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Source: The Washington Post
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
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Berlusconi’s testosterone politics have been overtaken by women in Italy
The Washington Post
The death of Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire playboy who for decades dominated the boys’ club of Italian politics, comes at a moment that would have been difficult to envision during his testosterone-charged era: Italian women have inherited the...
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Source: Civil Beat
Thursday, June 08, 2023
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Beth Fukumoto: some ideas for finally achieving political parity for women
Civil Beat
It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in elected offices across the world. Today, women occupy 33% of the 8,230 state and federal elected positions — a record high. Despite ongoing progress, the gender gap persists. The unequal...
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Source: Daily Observer
Saturday, May 20, 2023
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Bangladesh: Important role of women participation in BD politics
Daily Observer
Despite the remarkable progress of women in many professions, politics is not one of them. Indeed, around the world, women have been conspicuous by their absence in decision and policy making in government. The real empowerment of women is achieved...
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Image credit: Canva Archive/International IDEA
Thursday, March 30, 2023
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Breaking barriers as a woman in electoral management: “the price I paid for my leadership”
International IDEA
As revealed by International IDEA's recent research, in many countries worldwide, women who serve as electoral officials face numerous challenges in the online space that threaten their mental well-being and physical and online safety. From...
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The "women not afraid to fight" movement. Image courtesy of Mídia Ninja
Thursday, October 06, 2022
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Brazil’s ghost candidates: How politicians abuse a law meant to encourage women in politics
Brazil Report
Despite being 53% of eligible voters, participation of women in Brazilian politics is still much lower compared to men. A law created in the 1990s aimed to increase the number of female candidates per election, but the law has been abused by...
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In Vanuatu, women mostly watch the political game from the sidelines (Tracey/Flickr)
Friday, July 29, 2022
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Barriers to women’s political participation in Vanuatu
DevPolicy
The way politics is played in Melanesian countries has very little national inclusivity about it – in terms of participation by and representation of both men and women at the national level. The role of women is, almost exclusively, to vote, not to...
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Banning babies from parliament shows just how out of touch Westminster is (Picture: The Guardian)
Friday, July 08, 2022
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Banning babies from parliament shows just how out of touch Westminster is
The Guardian
If we want more women with children to become MPs, we need family-friendly policies for parents like me in the Commons. As the Speaker welcomes cats into the chamber, last night his deputy criticised my parenting for bringing my toddler to the...
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Biden's first year: A mirage of gender parity - © Washington Post/Pool/ The Hill
Tuesday, February 08, 2022
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Biden's first year: A mirage of gender parity
The Hill
Joseph Robinette Biden stood before America answering questions for nearly two hours the day before his one-year anniversary of becoming president. The press lobbed question after question on Russia, the pandemic, the economy, voting rights and even...
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Graphic via VectorMine/Shutterstock
Monday, March 08, 2021
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Betting on Women’s Leadership for A Better Tomorrow in a Post COVID World
UNDP
By Randi Davis, UNDP Resident Representative for Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, Aruba and Sint Maarten Port-of-Spain, 8 March 2021 – This year, International Women’s Day will shine the spotlight on women’s leadership and the need for gender equality...
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Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic (left) and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrid Simonyte (right) have both appointed gender-balanced cabinets.
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
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Balkan Blog: Women's political representation or real political power?
Intellinews
Central and Southeast Europe now accounts for a third of the tiny number of states worldwide that have gender-balanced cabinets — but higher female representation in politics doesn’t necessarily equate to women holding real power. Two more Central...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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Bihar elections: Do women’s votes count?
The Hindu Business line
Given the rigid social structure, it is likely that women have little political agency in this State. In a State where 53 per cent of women think that it is justifiable for a man to beat his wife, how much political agency does a woman have in Bihar...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Building gender-equal democracies requires both political representation and economic justice
Carnegie Endowment
By Saskia Brechenmacher, In 1916, the American essayist Agnes Repplier wrote that “democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.” For advocates of...
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Monday, August 17, 2020
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Barriers to women’s political participation In South Asia: Money, muscle & misogyny
Feminism India
“What according to you is the biggest barrier to women’s political participation ?” To this question, 68 percent participants voted patriarchy as the biggest barrier for women’s political participation. But surprisingly, 32 percent voted that women...
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Thursday, March 07, 2019
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Being believed shouldn't be a barrier to women in politics
Huffington Post
Individuals from all corners of Canada stood in awe watching (or listening) to Jody Wilson-Raybould's testimony to the House of Commons justice committee on February 27. Many were shocked to hear about the alleged political interference from our...
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Tuesday, May 03, 2016
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Barriers women face in Tunisian politics
This article was originally published by International IDEA here. By Hamza Amor, Associate programme officer, Tunis office. Since starting its transition to democracy in 2011 Tunisia has been heralded as success story in the region. Since the 2014...
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Sunday, October 26, 2014
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Beyond the Surface: The Saudi Women Political Question
By Hala Alwagdani, In the beginning of 2013, King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia announced in a royal decree the appointment of 30 Saudi females in the Saudi Consultative Council. This has been only one of the steps in King Abdullah’s...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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Bolsa Familia and women’s rise
By Mariana Jardim Andrade Leones   The Brazilian assistance program named “Bolsa Familia”(Family Packet) has been changing the women’s reality in the poorest area of the country.              The Bolsa Familia is a governmental program of direct...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
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Brazil, on the way to gender equality
Brazil, on the way to gender equality By Mariana Jardim Andrade Leones     Gender inequality is yet a painful reality in the contemporary world. Even today women suffer from discrimination in their lives. In the fight for gender equality,...
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