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Rutgers Uni's Dittmar on Women in Politics

Kelly Dittmar, Director of Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, discusses her views on women's position and role in politics, following an abrupt resignation from now former New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. She...

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Julia Banks on how politics fails women

The Saturday Paper

When Liberal MP Julia Banks quit the Morrison government in 2018, her resignation was cited as an example of how hostile the political environment can be towards women. But Banks’ story and her resignation happened to coincide with a landmark report...

Preventing electoral violence with UN Under Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo

Friday, December 16, 2022

Preventing electoral violence with UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo

United Nations

The United Nations have launched the DPPA Electoral Series, a new initiative to commemorate the 10th anniversary of our training course on political approaches to preventing and responding to election-related violence. In the inaugural video, Under-...

Promoting the role of youth in political and democratic spaces (International IDEA)

Friday, December 09, 2022

Promoting the role of youth in political and democratic spaces

International IDEA

The first Summit for Democracy, held in December 2021, brought together leaders from government, civil society, and the private sector to set out an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal. Between the first and second Summit, the ‘Year of Action...

USA: Why Black women candidates had mixed results in the midterm elections (PBS Picture)

Thursday, December 01, 2022

USA: Why Black women candidates had mixed results in the midterm elections

PBS

A record number of Black women ran for office this year for U.S. House, Senate and governor. And while some made history with their wins, Black women are still underrepresented in public office. Nadia Brown, the Director of the Women’s and Gender...

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Video: Promoting the role of youth in political and democratic spaces

“We thought you were going to be a good girl”: Two foreign policy dynamos confront the male world order (Picture: Politico)

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

“We thought you were going to be a good girl”: Two foreign policy dynamos confront the male world order

Politico

Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Gayle Smith on the choices they had to make to succeed, and why — from Iran to Afghanistan to America’s heartland — they think today’s young women will build a better world. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Gayle Smith both...

Podcast: Rosie Campbell on how women shape elections (Acast)

Friday, October 28, 2022

Podcast: Rosie Campbell on how women shape elections

Acast

Rosie Campbell is professor of politics and Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, where she works with Julia. Rosie has authored research on voting behaviour, public opinion and the politics of diversity...

How did Rwanda become no.1 for gender equality? IPU

Friday, October 21, 2022

How did Rwanda become no.1 for gender equality?

In 2008, the Rwanda Chamber of Deputies was the first elected national parliament where women were the majority. The proportion of MPs who are women is at 61.25% today, way above the current global average of 26.4%. Rwanda has been at the top of the...

What is a gender-sensitive parliament? (IPU)

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

What is a gender-sensitive parliament?

What are the criteria that make a parliament gender-sensitive? Which parliaments are more gender-sensitive than others? How can your parliament become more gender-sensitive? Answers in this short video. Click here to access the video.

Quotas: Band-aid or magic bullet? (Apple Podcasts)

Thursday, October 06, 2022

Quotas: Band-aid or magic bullet?

Apple Podcasts

Fixing discrimination isn't as easy as putting anti-discrimination laws on the books. But, there is a tool that can at least chip away at the effects of discrimination: quotas. Over 130 countries have adopted gender quotas…and around one-quarter of...

14th Summit of women speakers of parliament (Video)

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The Inter-Parliamentary Union

14th Summit of women speakers of parliament (Video)

The 14th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament (14SWSP), convened by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in close cooperation with the Oliy Majlis (Supreme Assembly) of Uzbekistan, took place in-person, in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), from 8 to 9...

Women in Leadership and Political Participation - WPP Stories (Picture International IDEA)

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Women in Leadership and Political Participation - WPP Stories

International IDEA

About Women in Political Participation Project Women in Political Participation (WPP) is a Pan-African gender project on the different facets of Women and Politics in Africa. Funded by Sida and implemented by International IDEA, its aim is to...

A conversation with...Sara Falaknaz, MP, United Arab Emirates (IPU)

Friday, August 12, 2022

A conversation with...Sara Falaknaz, MP, United Arab Emirates

As part of the IPU series called 'A conversation with...', we interview parliamentarians from all over the world to find out who they represent and what motivates them. In this edition, we discover Sara Falaknaz, a parliamentarian from the United...

A conversation with… Iqra Khalid, MP, Canada (IPU)

Friday, August 12, 2022

A conversation with… Iqra Khalid, MP, Canada

Kessy Sawang makes history as ninth woman elected to PNG's parliament (ABC)

Friday, August 12, 2022

Kessy Sawang makes history as ninth woman elected to PNG's parliament

ABC

Kessy Sawang has been elected as MP for Madang Rai Coast and joins Rufina Peter as the second woman admitted to PNG's parliament this election. Ms Peter and Ms Sawang are just the eighth and ninth women in the history of PNG politics to be elected...

Kenya Election 2022: The struggle of women aspirants in marginalised communities (BBC)

Monday, August 01, 2022

Kenya Election 2022: The struggle of women aspirants in marginalised communities

BBC

Three Kenyan women from marginalised communities share their experiences running for political office in the forthcoming general election and describe how they are determined to overcome their challenges. They describe their setbacks as unique...

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Kenya's women in politics still fighting to get their voices heard

France 24

As Kenya prepares to vote in a new president next month, we take a closer look at the role of women in the country’s politics. In Uganda, we bring you a report on efforts to respond to a major hunger crisis in the country’s northeast. And the...