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Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Coalition seeks assent to independent candidacy bill
Voice of Nigeria
Stakeholders have urged the Nigerian Government ahead of the 2027 general election, to pass the Independent Candidacy Bill into law to enable more women participation in politics. The stakeholders made the call at a postmortem dialogue titled “...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Coalition urges more women in governance
Leadership News
A three-day conference of coalition of civil organisations in Nigeria has called for more opportunities for women in politics and governance in the present political dispensation and beyond. The conference organised by ‘The Girls Democracy...
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Thursday, July 27, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Sudan’s women must be central to any political solution
The New Arab
Over three months ago, violence erupted from conflict between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary groups in Merowe, and then in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Violence also re-erupted in Darfur shortly thereafter. The...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Women’s political participation will lead to improved access to education and health: Mlambo-Ngcuka
Herald Live
Ngcuka has called for democratic governments such as South Africa to advance gender equality, saying women’s political participation will not only lead to improved access to education and health, but will combat gender-based violence. “Open...
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Monday, July 24, 2023
Liberia: Naymote launches women campaign fellows program for elections
Liberian Observer
Naymote Partners for Democratic Development has launched a new program called Women Campaign Fellows in Monrovia. The initiative, which took place on Friday, July 14, is intended to contribute to the inclusive, credible, and peaceful conduct of...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
CSOs to FG: Take crucial steps to protect women’s rights
Vanguard
Leading civil society organizations, the Initiative for Research, Innovation, and Advocacy in Development (IRIAD) and Partners West Africa, Nigeria (PWAN), have urged the Federal Government to prioritize the domestication and implementation of...
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Friday, July 14, 2023
Women who serve in political office are pushing for more women to get involved
KSHB 41
A town hall Tuesday night featuring women in politics had a clear message: More women need to get involved from running for elective office to helping candidates get elected. “We know women are underrepresented in public leadership roles in Missouri...
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Friday, July 14, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Liberia: protection of female politicians paramount for free, fair elections
Liberian Observer
The promotion of inclusive political participation and the elimination of violence against women in politics are paramount to ensuring that every candidate has fair and equal conditions in an electoral process — as these go a long way in bringing...
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Friday, July 14, 2023
The Campaign School at Yale trains the next generation of women in politics
Yale Law School
It’s the final day at The Campaign School at Yale (TCS), and in Room 127 at Yale Law School, students are presenting their case studies on a simulated race for attorney general in Pennsylvania. The case studies are the culmination of a week of...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Ministerial appointments: women, youths deserves better representation – group tells Tinubu
The News Guru
A group under the auspices of Progressive Ambassador for APC project, has calls on President Bola Tinubu to consider women and youths in his cabinet. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on on Monday, Ikechukwu Norbet, the group’s national...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women in politics with children not prioritised, says Bethan Sayed
BBC
Working in politics is unhealthy and almost impossible for women with children, a former MP claimed. Jenny Willott, a former Liberal Democrat Cardiff MP, worked up to 100 hours a week, which she said would be "really tough" for a mother. Bethan...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Call for creating meaningful space for women in political arena
The News
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh, in collaboration with the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC), organised a roundtable discussion on electoral reforms in Karachi on Wednesday. The event was held with the support of UN-Women Pakistan and UNDP....
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The League of Women voters takes on the environment
JSTOR Daily
Once they won the right to vote, some women’s suffrage activists in the United States moved on to focus on how to direct this new electoral power. The League of Women Voters was established as a non-partisan association by members of the all-white...
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Friday, July 07, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Editorial comment: more women need to come forward for polls
The Herald
The progress of women in politics is moving forward, but very slowly with only 115 of the 637 candidates standing for the constituency seats in the National Assembly being women, according to the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development....
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Wednesday, July 05, 2023
Philippines: woman political prisoner freed
Bulatlat
“It took four years for Ge-ann to be acquitted of all the charges against her, involving a ridiculous trove of firearms and explosives that bear the usual telltale marks of planted evidence. But the unfunny thing is, Frank Fernandez and Cleofe...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2023
Group wants monuments named after prominent Nigerian women
The Cable
The Women in Politics forum, a non-governmental organisation, says it is disheartening that the federal government did not name any of the 15 airports after Nigerian women. NAN reports that Ebere Ifendu, chairperson of the organisation, spoke during...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2023
Zimbabwe: lobby group frets over few women politicians
News Day
WOMEN’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has expressed concern over the low number of women candidates fielded for the August general elections. The final list of candidates released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)...
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Monday, July 03, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
'Rage giving' prompted by the end of Roe has dropped off, abortion access groups say
WUSF Public Media
Reproductive health organizations and advocacy groups say one-time emergency grants have ended and individual and foundation giving has dropped off this year. The “ rage giving ” did not last. Abortion access groups who received a windfall of...
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