Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

Exactly 30 years after women’s empowerment got a kick-start with 33 per cent reservations in local self-government bodies, which later went upto 50 per cent, the Elected Women Representatives (EWR)s have not only come a long way – but also gone a lon

Progress on improving the representation of women in Irish politics has been “negligible” in the last six years, a new report has said.

As Nigeria returns to democracy, concerns continue to grow about the low representation of women in both elected and appointed positions.

Mexico will most probably elect a woman president nine months from now.

In a screeching career gear-change worthy of Matt Hancock, I have hung up my political-adviser boots and become an author.

It is becoming increasingly evident that life in modern politics is presenting women with a stark choice – endure almost constant online threats and abuse or get out of public life.

“The problem is that when a woman is attacked, she gets attacked for her character, but never for her policymaking,” Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani.

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The sight of two dozen or so men, all in cutaway coats, standing side by side on the stairs of the prime minister's office seemed bizarre.