Civil Society

Senegal leads way on women legislators but challenges ahead

Africa News

Senegal will break new ground Monday as West Africa's largest-ever proportion of women MPs take their seats in a newly elected legislature, stirring hopes of change in a country where patriarchal laws and attitudes are entrenched. More than 44...

Malgré leur rôle de premier plan dans l’action militante, les femmes et les filles se heurtent à des obstacles (ONU Droits de l’homme)

Friday, September 09, 2022

Despite being at forefront of activism, women and girls still face barriers

UN Human Rights

“Authorities should support the voices of young activists more; instead of silencing or minimizing them, they should be used as platforms to empower, generate a change,” said Meskerem Geset Techane, a member of the Working Group on discrimination...

Homa Ahmadi, miembro fundadora de AWPLN, Nazifa Bek, presidenta de AWPLN yy Parwin Hamakr, abogada, fiscal y miembro de AWPLN durante una reunión en la sede de Red Melissa, en Atenas. EFE/Diego Sáez Papachristou

Monday, September 05, 2022

Las afganas exiliadas luchan a través de la Red de Mujeres Parlamentarias y Líderes Afganas

efeminista

Para las afganas exiliadas, huir de los talibanes no significa capitular, sino resistir, y bajo este pretexto se dedican a ayudar constantemente con la reciente fundación de la Red de Mujeres Parlamentarias y Líderes Afganas (AWPLN por sus siglas en...

Monday, September 05, 2022

Kuwait signs up 115 candidates for coming elections

The National

Kuwaitis to head to the polls on September 29 to elect next parliament after National Assembly was dissolved in June. Kuwait's Interior Ministry has received more than 115 registrations from candidates before polls to elect the next parliament after...

Thursday, September 01, 2022

Kyrgyzstan hosted the second "Women's Leadership – A Breakthrough into a New Era” National Forum

On 21-22 August, women leaders, politicians and civil servants from all provinces of Kyrgyzstan gathered at the second National Forum Women's Leadership – A Breakthrough into a New Era. The forum served as a platform for dialogue about the...

Speaking at the UN headquarters in October 2021, from left to right: Asila Wardak, Fawzia Koofi, Anisa Shaheed and Naheed Farid. Photograph: UN Women

Thursday, September 01, 2022

"The Taliban don’t know how to govern": The Afghan women shaping global policy from exile

The Guardian

Despite the upheaval of the Taliban takeover, the ‘group of six’ are finding ways to tackle the political and humanitarian crisis. It has been described as Afghanistan’s brain drain, after the Taliban’s return to power last year precipitated an...

Inter-Parliamentary Union

Nigerian National Assembly (Picture IPU)

Monday, August 29, 2022

Case Study

Women’s political empowerment in Nigeria

On 18 July the IPU Gender Partnership Group and the National Assembly of Nigeria held an online briefing on women’s political empowerment to promote women’s participation in parliament in view of the 2023 Nigerian elections. There were 20...

Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin (Andrea Medichini, Associated Press)

Monday, August 29, 2022

Are women in politics held to an unfair standard?

KSL

SALT LAKE CITY — Women on the internet are posting videos of themselves dancing, singing and partying as a political statement. The trend began when Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin drew sharp criticism after a video of her dancing and singing...

Maharashtra cabinet expansion. Photo: @Dev_Fadnavis/Twitter

Friday, August 26, 2022

India: No women in 20-member Maharashtra cabinet as CM Eknath Shinde expands 41-day-old ministry

Times Of India

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expanded his two-member ministry. However, the list did not include a single woman. Several women politicians and women’s rights activists slammed the exclusion of women members. Shinde...

Two new women MPs have been elected in Papua New Guinea, and 10 others were in the top five in the seats they contested. Image: Lesley Clark/DevPolicy

Friday, August 26, 2022

Women – just two – back in PNG’s Parliament but more needs doing

Asia Pacific Report

The results of the 2022 Papua New Guinea elections confirm that women will once again sit in PNG’s Parliament — after a hiatus of five years. The 2022 elections were therefore not exactly a repeat of the 2017 elections for women candidates, but much...

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Partnership with women’s caucus strengthens the voices of women legislators in Zanzibar

Just a few years before she was elected as a Member of the Zanzibar House of Representatives (ZHoR), Zawadi Amour Nassor didn’t have political aspirations, but life had bigger plans for her. Today, she represents the Konde constituency of Northern...

Sudanese women discussing alliance building during the seminar, June 2022. Photo: UN Women Sudan

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

UN Women Sudan supports young women’s participation in the political process

Through roundtable discussions, capacity-building workshops, and seminars targeting women from across Sudan, UN Women Sudan empowers young women to learn skills in alliance-building and participation in political processes. The October 25th coup in...

Anne Waiguru, who retained the governership of Kirinyaga county, is one of seven women to win gubernatorial races in this year's elections Tony KARUMBA AFP/File

Monday, August 22, 2022

Kenyan women make history with record election wins

France 24

Nairobi (AFP) – Kenyans have elected a record number of women to positions of power in this month's polls, with the list including seven governors, three senators and 26 MPs, in a step towards gender equality. The East African nation has long...

Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga arrives for the Azimio la Umoja at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya, December 10, 2021 [File: Baz Ratner/Reuters]

Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Ahead of Kenya elections, female politicians face abuse, attacks

Aljazeera

Dozens of female candidates have been physically assaulted while campaigning ahead of the August 9 elections in Kenya. Liz Njue, a Kenyan psychologist who wanted to stand for a county assembly seat, had just arrived to vote in her party primary when...

Monday, July 25, 2022

Report / White Paper

The WEF global gender gap report 2022

World Economic Forum

Gender parity is not recovering, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2022. It will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap. As crises are compounding, women's workforce outcomes are suffering and the risk of global gender parity...

Guide / Training Material

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Inclusion and gender equality in post-coup Myanmar

International IDEA

This brief explores inclusion strategies for constitutional and democratic reform in the post-coup context of Myanmar. It highlights the challenges to gender equality and inclusion in Myanmar, including the role and demands of the pro-democracy...

Gender balanced cabinets: Where we stand, why it matters (RepresentWomen)

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Data and Statistics

Gender balanced cabinets: Where we stand, why it matters

RepresentWomen

More than 100 years after women gained full citizenship rights through the 19th Amendment, women are still under-represented in government. While it is widely known that no woman has become president, it is not only the highest executive offices...

Friday, July 01, 2022

Intergeneration Dialogue on Generation Equality and Women’s Leadership in Malawi: “This is Malawi, a land of women, who lead, and men, who celebrate them”

In 2021, the world’s political leaders, youth activists, corporate executives, development agencies, gathered in Paris for the Generation Equality Forum to lay the foundation for a new agenda to address gender equality. Following the Forum, as a co-...