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Monday, July 03, 2023
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'Rage giving' prompted by the end of Roe has dropped off, abortion access groups say
WUSF Public Media
Reproductive health organizations and advocacy groups say one-time emergency grants have ended and individual and foundation giving has dropped off this year. The “ rage giving ” did not last. Abortion access groups who received a windfall of...
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Monday, July 03, 2023
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When will things improve for women in parliament? They already have
The Sydney Morning Herald
Let’s not sugar coat it, last week was a demoralising and often disturbing time to be a woman in Australian politics. While the media maelstrom swirled around a small number of women, the ensuing discussion about sexual assault and misconduct in the...
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Friday, June 30, 2023
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Inside plan for women's political inclusion in S. Sudan
Nation Africa
The UN Women and UNDP in South Sudan have launched a three-year programme to enhance women’s political participation and leadership. The project, funded by Peacebuilding Fund, will support capacity building and advocacy efforts for women’s political...
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Sexual harassment claims dealt with too slowly in politics, says Caroline Nokes
The Guardian
Sexual harassment complaints in parliament are dealt with too slowly and opaquely, the chair of the Commons equalities committee has said, after concerns were raised over a former Downing Street special adviser. Caroline Nokes said she believed...
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Nigeria, democracy, women leaders and political tokenism
The Nation
The inauguration of  legislative assemblies in the states and at the federal level has been completed.  The data is in and it shows that less Nigerian women were elected into the legislature at all levels. Of the 1,019 women that contested for seats...
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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'Add women, change politics': Waterloo Mayor McCabe says of Toronto's now mayor-elect Chow
City News
It wasn’t the landslide win some had predicted but it’s a seismic shift in Toronto politics all the same with Olivia Chow elected to lead Canada’s largest city on Monday, marking a political comeback nearly a decade in the making. The one-time...
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Zimbabwe lags behind in women’s political participation
263 Chat
Zimbabwe is set to hold its general elections on August 23, nut no women will be on the ballot for the presidential race. Out of the 21 candidates who submitted their nominations, only 11 were cleared by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), and...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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Point/Counterpoint: women are proving to be powerful political, societal forces
Duluth News Tribune
So many political issues, from debates over abortion and school curriculum materials to budget cuts, are framed as attacks on “women” as a group, and polls and statistics showing that women’s votes lean left are usually cited as evidence for the...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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The long road to gender equality: overcoming institutional resistance to change
Monash University
In recent weeks, media coverage out of Australia’s national Parliament has been dominated by the unedifying spectacle of political point-scoring over the leaked phone messages of former political staffer and victim of alleged rape, Brittany Higgins...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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Is Harris truly unpopular or is that the price of being a female politician?
CBS News
She's next in line to the presidency. But a new poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris is anything but popular. In fact, she has one of the worst approval ratings for a VP since polls started measuring that. Harris got a warm reception from...
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Monday, June 26, 2023
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A year in post-Roe America: The biggest surprises on abortion and politics
Flipboard
One year ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade along with 50 years of legal precedent. We asked experts across the political spectrum about how the end of Roe would change U.S. politics, and whether liberal or conservative, they agreed the...
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Friday, June 23, 2023
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Australia: media don’t help. They enable violence against women and fuel the backlash
Crikey
Nearly six years after the #MeToo movement arrived in Australia, and more than a decade after the launch of the first national plan to reduce violence against women, those who witnessed the scenes in Parliament last week — and read the media...
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Friday, June 23, 2023
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Catholics call for Vatican to embrace women in leadership, LGBTQ community, report says
Nation Africa
From welcoming LGBTQ Catholics to better representation of women, the Vatican published on Tuesday a reflection on the top social issues facing the Catholic Church as part of a global study on its future. The 50-page document is intended as food for...
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Friday, June 23, 2023
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More female diplomats in world today
University of Gothenburg
The United Nations has designated 24 June as International Day of Women in Diplomacy. A new dataset was recently published that documents the share of women and men among the world's ambassadors. The research programme Gender in Diplomacy (GenDip)...
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Friday, June 23, 2023
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The women who are barred from the negotiating table…
In Depth News
Shirley Chisholm, the first Black American woman elected to the US Congress back in 1972, once famously remarked: “If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” The legendary remark was a reflection of the gender bias in the US...
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Friday, June 23, 2023
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Parliaments play a crucial role in women’s equal right to participate
UN Human Rights Office
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...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Nigeria: there should be operational gender policy to encourage women in politics – Prof Okunna
Niger Delta Today
Prof Chinyere Stella Okunna is the first female Professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria and the entire Sub-Saharan Africa. She is currently the Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academic), Paul University, a faith-based University in Awka, Anambra state...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Ghana: ‘Only 40 women MPs out of 275 is a foul cry; it’s disappointing’ — Speaker Bagbin bemoans
Modern Ghana
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has expressed his disappointment with the low representation of women in Ghana’s parliament, describing it as a “foul cry” and “disappointing”. During a public forum held in Tamale to...
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