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Friday, November 17, 2023
Women in power: the push to get more diverse female candidates in Australian elections
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...
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
What Natasha Akpoti’s win means for women in politics
Development Diaries reports that by virtue of the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, Akpoti-Uduaghan is the first woman in the history of the north-central state to be elected senator. The appellate court upheld the decision of the Kogi State...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Women will vote at a Vatican meeting for the first time
When Helena Jeppesen-Spuhler, an advocate for the ordination of women, joined a major Vatican meeting this month, she was skeptical that an institution dominated by men for 2,000 years was ready to listen to women like her. The gathering of some 300...
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Women and political leadership ahead of the 2024 election
For the most part, Americans don’t think a woman president would do better or worse than a man when it comes to key leadership traits or the handling of various policy areas. At the same time, the public sees differences in the way men and women...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Women who shaped US politics through presidential debates
Over the course of American political history, several notable women have made their mark on the presidential debate stage, paving the way for greater gender equality and representation in the realm of national politics. These women have broken...
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Women win Mexican primaries; one is likely to be first female president
Half of Mexico’s Congress is female. The cabinet is gender-balanced. And now, women have won the primaries of the two leading political blocs — making it likely that this traditionally macho nation will elect its first female president, ahead of the...
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Will 2 women compete in Mexico’s 2024 presidential election?
This morning in San Miguel de Allende, I had the opportunity to meet with and hear Beatriz Paredes present her vision as an aspiring president of Mexico. Paredes, along with Xóchitl Gálvez, are now the only two remaining candidates competing to...
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Women facing ‘offline and online’ violence ahead of elections in Zimbabwe – African commission
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) said it was concerned with what it called "offline and online" attacks on women ahead of the general elections in Zimbabwe. Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie, the Zimbabwe rapporteur and...
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Why Mexico may beat the USA in having a woman president
The mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, resigned this week in order to run for president. She is already the leading contender, which, if she wins next year, means Mexico would beat the United States in having its first female president. Yet as...
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Friday, June 09, 2023
Women participation gains momentum in Jerusalem municipal elections race
One hundred and forty-four days before the mayoral and city council elections, and it seems that the entry of women into the race has been the sole factor bringing some action to this sleepy campaign. On one hand, the Kiberstein Institute-led...
Source: 263chat
Friday, June 02, 2023
Women in politics face misogyny and violence in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 general elections, women who aspire to participate in politics face numerous challenges, including stereotypes, violence, and patriarchal dominance. Within the landscape of Zimbabwe politics, women’s representation...
Credit: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Where are the women in Pakistan’s politics?
As the country gears up for fiercely controversial polls in October, what are the prospects for women’s political participation in Pakistan? When I was in fourth grade, Zubaida Jalal, then Pakistan’s federal minister for education, visited our...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a summit organized by AK Party's women's branches, in Istanbul, Turkiye on December 19, 2022 [Mustafa Kamacı - Anadolu Agency]
Friday, May 19, 2023
Women's representation in Turkiye Parliament at highest level in history
Women's representation in the Turkish Parliament will be the highest level in history after Sunday's parliamentary elections, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the unofficial results, 121 women secured seats in the 600-member Parliament. The...
Source: New Zimbabwe
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Women’s participation in politics declining, parties not achieving gender equality – says Zimbabwe Gender Commission
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission has revealed that women’s participation in all political parties is regressing with no gender equality in practice. This is despite an elaborate legislative and policy framework in Zimbabwe pushing for their...
Source: Turkish Minute
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Women’s representation in Turkey’s new parliament increases to 20 percent but remains low
Among the female candidates who were nominated by political parties for a seat in the Turkish parliament in the May 14 general election, 121 have been elected, corresponding to 20 percent of the 600-seat legislature, the Kronos news website reported...
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a poll say they would support a woman in their family entering politics, but only 17.4 percent of the deputies elected to the Turkish parliament in 2018 were women [File: Dilara Senkaya/Reuters]
Friday, May 12, 2023
Women face political barriers ahead of Turkey elections
Polling shows that most Turks want more women involved in politics, but their underrepresentation continues. Istanbul, Turkey – A nondescript apartment in Istanbul’s business district is the nerve centre of a drive to propel more women into Turkish...
Source: Carnegie Endowment For Peace
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
Why women haven’t been successful in Nigerian elections
Women’s representation in political offices continued to decline in the 2023 elections. Four main factors help explain why Africa’s largest economy is such a difficult space for women candidates. Women’s representation in Nigerian politics has been...
New Telegraph
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Why Nigeria should legislate more women into power
What is your take on the claim that that high cost of electioneering in Nigeria discourages women from participating in politics? Money has always been a huge factor in determining who wins election in Nigeria and that to women is a huge challenge...

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