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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Palestinian female candidates struggle to change political, social attitudes
Al-Monitor
Despite efforts to encourage women to both vote and run in local elections in the West Bank, candidates say much work remains to be done. Rajaa Hamayel submitted her candidacy to the “Al-Bireh Brings Us Together” list running in the second phase of...
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Monday, March 21, 2022
Report / White Paper
How Indians view gender roles in families and society
Pew Research Center
Indians accept women as political leaders, but many favor traditional gender roles in family life. More than half a century ago, India was one of the first countries in the world to elect a woman as prime minister, and the country currently has...
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Monday, March 21, 2022
Key findings on Indian attitudes toward gender roles
Pew Research Center
Indian adults nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very important. At the same time, however, there are circumstances when Indians feel men should receive...
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It's not just societal bias against women that poses a problem to female politicians
Monday, March 21, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why are there few women in Indian politics?
DW
Despite studies showing widespread public acceptance of female politicians in India, women's political participation in the South Asian country remains low. More than one in every two Indians say that "women and men make equally good political...
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How are women reshaping India’s political landscape? Source: PTI
Friday, March 18, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How are women reshaping India’s political landscape?
India TV
Despite India having had multiple female heads of state, and a progressive and highly diverse political past and present, the inclusion of women in Indian politics continues to be doubted by many countries across the world. Compared to other...
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CSW66: Gendered dimensions of corruption & the impact on gender equality 
Thursday, March 17, 2022
CSW 66: Gendered dimensions of corruption & the impact on gender equality 
Graduate Women International and co-sponsor Women’s UN Report Network expert panelists will address the gendered dimensions of corruption and the unique ways women experience corruption. Panelists will examine corruption’s impact on education and...
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UN News/Paulina Kubiak Greer General Assembly President, Abdulla Shahid, addresses the Special Event on Women in the UN’s Trusteeship Council.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Violence against women in politics marks ‘moral and ethical failure’ - General Assembly President
UN News
Top UN officials on Tuesday gathered with government and civil society representatives to draw attention to the scourge of violence against women worldwide who are involved in politics, which is increasingly seeing women parliamentarians, human...
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Election workers count ballots during the 2012 Timor-Leste presidential elections at a polling station in the capital Dili, March 17, 2021. Credit: Sandra Magno/UNDP
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Does Timor-Leste’s upcoming election herald a more inclusive and progressive democracy?
The Diplomat
Next week’s election will feature more female candidates than ever, but their impact on the country’s patriarchal cultural norms remains to be seen. Next week, Timor-Leste will hold the seventh presidential election that the country has conducted on...
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WD 2022 theme is "Breaking the Bias". Image Credit: Canva.com
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Breaking the bias in candidate selection in African political parties
International IDEA
As the world commemorates the 2022 International Women's Day, the plummeting of women's representation in elective office in Africa is alarming. According to the first Women's Political Participation (WPP) Africa Barometer 2021, women constitute 24...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
When quotas go wrong and what to do about it
The Inter-Parliamentary Union
Quotas are critical in ensuring greater representation of women, according to the latest IPU Women in Parliament report. The numbers are clear. In 2021, countries with some form of gender quotas elected 31.9 per cent women on average to their lower/...
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UNDP
Monday, March 14, 2022
CSW 66: From pledges to action: Advancing gender equality in national climate plans (NDCs)
The upcoming years will be pivotal for the implementation of the updated national climate plans, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and to advance gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls as part of the 2030 Agenda. With...
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Gender Guide Launch Event 9 March - INTER PARES
Monday, March 14, 2022
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Gender guide launch event, 9 March
INTER PARES
Virtual Report Launch Event: Gender-Sensitive Scrutiny: A Guide to More Effective Law-Making and Oversight INTER PARES held a launch event on Wednesday, 9 March to celebrate the publication of its new gender-scrutiny guide written by Senior Gender...
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Matilda Davies , Anna Lombardi and Venetia Menzies (The Times)
Monday, March 14, 2022
Data and Statistics
UK: Women in politics, facts and figures
The Times
Today’s parliament has more female MPs than ever but they remain a minority. What do they think is needed for equality in the corridors of power? Viscountess Nancy Astor was the first woman to take a seat in parliament, receiving 2,000 letters a...
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How does democratic backsliding affect gender equality?  - Picture: Flickr / CC0 1.0
Friday, March 11, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How does democratic backsliding affect gender equality? 
Demo Finland
Several reports on democratic backsliding have been published recently. At the same time, movements opposing women’s rights have strengthened. However, not that much has been written on the connection between these two phenomena. According to...
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The time it will take to close the gender gap grew by 36 years in just 12 months, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Data and Statistics
15 strategies helping to close the gender gap around the world
The World Economic Forum
Gender equality has suffered since the pandemic began. It will now take an estimated 135.6 years to close the worldwide gender gap between men and women. However, progress is being made in areas including science and politics. Improving paternity...
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Friday, March 11, 2022
CSW 66: Policies to empower young women
No country today can claim to have achieved gender equality. Women account for half the world’s population, yet many face discrimination, social-economic barriers, cultural stereotypes and/or physical and sexual violence. According to IPU data,...
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Access to justice for women and girls: UNDP and UN Women launch the Gender Justice Platform
Friday, March 11, 2022
Access to justice for women and girls: UNDP and UN Women launch the Gender Justice Platform
UNDP
On International Women’s Day, UNDP and UN Women launched the Gender Justice Platform to leverage their partnership on gender justice. Since 2020, UN Women and UNDP have joined together to enable access to justice for 42,000 individuals. In 14...
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International Women's Day: Chinese women continue to face political, socio-economic discriminations (Photo: Reuters)
Thursday, March 10, 2022
International Women's Day: Chinese women continue to face political, socio-economic discriminations
ANI
As the world is set to celebrate International Women’s day, Chinese women continue to face political and socio-economic discriminations despite the communist regime’s tall claims of women empowerment. The Covid-19 pandemic has further aggravated the...
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