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Friday, November 17, 2023
Women in power: the push to get more diverse female candidates in Australian elections
The Guardian
Almost every council in Australia has a gallery of “dead men”, says Licia Heath. In the Cairns regional council, the gallery of past mayors – overwhelmingly white and male – is in the civic reception room. Underneath their gaze, a change is taking...
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Friday, September 08, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why do rural women have little to no opportunity to participate in politics?
Feminism in India
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The future of India lies in its villages.” However, these villages, which are considered the heart of Indian culture, have also been the site of gender-based discrimination and oppression. The girl growing up in rural...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women and politics in Papua New Guinea
Post-Courier
Surprisingly, at the main door of Parliament House is a mural by the National Arts School and depicted there is the picture of two warriors – a man and a woman – guarding the entrance. If Papua New Guinea has not been guarded well, is it because...
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Monday, July 10, 2023
WFD trains women councilors on inclusive politics, gender development
The Point
At the opening ceremony, Madi Jobarteh, country director of Westminster Foundation for Democracy, extended hearty congratulation to all the mayors, chairpersons and councilors on their election. “Your election into office comes with huge expectation...
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Source: European Roma Rights Centre
Wednesday, June 07, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Whose decision is it anyway? Romani women as leaders and decision makers
European Roma Rights Centre
Romani women and girls go on to suffer from multiple forms of discrimination: not only are they Roma but they are also women. The gender gap still exists, and for Romani women the discrimination stemming from antigypsyism reinforces these...
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Guardian - Carmel Sepuloni speaks at her first press conference since being unveiled as New Zealand’s first Pasifika deputy prime minister. Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images
Monday, January 30, 2023
Who is Carmel Sepuloni? New Zealand’s first Pasifika deputy prime minister
The Guardian
The daughter of an abattoir worker and fruit picker, Sepuloni could have exactly the expertise the PM needs to tackle a brutal cost of living crisis C armel Sepuloni admits her father, who arrived from Samoa in 1964 unable to speak English, had...
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UNW
Friday, November 04, 2022
Report / White Paper
Women’s leadership in the ASEAN region
UN Women
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Community Vision 2025 of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). They are also key to fostering a more sustainable and inclusive...
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Widening the lens: Reimagining leadership among young women of color (NPQ)
Thursday, November 03, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Widening the lens: Reimagining leadership among young women of color
NPQ
There are many ways to step into political leadership in America, and how you go about it is often informed by your background, identity, and experiences. I direct a nonprofit called IGNITE, which trained over 10,000 young women as leaders across 30...
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President Droupadi Murmu administers the Oath of Office to the Central Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N Patel at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Photo: @rashtrapatibhvn / Twitter
Monday, August 22, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why India took 75 years to get its first tribal woman president
Down To Earth
In the larger scheme of things, where global capital and politics come into the picture, tribal women’s voices are missing. Bhim Rao Ambedkar would not have thought while writing the constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Scheduled...
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Why Ethiopia must close its political gender gap (Chatham House)
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why Ethiopia must close its political gender gap
Chatham House
Women urgently need to gain access to high office if the country hopes to survive, say Hilina Berhanu Degefa and Emebet Getachew. At the end of 2021, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government announced the formation of a three-year national dialogue to...
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The exterior of the US Capitol is seen on August 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. (CNN)
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Women candidates set records in 2022 midterms as gender becomes a primary theme in national discourse, research group says
CNN
(CNN) 2022 marks a record high for women running in gubernatorial and Senate races, but the total number of women running for the House of Representatives fell slightly from previous cycles, according to an analysis by the Center for American Women...
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Women’s participation in politics at the local government level in Uganda - UNW
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Report / White Paper
Women’s participation in politics at the local government level in Uganda
UN Women
Uganda adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and was one of the first countries to integrate them into its National Development Plan. Under Goal 5, countries commit to promoting and guaranteeing women’s full and effective participation...
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Group work at a workshop in Cameroon to support people with disabilities address gender based violence. Credit: Sightsavers - African Arguments
Friday, June 10, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
We cannot keep leaving women with disabilities behind in leadership
African Arguments
I know first-hand the difference that having women at the table can make. “Women hold up half the sky, but they usually do not occupy half of the seats in the positions of influence” – Marcia VJ Cran, member of UN Human Rights committee. One in five...
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YouTube
Friday, January 14, 2022
Webinars
Women Out To Win Convening
LGBTQ Victory Institute
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Work on violence against women in politics wins Grawemeyer world order award
Monday, December 13, 2021
Work on violence against women in politics wins Grawemeyer world order award
The Courier Journal
As women's influence in politics grows, so have the threats and coercion they have faced, according to a Rutgers scholar's grim analysis. For her work exploring the nature of violence against women in politics and suggesting ways to prevent it, ...
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern//IPU
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Case Study
Women in politics in New Zealand: here’s what they are doing right
IPU
New Zealand was the first country in the world where women won the right to vote and it’s now a leader for gender parity in politics. Following the October 2020 elections, Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern leads the most diverse government in...
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Natasha Asghar said she hopes to see people from more diverse backgrounds in Welsh politics.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Welsh election 2021: First woman of colour elected to Welsh Parliament
BBC
The first woman of colour elected to the Welsh Parliament said she wants to inspire and be "a voice" for those who have faced barriers entering politics. Conservative MS Natasha Asghar said the Senedd is "very outdated" and should reflect "more...
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he holds his first formal news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Friday, April 16, 2021
Women dominate Biden's first slate of judicial nominees
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden released his first slate of 11 federal judicial nominations on Tuesday, nine of them women of diverse backgrounds including several Black candidates and an Asian American. “This trailblazing slate of...
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