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Source: Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
Friday, May 26, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Where are the women in Chinese politics?
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
The 20th Chinese Communist Party National Congress, held in October 2022, caught the world’s attention—not least because there wasn’t a single woman among the politburo’s 24 members, breaking a tradition of two decades. While the number of women in...
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Credit: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Where are the women in Pakistan’s politics?
The Diplomat
As the country gears up for fiercely controversial polls in October, what are the prospects for women’s political participation in Pakistan? When I was in fourth grade, Zubaida Jalal, then Pakistan’s federal minister for education, visited our...
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Source: Premium Times
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Nigeria: women decision-makers can improve conservation and agriculture, study shows
Premium Times
A new study shows that conservation and agricultural production can improve when women farmers widely participate in group decisions about sustainable practices. The report, published in February in Communications Earth & Environment,...
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Source: The New Dawn
Monday, May 22, 2023
Liberia: NEC, parties sign MoU to increase women’s political participation
The New Dawn
The National Elections Commission (NEC) and registered political parties and alliances have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase women’s participation in the upcoming electoral process. The parties recently penned their signatures...
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Source: AFP-JIJ
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women take on Japan's political gender gap for 'true democracy'
The Japan Times
Women are a rare sight in Japanese politics, but 20-year-old Rinka Saito is determined to run for office one day because "you can't have true democracy without diversity." She is one of a small group of young women being offered mentoring and money...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a summit organized by AK Party's women's branches, in Istanbul, Turkiye on December 19, 2022 [Mustafa Kamacı - Anadolu Agency]
Friday, May 19, 2023
Women's representation in Turkiye Parliament at highest level in history
The Middle East Monitor
Women's representation in the Turkish Parliament will be the highest level in history after Sunday's parliamentary elections, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the unofficial results, 121 women secured seats in the 600-member Parliament. The...
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Source: The Wire
Friday, May 19, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
India: women fought well in Karnataka elections, yet inclusion in politics remains a distant dream
The Wire
Historically, Karnataka has never seen strong women representation in the state assembly polls. The 2023 elections were no different. Of the 185 women nominated for this election, the Bharatiya Janata Party nominated 12 women representatives,...
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Bhutanese citizens increasingly believe that women are capable of taking on leadership responsibilities. Photo: Yangchen C Rinzin
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
The path to women’s political participation in Bhutan
Himal Mag
In Bhutan’s 2023 National Council elections, only one woman was elected to the NC from a female population of around 360,000. Despite progress in recent years, women still face challenges to political participation. “Of course, it was also because...
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Workers from the Depok General Elections Commission (KPU) stack ballot boxes at a warehouse in Cimanggis district, Depok, West Java, on Nov. 25, 2020.(JP/P.J.Leo)
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Indonesia’s election commission yields to demands to restore women’s representation rule
Asian News
The commission will give political parties until May 14 to revise their lists of candidates for the 2024 legislative election to accommodate the rule change. JAKARTA – In response to protests from rights groups fearing a lack of women’s...
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Source: New Zimbabwe
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Women’s participation in politics declining, parties not achieving gender equality – says Zimbabwe Gender Commission
New Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission has revealed that women’s participation in all political parties is regressing with no gender equality in practice. This is despite an elaborate legislative and policy framework in Zimbabwe pushing for their...
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Source: Vanguard
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Nigeria needs more women integration in politics
Vanguard
The United States, US Department of States exchange program, International Visitors Leadership Program Alumni Association Nigeria (IVLPAAN), has canvassed for the integration of women in the nation’s political space. This is coming against the...
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Source: Turkish Minute
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women’s representation in Turkey’s new parliament increases to 20 percent but remains low
Turkish Minute
Among the female candidates who were nominated by political parties for a seat in the Turkish parliament in the May 14 general election, 121 have been elected, corresponding to 20 percent of the 600-seat legislature, the Kronos news website reported...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Ghana: Governance expert says monetisation of politics impeding women’s participation
News Ghana
The monetisation of politics in Africa is impeding the effective participation of women in political and electoral processes, Ayisha Osori, a democracy and governance expert, has said. Madam Osori, who is the Director of Open Society Foundations, a...
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Source: The Asahi Shimbun
Tuesday, May 02, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
VOX POPULI: women still have a long way to go in the world of Japanese politics
The Asahi Shimbun
Alarmed by the abysmal scarcity of women in politics, a university professor and others held the first-ever series of seminars in the spring of 2018 to train women considering a political career. At the time, female lawmakers accounted for only a...
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New Telegraph
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Interviews
Why Nigeria should legislate more women into power
New Telegraph
What is your take on the claim that that high cost of electioneering in Nigeria discourages women from participating in politics? Money has always been a huge factor in determining who wins election in Nigeria and that to women is a huge challenge...
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Hurriyet Daily News
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Türkiye: Low number of female MP candidates stirs reaction
Hurriyet Daily News
Nongovernmental organizations and activists struggling for equal representation of women in politics and social life have criticized the low number of women on political parties’ parliamentary candidate lists, describing it as “dishonorable.” The...
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Women and Power in Africa
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Book talk: Women and Power in Africa - Aspiring, Campaigning, and Governing
This talk brings together experts on gender and African politics to examine trends in women’s political participation across the continent. In Women and Power in Africa, editors Leonardo Arriola, Martha Johnson and Melanie Phillips bring together a...
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Arab Reform Initiative
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Case Study
Women’s Experiences of Representation and Marginalization in Morocco
Arab Reform Initiative
Introduction The trajectories of and challenges to women’s political participation in Morocco are complex. This complexity can be better understood by unpacking three dimensions for the analysis: the legal reforms, party structures, and women’s...
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