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The Hill
Friday, February 05, 2021
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Could this be why countries led by women are faring better against coronavirus?
The Hill
The question of "what if women ruled the world" is getting less hypothetical these days as experts and studies note that countries governed by women have “systematically and significantly better” COVID-19 outcomes. Now a new study suggests that...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2020
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Covid's male face: Women are hidden in the pandemic debate
Politics.co
The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis on many fronts – political, economic, and scientific – with ramifications that touch every member of society. But early research suggests that the virus, and the policy response to it, has a gendered impact,...
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Thursday, October 08, 2020
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COVID-19 and gendered governance: countries led by women did not employ more stringent strategies than those led by men – but they did act faster
London School of Economics and Political Science
Mette Marie Staehr Harder and Christoffer Bugge Harder examine whether countries led by women applied more extensive measures to combat COVID-19 than those led by men. While they find no indications that the former applied more extensive health...
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Thursday, October 01, 2020
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COVID-19 presents crucial moment for gender diversity in Japan
Japan Times
In a world of uncertainty triggered by the global coronavirus pandemic, it is important now more than ever to not only maintain but to expand gender diversity in the business and political worlds, especially in Japan. That was the main message that...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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Coronavirus: A case study in women’s effective leadership
Forbes
By Sian Beilock, As we look back on, chronicle, and interrogate the current pandemic for years to come, one thing will surely jump out: the undeniable value of having women in leadership roles.  Across the globe, female leaders still only govern ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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Can COVID-19 close ASEAN’s gender gap?
The Asean Post
While the COVID-19 crisis has upended our way of living and working, its chaos has brought with it some clarity. The rigid structures of yesterday are falling away, as more people are able to work from anywhere with an internet connection, while...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020
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Coronavirus magnifies silence around sexism and gender inequality
People Worlds
By Tim Libretti, One can find in the media many important analyses and accounts of the way the coronavirus pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the myriad inequities plaguing U.S. society. The most opulent among us can shelter in place and not have...
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Friday, April 03, 2020
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COVID-19 shows the need for more female leaders
NNSL Media
By Eric Bowling, In Ridley Scott’s horror masterpiece Alien, a group of space-salvagers come across an abandoned ship giving off a distress signal with no explanation of what killed the crew, until one man comes across an egg and is infected with a...
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Thursday, April 02, 2020
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COVID-19: Women front and center
UN Women
Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, One thing is clear about the COVID-19 pandemic, as stock markets tumble, schools and universities close, people stockpile supplies and home becomes a...
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Monday, March 30, 2020
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COVID-19: What does it mean for gender?
Inter-Parliamentary Union
By the Secretariat of the International Gender Champions (IGC) and Martin Chungong, Chair of the IGC Global Board and Secretary General of the IPU. In times of crisis, gender equality is a goal that is often temporarily put on hold. Gendered...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Can a woman win? Either Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar would give Trump a run for his money in November
Chicago Tribune
By Frank Bruni, Would a female Democratic nominee have a harder time beating Donald Trump than a male one? I can’t tell you, because I don’t have a crystal ball and because it’s a stupid question, its answer dependent on which female candidate you’...
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Friday, November 08, 2019
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Canada: Parties not voters to blame for slow rise of women MPs
Policy Options
By Melanee Thomas, When the ballots were counted, Canadians had elected a mere 10 more women in 2019 than they did in 2015, bringing up the proportion of women in the House of Commons from 26 percent to 29 percent. At this rate, it will take decades...
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Thursday, June 06, 2019
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Canada: Where have all the female premiers gone?
Chatelaine
By Jennifer Hollett, Politics is the worst. It needs to be said. We can’t have an honest conversation about getting more women in politics without acknowledging this. I know it first hand, as I’ve run for office one and a half times. The first time...
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Monday, February 11, 2019
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Count the number of women running for president. And get used to it.
The Washington Post
By Margaret Carlson, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) whomped President Trump and then ungraciously rubbed it in. At the State of the Union — which she had forced the president to reschedule — she leaned over and clapped in his face. Women...
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Friday, February 08, 2019
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Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's historic presidential run was "unbought and unbossed"
Teen Vogue
By Jenn M. Jackson, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair.” — Shirley Chisholm I first learned the name Shirley Chisholm when I was in my 20s. Barack Obama was running for president of the United States and I was...
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Friday, January 04, 2019
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Congress is more heavily female than at any point in history — thanks solely to new Democrats
The Washington Post
By Philip Bump, On Thursday, the most heavily female House of Representatives in U.S. history selected a woman as its leader for the next two years, setting a new high-water mark in the gender diversity of the House and Congress as a whole. That...
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Friday, December 14, 2018
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Canada should elect a gender-balanced Parliament in 2019
Maclean's
It was nearly a century ago that Agnes Macphail became the first woman elected to the House of Commons. Her victory in 1921 meant she represented not only the southwestern Ontario riding of Grey South East, but every Canadian woman across the...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
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Can political parties move from rhetoric to action in women’s political representation?
World Youth Movement for Democracy
By Esther Tawiah, After the Beijing conference, one of the actions recommended to state parties to increase women political participation was through appointments, this they believed would address the historical deficit of women’s leadership in both...
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