of the security and stability we strive for can be achieved without women’s equal and unapologetic participation. That’s why we need to help make sure girls in school can become women in politics. It’s 2022 – time to start making it...

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Young women are still being deterred from political careers. It’s time for change (copyright: women’s agenda)

In Australia, young women are still being deterred from political careers: it’s time for change

By Ashleigh Streeter-Jones“Picture this: a young girl in a study of society class being told that as of 2015, female representation in parliament was a mere 30 per cent and that all the media could care about was the way each of those women looked....

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Kate Ellis in Parliament as shadow education minister, 2017.CREDIT:ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN

Book: The shocking lies that reveal the truth about women in politics

Sex, Lies and Question Time Kate Ellis Hardie Grant Books $32.99By magic and genius commissioning, here is a perfect book for right now (with another one coming), dealing with catastrophic misogyny in the Australian parliament, complete with...

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