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Colorado Party's presidential candidate Santiago Peña (left) and his running mate Pedro Alliana at their closing campaign rally in Asunción on 27 April 2023 | LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Paraguayan elections pose uncertain future for women and LGBTQ people
Open Democracy
ANALYSIS: What’s at stake as Paraguay gears up for a poll tainted by misinformation and anti-rights discourse Paraguay, a country that rarely makes international news, will hold general elections on Sunday after a campaign marked by misinformation...
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iKNOW Politics
Monday, March 27, 2023
Multimedia
The Prelaunch event of International IDEA’s Inclusion Portal at CSW67
International IDEA hosted a CSW67 side-event to prelaunch the Inclusion Portal on 13 March 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Inclusion Portal will be an online one-stop repository and hub of global information that solely...
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International IDEA
Thursday, March 02, 2023
CSW 67: Enhancing Rural Women’s Political Participation in Africa
This event will focus on the CSW review theme on Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls takes place as one of the regional events hosted by consortium partners in strengthening WPP.  ...
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International IDEA
Wednesday, March 01, 2023
CSW 67: Prelaunch of the Inclusion Portal
International IDEA invites you to the prelaunch of the Inclusion Portal on 13 March 2023, 13:00-14:30 EST, at the United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room A, Conference Building, New York. The Inclusion Portal will be an online one-stop...
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Guardian - Carmel Sepuloni speaks at her first press conference since being unveiled as New Zealand’s first Pasifika deputy prime minister. Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images
Monday, January 30, 2023
Who is Carmel Sepuloni? New Zealand’s first Pasifika deputy prime minister
The Guardian
The daughter of an abattoir worker and fruit picker, Sepuloni could have exactly the expertise the PM needs to tackle a brutal cost of living crisis C armel Sepuloni admits her father, who arrived from Samoa in 1964 unable to speak English, had...
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Hate in plain sight: Abuse targeting women ahead of the 2022 midterm elections on TikTok and Instagram
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Report / White Paper
Hate in plain sight: Abuse targeting women ahead of the 2022 midterm elections on TikTok and Instagram
Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Online abuse has a profound impact on the health of democratic societies, threatening progress on diversity and representation in politics. Research has shown that abuse can deter women and individuals from minority groups from pursuing careers in...
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From outrage to opportunity (report)
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Report / White Paper
From outrage to opportunity
Internews
How to Include the Missing Perspectives of Women of All Colors in News Leadership and Coverage — a new report from Luba Kassova. From Outrage to Opportunity: How to Include the Missing Perspectives of Women of All Colors in News Leadership and...
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USA: Women in politics still face sexism from the media - Courtesy of IMDB
Thursday, December 08, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
USA: Women in politics still face sexism from the media
mdc
From Hillary Clinton to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, some things have yet to change. Prejudice is alive and sustained in the media. Today, some journalists fall back on old habits, basing their questions and commentary on old prejudices like sexism,...
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"No men left?": Top Gujarat cleric slams muslim women in elections (Picture: NDTV)
Wednesday, December 07, 2022
"No men left?": Top Gujarat cleric slams muslim women in elections
NDTV
Gujarat Assembly Election: The sexist rant by the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad comes a day before voting in 93 constituencies in Gujarat, the second phase of a closely watched state election. Ahmedabad: Those who select Muslim women to...
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Nepal: New House of Representatives to be less inclusive (Picture: The Kathmandu Post)
Monday, December 05, 2022
Nepal: New House of Representatives to be less inclusive
The Kathmandu Post
As proportional representation votes are scattered among parties, women, Dalits, Janajatis will be underrepresented. With most Dalit, Janajati and women candiates across parties failing to win the first-past-the-post (FPTP) elections for the House...
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Liberal senator Jane Hume and former party director Brian Loughnane are reviewing May’s election loss.CREDIT:ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN/LOUISE KENNERLEY
Friday, December 02, 2022
Australia Liberals’ election review to back pipeline, not quotas, to attract women to party
The Sydney Morning Herald
A secret review into the Liberals’ disastrous election loss in May has ruled out formal quotas for the number of women MPs in federal parliament and instead recommends a British-style recruitment drive to improve the party’s gender balance. Former...
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USA: Why Black women candidates had mixed results in the midterm elections (PBS Picture)
Thursday, December 01, 2022
Multimedia
USA: Why Black women candidates had mixed results in the midterm elections
PBS
A record number of Black women ran for office this year for U.S. House, Senate and governor. And while some made history with their wins, Black women are still underrepresented in public office. Nadia Brown, the Director of the Women’s and Gender...
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USA: A record number of women will serve in the next Congress (Picture: CNN)
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
USA: A record number of women will serve in the next Congress
CNN
CNN — A record number of women will be elected to Congress this year, CNN projects – but barely. The 149 women who will serve in the US House and Senate in the 118th Congress will expand the ranks of female representation by just two members above...
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In Southeast Asia, violence against female political leaders is rising (Picture: Rappler)
Monday, November 28, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
In Southeast Asia, violence against female political leaders is rising
Rappler
'Far too little attention has been paid to either the obstacles women face once they achieve positions of political leadership or the reasons why they leave politics.' Chonticha “Lookkate” Jangrew regularly experiences online abuse, intimidation,...
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PHOTO BY MARTIN FOSKETT FROM UNSPLASH
Friday, November 25, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Ten women in politics you should probably know about it
Her Campus
Love it or loathe it, politics is a completely unavoidable part of life, especially living here in the UK, where politicians and their various flaws and virtues seem to fuel daily headlines. Even as a politics student, I’ve found the ever-changing...
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Rally in Paris, France © SERGE TENANI / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP
Friday, November 25, 2022
Violence against women parliamentarians: Causes, effects, solutions
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Women account for just over 26% of parliamentarians worldwide according to the IPU’s latest figures. Despite progress made in recent years, significant obstacles continue to block their path to parity with their male counterparts. One of the biggest...
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Voices of women and girls essential to fight for human rights (Picture: OHCHR)
Friday, November 25, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Voices of women and girls essential to fight for human rights
OHCHR
“Around the world, we see stigmatization, harassment and outright attacks used to silence and discredit women who are outspoken as leaders, community workers, human rights defenders and politicians,” said Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic...
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Maura Healey at the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention in Worcester in June.Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe via Getty Images file
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
USA: Lesbians score big political gains in midterm elections "rainbow wave"
NBCN
The string of wins includes the election of the country’s first lesbian governors in Massachusetts and Oregon. The 2022 midterm elections ignited what LGBTQ advocates called yet another “rainbow wave,” with over 430 lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
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