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Newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shows off his gender-parity cabinet in 2015. PHOTO BY TONY CALDWELL /Tony Caldwell/Ottawa Sun
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Piscopo: Canada’s claims to lead the globe on gender equality in political office ring hollow
Ottawa Citizen
Given Mexico's progress in this area, we don't even lead North America. Gender quotas are an effective solution. The prime minister may boast about his gender-equal federal cabinet, but Canada is tumbling down the global rankings for women’s...
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Former defence minister Linda Reynolds during Question Time in the Senate, June 17, 2021. Image © Mick Tsikas / AAP Images
Monday, July 11, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Australia: Women’s Lib(eral Party)
The Monthly
Linda Reynolds’ newfound enthusiasm for quotas ignores the many reasons women are turning away from her party. There is no doubt that the Liberal Party has a lot of work to do in order to, as deputy leader Sussan Ley kept saying on Monday’s...
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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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Intergeneration Dialogue on Generation Equality and Women’s Leadership in Malawi: “This is Malawi, a land of women, who lead, and men, who celebrate them” (Picture: UN Women)
Friday, July 01, 2022
Intergeneration Dialogue on Generation Equality and Women’s Leadership in Malawi: “This is Malawi, a land of women, who lead, and men, who celebrate them”
UN Women
In 2021, the world’s political leaders, youth activists, corporate executives, development agencies, gathered in Paris for the Generation Equality Forum to lay the foundation for a new agenda to address gender equality. Following the Forum, as a co-...
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Delsa Solorzano is among the few women who have made their way to the Venezuelan opposition leadership Photo: Sun Sentinel
Friday, July 01, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How to level the playing field for women in Venezuelan politics
Caracas Chronicle
Despite some small advances and changes in legislation, both chavismo and the opposition make things more difficult for female politicians. But Venezuela could take some steps towards equality. The level of women’s participation in Venezuelan...
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A female candidate, left, appeals for support to voters in this partially modified image taken in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on June 22, 2022. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
33% of candidates in Japan's upper house election are women, highest ever
Mainichi
TOKYO -- A record 181 of the 545 people standing in Japan's July 10 House of Councillors election are women, comprising 33.2% of all candidates, also a high. The total of 181 female candidates announced on June 22 was up 77 from the previous upper...
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Australia: Quotas – the last straw or just the start? (Picture: Investment Magazine)
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Australia: Quotas – the last straw or just the start?
Investment Magazine
In Australia, we have just elected an historic gender and ethnically diverse Federal parliament with women’s representation in the lower house at 38% and over 50% in the Senate. Meanwhile, Sam Mostyn, of Chief Executive Women (CEW), laments “...
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A woman takes a photograph of another standing in front of a wall of cement blocks, set up by Lebanese security forces to bar a street leading to the parliament building, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 24, 2020. - Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Lebanon elects record number of women to parliament
Al-Monitor
Lebanon has one of the highest overall gender gaps in the world, ranking 145 out of 153 countries. The Beirut port explosion made Najat Saliba go into politics as a “counterreaction.” I felt like I had to step out of my ivory tower in academia and...
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New study finds disparity between men and women in politics in India is immense - Picture: She The People
Monday, June 13, 2022
New study finds disparity between men and women in politics in India is immense
She The People
A new study about women in politics by Professor Parimal Maya Sudhakar, Head of the School, MIT School of Government, MIT World Peace University reported the disparity between the number of male and female politicians in India. The study revealed...
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International IDEA's Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu, Senior Advisor for Democracy and Inclusion, presents information on gender equality approaches during the Albania 2022 International Forum for Gender Equality “Equality and Me” held on 27 May 2023.
Friday, June 10, 2022
Albania addresses gender equality in decision-making beyond gender quotas
International IDEA
International IDEA presented its latest data on gender quotas at the Albania 2022 International Forum for Gender Equality “Equality and Me”, which focused on developing a stronger commitment for gender equality. The Forum held on 27 May provided a...
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Women on Board - European Parliament
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Women on boards: deal to boost gender balance in companies
European Parliament
40% of non-executive director posts should go to the under-represented sex  Dissuasive penalties for non-compliance  Small and medium-sized enterprises with up to 249 employees will be excluded  After being blocked in the Council for a decade,...
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The Senedd in Cardiff - Picture: Tivy-Side Advertiser
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Welsh Government to press ahead with plans to increase Senedd members
Tivy-Side Advertiser
The Welsh Government is to press ahead with plans to increase the number of Senedd members despite opposition from senior Conservatives. The reforms, proposed by Labour and Plaid Cymru as part of a co-operation agreement, would see the number of...
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame poses for a photograph with members of the Rwandan Parliament. PHOTO: PAUL KAGAME’S FLICKR ACCOUNT
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How autocrats use women’s rights to boost themselves
The Business Standard
Automatically bundling equality and democracy has led to the rise of “genderwashing”. "Being a champion of gender is the same as being the champion for justice and human rights," proclaimed the winner of the 2016 Gender Champion Award recipient...
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Pakistan: NCSW holds consultation on women participation in elections - The News International (logo)
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
Pakistan: NCSW holds consultation on women participation in elections
The News International
Islamabad: Women have been considered as a passive vote bank and political parties tend to use them mostly for representative functions at public gathering, meetings and campaigns. This was stated by Chairperson National Commission on the Status of...
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Tunis market, April 2022. Keystone / Mohamed Messara
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How local female politicians are keeping Tunisian democracy alive
SWI swissinfo.ch
President Kaïs Saïed is in the process of wiping out hard-won democratic rights in Tunisia. Little evidence survives of Switzerland’s efforts to support the country on its path to democracy – apart, perhaps, from the courage of women politicians who...
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CDC Chairman Mulbah K. Morlu: “This policy-decision henceforth, [will be] considered in the party’s internal and external democratic processes." (Picture: Liberian Daily Observer)
Friday, June 03, 2022
Liberia: Weah’s CDC adopts 40% women quota
Liberian Daily Observer
The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) of President George Weah has adopted a resolution that would force the party to have more women in leadership positions. The party, which is celebrating its 17th anniversary, reached a general consensus on...
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Anne Nderitu was driven to act after witnessing Kenya's post-election violence of 2007/8. She now heads the country's office for regulating political parties. Photo: UN Women/Luke Horswell
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Interviews
Kenya Elections: Ann Nderitu on good governance and regulating the country's political parties
UN Women
Kenya’s party primaries recently closed - a process for political parties to select candidates for the various elective seats in August’s General Election. Ann Nderitu, 47, heads Kenya’s Office of the Registrar for Political Parties (ORPP), which is...
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Independent candidate Zoe Daniel defeated Liberal MP Tim Wilson for the seat of Goldstein in an election that saw a record number of women elected to Parliament. Picture: AAP
Monday, May 30, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Her rights at work: How will women be treated in the new Australian parliament?
The North West Star
A record number of women have been elected to the Australian Parliament. Anger about the Coalition Government's lack of action on gender equality has been one of the issues propelling the teal independents into parliament.  What will be their...
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