Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

‘Women politicians will get more say in policy making’

The Navhind Times

Welcoming the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill which is aimed at providing 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies, many women politicians from across South Goa said that voice of women will become more vocal...

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

‘Bill to pave way for more women to enter politics’

Hindustan Times

Congress leader and former Bagalkote Zilla Panchayat President Veena Kashappanavar hailed the Women’s Reservation Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, and said it will pave the way for more women to enter politics. “As a woman, I welcome the...

Thursday, September 14, 2023

‘Representation of women in politics should increase’

Ahmedabad Mirror

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said the representation of women in politics should increase.” I want to draw your attention towards the subject of women’s representation in this House. When women are excelling in every field, their...

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

‘It is perhaps easier as a man than a woman to say that it is tougher for women in politics’

Jersey Evening Post

The past twelve months or more have not been so good for women in senior political positions. Deputy Kristina Moore may disagree, having been elected last year as Jersey’s first female Chief Minister, but look a little further afield and many other...

Friday, September 08, 2023

‘Failure to address cyber violence against women in politics may silence women's voices’

Independent

An academic has said the failure to tackle cyber violence against women in politics could lead to “a perpetuation of inequality and silencing of women's voices.” Associate Professor Tom Felle of the University of Galway is now calling for new...

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

‘I have enough ovaries to apply the law.’ The language of gender enters the Mexican presidential race

Los Angeles Times

The two presidential front-runners grew up exposed to sharply different visions of what a woman in Mexico could aspire to be. In her impoverished home in the state of Hidalgo, Xóchitl Gálvez faced beatings from her alcoholic father, who once...

Monday, August 21, 2023

‘We should all be represented’: Rhode Island could send the first Afro-Latina to Congress

19thnews

A crowded Democratic primary for a Rhode Island congressional seat next month could see the Ocean State send its first person of color to the U.S. House and give Congress its first Afro-Latina. The special election to replace retired Rep. David...

Friday, August 18, 2023

‘Better martyrs’: the growing role of women in the far-right movement

Researchers who track how the far right in the US mobilizes, self-promotes and recruits are reporting that women are playing a growing role in the movement. They often work behind the scenes to advance conspiracy theories through social media and...

Thursday, August 17, 2023

‘Lack of acceptance reduces women’s political success’

Khmer Times

Women’s groups in civil society have found that a lack of acceptance from political parties and other challenges has reduced women’s success in politics despite greater involvement. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Gender and Development...

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

‘Why Tinubu should give more opportunities to women in his government’

The Guardian Nigeria

In the last few years, there has been a decline in the number of women in elective positions in the country. Women rights activist, Oluyemisi Adesina, in this interview with KEHINDE OLATUNJI, highlights the challenges facing women in politics,...

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

‘We have the energy’: Historic political wins for women in Sierra Leone hampered by election disputes

The Irish Times

Marion Kamara stepped out of the black gates of her compound, high on a hill in the Devil Hole area southwest of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. With friends and supporters behind her, she carefully made her way down the rocky and muddy slope...

Monday, July 10, 2023

‘Vote, run, win and lead’: Counting Black women’s seats at the table

The 19th News

The 2018 midterms were known as “The Year of the Black Woman,” as a record-setting five of them were elected to Congress. It was also the year I met Glynda Carr. Seven years earlier, she and Kimberly Peeler-Allen started Higher Heights for America,...

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

‘Patriarchal and biased’: Israeli women fear loss of rights in legal overhaul

For months, the massive protests that have taken place in Israel have rallied groups across the country on issues surrounding the supreme court and judicial independence. Amid the uproar and media attention, however, Israeli feminist groups say a...

Femi Claudius Cole chats with locals at the Congo Town market in the capital, Freetown. ‘I have a responsibility,’ she says. ‘I belong to these people.’ Photograph: Freetown city council

Thursday, May 04, 2023

‘Suffocating intimidation’: female politicians in Sierra Leone on sexism and abuse

As the country gears up for polls in June, women in politics speak out about refusing to be silenced despite the abuse and intimidation they face When Femi Claudius Cole decided to form a political party, to address what she saw as Sierra Leone’s...

Tokyo’s skyline. Female participation in Japanese politics is among the lowest in the world. Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images

Friday, April 07, 2023

‘I decided I could do better than them’: the women taking on Japan’s male-dominated politics

Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilings Ai Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country. “...

Female politicians from around the world face torrents of online abuse. Top row, left to right: Manuela d’Ávila, Diane Abbott, Esther Passaris; bottom row: Sanna Marin, Julia Gillard, Nicola Sturgeon and Priyanka Chaturvedi. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell, A

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

‘Gender trolling’ is curbing women’s rights – and making money for digital platforms

Online hate has become a tool of the right and a lucrative business. It’s driving women out of public life, putting democracy and human rights at risk Listening to the resignation speech of Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon this week, it was...

Monday, January 23, 2023

‘Any woman in her right mind would not go into politics. You are completely dehumanised

The Irish Times

Five public representatives describe a world of threats, insults and fear, driving one to conclude: ‘I’ve gone past the stage of recommending politics to people’ A bullet shell left at the back door. A long lens over the garden wall. A letter that...

A woman queues to vote on the Rai coast in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Female candidate Kessy Sawang says: ‘Women shy away from running for elections because of this mindset that it is for men only.’ Photograph: Godfreeman Kaptigau/The Guardian

Tuesday, August 02, 2022

‘Enough is enough’: the fight to elect women to Papua New Guinea’s men-only parliament

In nearly 50 years, PNG has elected just seven female MPs. Money, culture and corruption are all working against the women trying to address the problem. When she first tried for a seat in the Papua New Guinea parliament in 2017, Rufina Peter was a...