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L-R: Governors Elect Susan Kihika (Nakuru), Anne Waiguru (Kirinyaga), Fatuma Achani (Kwale), Kawera Mwangaza (Meru), Wavinya Ndeti (Machakos), Cecily Mbarire (Embu) and Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay)/CFM
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Kenya: The new dawn of women in politics
Capital News
The Kenyan 2022 General Elections represents a great step forward for women’s representation, albeit an incremental one. We have seen that a lot of women, both those who won and those who lost, have come forward to show that despite many decades...
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Nigerian National Assembly (Picture IPU)
Monday, August 29, 2022
Case Study
Women’s political empowerment in Nigeria
Inter-Parliamentary Union
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...
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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
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
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...
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Adji Diarra Mergane Kanouté, a member of Senegal’s National Assembly. The country is the lone bright star in West Africa for nearly achieving gender parity representation, 43 percent, in its parliament, lifting the otherwise sagging rate overall for the r
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
In West Africa, a staggering low number of women in politics is brightened by one exception
Pass Blue
LAGOS — A mere 17 women were appointed or elected to parliaments, ministerial or electoral offices in the West Africa/Sahel region out of 134 available positions from December 2021 to June 2022. While the paltry figures have long raised concerns...
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Equal representation? The debate over gender quotas (Part 2) - Picture Harvard International Review
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Academic Paper / Article
Equal representation? The debate over gender quotas (Part 2)
Harvard International Review
This article is the second in a two-part series examining the impact of gender quotas. The first article discussed the structure of gender quotas and their general impacts. Gender quotas play a varied and complex role in political life; every...
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Violence against women in elections platform launched in Libya (Libya Review)
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Violence against women in elections platform launched in Libya
Libya Review
On Sunday morning, the activities of the training program “Monitoring Violence against Women in Elections in Libya” were launched. The program is organised by the High National Election Commission (HNEC), in cooperation with the United Nations...
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Nigeria: 35 women candidates for 2023 elections in Kaduna  (Blueprint)
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Nigeria: 35 women candidates for 2023 elections in Kaduna  
Blueprint
The Kaduna state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr. Asmau Maikudi, has stated that 35 women are among the various political parties’ candidates for the 2023 general elections in Kaduna state....
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Enhancing inclusive political participation and representation in Africa (Picture: International IDEA)
Friday, August 05, 2022
Report / White Paper
Enhancing inclusive political participation and representation in Africa
International IDEA
Africa has made significant progress in enhancing inclusive political participation and representation, mostly for women, youth and people living with disabilities. This report unpacks the trends and challenges of inclusive participation in Africa....
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In this picture taken on July 15, 2018, a woman dances during an opposition election rally in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. [Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo]
Tuesday, August 02, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Stereotypes, violence keep women out of politics in Zimbabwe
Aljazeera
In Zimbabwe, a deeply conservative country, fewer women have participated as candidates in elections since independence in 1980, compared to men. Harare, Zimbabwe – On March 16, Thokozile Dube was attacked by a gang of assailants who stormed her...
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Photo: Female lawmakers make up 34.57% of Zimbabwe’s Ninth Parliament. Credit: ZimFact
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why Do Zimbabwean Women Shun Politics?
IDN-InDepthNews
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (IDN) — Cyberbullying and online sexual harassment are some dilemmas that young women trying to rise in Zimbabwe’s patriarchal and male-dominated political space face. What started as a debate on the opposition party, Citizens...
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EYE ON AFRICA © FRANCE 24
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Multimedia
Kenya's women in politics still fighting to get their voices heard
France 24
As Kenya prepares to vote in a new president next month, we take a closer look at the role of women in the country’s politics. In Uganda, we bring you a report on efforts to respond to a major hunger crisis in the country’s northeast. And the...
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Esther Passaris, women's representative for Nairobi for the Orange Democratic Movement, on the campaign trail in this undated picture. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Photo Courtesy: Esther Passaris
Monday, July 25, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Ahead of Kenya elections, women politicians face more online abuse
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Women MPs like Esther Passaris face threats, slurs and body-shaming on social media ahead of Aug. 9 vote. Online abuse included sexual imagery and public shaming Some women candidates abandon social media due to abuse Social media platforms,...
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International IDEA
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Guide / Training Material
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...
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Only 6% women active in Nigerian politics — Report (Vanguard)
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Only 6% women active in Nigerian politics — Report
Vanguard
A report by the Gender Strategy Advancement International, GSAI, has disclosed that women political participation in Nigeria falls below the world and African continental  standards. According to the report, the national average of women’s political...
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International IDEA
Monday, July 11, 2022
Guide / Training Material
Substantive equality and women’s representation in public institutions
International IDEA
This brief explores how constitutional advocates for women’s equality in Myanmar can advance women’s representation and meaningful participation in public decision-making and institutions. It looks at how different countries have aimed to do this...
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Japan still far from breaking free of male-dominated politics (The Mainichi)
Thursday, July 07, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Japan still far from breaking free of male-dominated politics
The Mainichi
It's been four years since the gender parity law was passed in Japan, with an aim of fielding an equal number of female and male candidates in elections. Still, the male-dominated political environment has not changed. Women make up 33.2% of all...
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Students graduating from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria. Credit: Rajmund Dabrowski/ANN.
Wednesday, July 06, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
“We copy it from them”: How campus politics sets scene for big man politics in Nigeria
African Arguments
Nigeria has one of the lowest rates of female political representation in the world. This culture is established and reinforced early. One morning before heading to university, Esther Binkap, 21, looked at herself in the mirror and asked herself if...
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Women politicians are subject to significant levels of online abuse. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
If we take abuse of women for granted in politics, our democracy will pay
City A.M.
Online abuse and harassment of women in public life has become a curse on our political landscape. For many, such abuse is simply the cost of doing politics, an unfortunate but largely inevitable factor women have to wrestle with when making the...
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