Women of all ages, backgrounds and ideologies across the globe are pushing to be part of the decision-making process, despite the odds stacked against their participation.

“Only 26.5 per cent of parliamentarians are women and in just 36 countries we have a woman head of State or Government”, said UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk. “The type of hatred and misogyny we see against women in public and political life is mindboggling, and it is extremely important that we are vigilant about it, identify why it is happening and that we try to counter it”.

Click here to read the full article published by UN Human Rights Office on 23 June 2023.