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Monday, September 11, 2023
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How Nigeria’s youngest female lawmaker is coping
Vanguard Newspapers
27-year-old Ruqayat Motunrayo Shittu, representing Owode/Onirin Constituency of Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State in the State House of Assembly is currently the youngest female legislator in Nigeria. A 2022 graduate of Mass Communication...
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Friday, September 08, 2023
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How Mexico became a gender equality leader in government
Time
Mexico’s ruling party has selected Claudia Sheinbaum as its candidate for next year’s election, pitting her against the opposition's top contender, Xóchitl Gálvez. The decision means that the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country looks set to...
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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How accessible is politics for women?
Isle of Man Today
Women who were considering becoming a Member of the House of Keys, but decided against it are being asked to share their experiences in a focus group. This would be part of a research project that is currently taking place exploring barriers that...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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Homa Bay, the county where women have broken leadership barriers
Nation Africa
Homa Bay is perhaps one of the few counties on the path to meeting the two-thirds gender requirement in key leadership positions. Some of its women have broken the glass ceiling to be in positions previously dominated by men. From politics,...
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Monday, July 10, 2023
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How can Nigerian women gain political power in 2027?
Zikoko
Despite several conversations on more women’s participation in Nigerian politics—before and after the 2023 elections—the debate is still on for more women to be included in Nigeria’s political leadership. Let’s show you how bad things are. Out of 1,...
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Source: This Day Live
Thursday, June 08, 2023
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Harnessing role of youths, women in engendering peace and conflict resolution
This Day Live
It is often said that no nation, notwithstanding its level of civilisation, can thrive in an atmosphere of chaos and civil unrest. This is because any environment coloured with hostility and political instability will consequently shift government’...
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Raseef22
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
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Haunted by threats and intimidation, women candidates are first victims of Tunisia’s elections
Raseef22
“During the election campaign, a new phase of pressure and harassment began, because accepting my candidacy alongside a group of men had angered them, or at least some of them, and also perhaps frightened them, because the idea of a woman winning in...
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How gender quotas broaden the political agenda – University of Bath
Thursday, October 27, 2022
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How gender quotas broaden the political agenda
University of Bath
In 2013, a Christian democratic politician from Belgium and I sat down in her office in the Senate, the upper house of the federal parliament in Brussels. The senator recalled a long battle within her party to get more women candidates on party...
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Takehiko Kambayashi CS Monitor
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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How women are banding together to change Japanese politics
CS Monitor
On a sweltering day in July, Yoshii Aya, still reeling from her bitter election defeat a few months prior, arrived in Kyoto with a stack of leftover business cards tailored for that bygone race. During a three-day political training camp for women...
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A female Upper House election candidate in Nagoya on Sunday | KYODO
Thursday, July 07, 2022
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Harassment of female candidates a growing issue in Japanese politics
The Japan Times
In 2019, Aiko Usui was 28 years old and running for a seat in a ward assembly election in Tokyo. But instead of being treated as an aspiring politician by some of the voters she was canvassing, she instead felt like a pop idol being targeted for...
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Delsa Solorzano is among the few women who have made their way to the Venezuelan opposition leadership Photo: Sun Sentinel
Friday, July 01, 2022
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How to level the playing field for women in Venezuelan politics
Caracas Chronicle
Despite some small advances and changes in legislation, both chavismo and the opposition make things more difficult for female politicians. But Venezuela could take some steps towards equality. The level of women’s participation in Venezuelan...
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Labour MP Stella Creasy is behind the MotheRED project to encourage more mothers to stand for parliament. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Guardian
Monday, June 20, 2022
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How to get a better class of MP? Help mothers stand for parliament
The Guardian
The first recipients of the grants from Labour MP Stella Creasy’s MotheRED scheme to encourage women into the Commons tell why it could help stop the rot in politics. Sally Ashby’s earliest idea of what it means to be a politician involves feeling...
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame poses for a photograph with members of the Rwandan Parliament. PHOTO: PAUL KAGAME’S FLICKR ACCOUNT
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
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How autocrats use women’s rights to boost themselves
The Business Standard
Automatically bundling equality and democracy has led to the rise of “genderwashing”. "Being a champion of gender is the same as being the champion for justice and human rights," proclaimed the winner of the 2016 Gender Champion Award recipient...
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Tunis market, April 2022. Keystone / Mohamed Messara
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
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How local female politicians are keeping Tunisian democracy alive
SWI swissinfo.ch
President Kaïs Saïed is in the process of wiping out hard-won democratic rights in Tunisia. Little evidence survives of Switzerland’s efforts to support the country on its path to democracy – apart, perhaps, from the courage of women politicians who...
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(Left to right) Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen, Finland PM Sanna Marin, France President Élisabeth Borne and Hungary President Katalin Novak | Commons
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
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How women have come to hold the top post in 13 out of 45 countries in Europe
The Print
European countries began electing women in top posts from the late 1970s, though the first woman to head a government in the world was Sri Lanka's PM Sirimavo Bandaranaike. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fourth month, and Europe faces its ‘...
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Independent candidate Zoe Daniel defeated Liberal MP Tim Wilson for the seat of Goldstein in an election that saw a record number of women elected to Parliament. Picture: AAP
Monday, May 30, 2022
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Her rights at work: How will women be treated in the new Australian parliament?
The North West Star
A record number of women have been elected to the Australian Parliament. Anger about the Coalition Government's lack of action on gender equality has been one of the issues propelling the teal independents into parliament.  What will be their...
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Quebec Solidaire MNA Ruba Ghazal said the National Assembly still has room to improve on work-life balance. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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How women have helped change the culture of politics in Quebec
CBC
As a high number of women leave the National Assembly, things are slow to change — but getting better. It's been 61 years since Claire Kirkland-Casgrain became the first woman elected to Quebec's National Assembly, and though women politicians say...
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How are women reshaping India’s political landscape? Source: PTI
Friday, March 18, 2022
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How are women reshaping India’s political landscape?
India TV
Despite India having had multiple female heads of state, and a progressive and highly diverse political past and present, the inclusion of women in Indian politics continues to be doubted by many countries across the world. Compared to other...
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