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From outrage to opportunity (report)
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Report / White Paper
From outrage to opportunity
Internews
How to Include the Missing Perspectives of Women of All Colors in News Leadership and Coverage — a new report from Luba Kassova. From Outrage to Opportunity: How to Include the Missing Perspectives of Women of All Colors in News Leadership and...
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Five Indian women in politics who left a mark of their own (East Coast Daily)
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Five Indian women in politics who left a mark of their own
East Coast Daily
KK Shailaja In addition to serving as Kuthuparamba’s MLA, KK Shailaja served as Kerala’s minister of health and social justice. Her leadership during the COVID-19 outbreaks as Health Minister was highly praised. In Kerala, the state where the first...
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The International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples highlights 2022 celebrates the role of Indigenous women in the preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge. (Picture UNDP)
Monday, August 22, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Five indigenous women leaders you should know about
UNDP
As custodians of natural resources and archivists of scientific and traditional knowledge, Indigenous women play an essential role in preserving forests and natural ecosystems. Indigenous women are indispensable to achieving climate justice, taking...
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Human rights activist Francia Marquez, a vice-presidential candidate in Colombia, is pictured on March 25, 2022. © Juan Barreto, AFP
Monday, June 20, 2022
Francia Marquez: From maid to Colombia’s first Black vice-president
France 24
When Colombians on Sunday elected their first leftist president ever, they also voted for their country’s first Black vice-president. Francia Marquez, a Black single mother who worked as a maid before challenging international mining interests as a...
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First three women of color to serve on Columbia City Council reflect on their historic elections - Copyright: Wis News
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
First three women of color to serve on Columbia City Council reflect on their historic elections
Wis News
As the Columbia City Council begins its first full week of business in the new year, it also marks the start of the tenures for two history-making women. Dr. Aditi Bussells and Tina Herbert, who were sworn in last week, are the second and third...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Farida Jalalzai
Dr. Farida Jalalzai is an Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dr. Jalalzai's research analyzes the representation and behavior of women and minorities in politics and the role of gender in the...
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Few black women work as senior counsel, South Africa
African women make less than one percent of the senior counsel in the legal profession in South Africa, the Sunday Times reported. Of the 473 senior counsel from whose ranks candidate judges are selected, only nine were black women, the newspaper...
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Thursday, March 07, 2013
First Maasai woman MP beats ‘curse’ to win seat, Kenya
 Ms Peris Pesi Tobiko has become the first Maasai woman to be elected MP after she won the Kajiado East constituency on Wednesday. Ms Tobiko triumphed despite being “cursed” at one time by Maasai elders after she beat seven TNA aspirants in the...
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