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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Koike Yuriko: tackling gender bias from the Tokyo metropolitan government
Council on Foreign Relations
If we consider how to advance the status of women in Japan, we must consider it from two vantage points. First, gender equality is necessary for the well-being of individual Japanese people. Second, it is necessary to have diverse perspectives in...
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Monday, July 24, 2023
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Kema Chikwe: political meetings are held at night, inconvenient for women
Arise News
Nigeria’s former Federal Minister of Aviation, Dr Kema Chikwe, has said that the women need more support in Nigerian politics as politics is seen as a “Man’s World.” In an interview with ARISE NEWS on Friday, Chikwe, while addressing the gap...
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Source: The Kuwait Times
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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Kuwaiti women second least fortunate in politics among Arab females: Report
The Kuwait Times
In a list of least Arab women’s participation in political work issued recently by V-Dem Institute, Kuwait was ranked second among Arab countries, after Yemen. According to a report by the Arabian Gulf Center for Studies and Research (CSRGULF) – the...
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Source: Arab Times
Thursday, June 08, 2023
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Kuwaiti women still struggle to find ‘rightful place’ in political narrative
Arab Times
Who is Mudhawi? I had asked. Dr AlanoudAl Sharekh, the quiet, unassuming award-winning academic, activist, and founding member of Abolish 153, had quietly explained that Mudhawi is a traditional name from the Arabian Gulf region. It conjures up an...
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L-R: Governors Elect Susan Kihika (Nakuru), Anne Waiguru (Kirinyaga), Fatuma Achani (Kwale), Kawera Mwangaza (Meru), Wavinya Ndeti (Machakos), Cecily Mbarire (Embu) and Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay)/CFM
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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Kenya: The new dawn of women in politics
Capital News
The Kenyan 2022 General Elections represents a great step forward for women’s representation, albeit an incremental one. We have seen that a lot of women, both those who won and those who lost, have come forward to show that despite many decades...
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Kenya: Women seek elective positions to attain parity in leadership (©KBC)
Thursday, June 23, 2022
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Kenya: Women seek elective positions to attain parity in leadership
KBC
Women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for any county or country. However, according to statistics, women are under-represented at all levels of decision-...
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Angela Rayner speaking in the Commons. Almost every female MP has a story of sexism or harassment. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA
Friday, May 06, 2022
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Kwarteng’s "bad apples" claim is a rotten excuse for Westminster sexism
The Guardian
Analysis: minister’s response to concerns risks appearing tone deaf, but it does play into war on woke. The “some bad apples” defence deployed by Kwasi Kwarteng in response to concerns about sexism and harassment in Westminster is a tried and tested...
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Kenya: How female political aspirants are wooing voters - Credits: Nation
Monday, February 21, 2022
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Kenya: How female political aspirants are wooing voters
Nation
Female aspirants seeking elective seats in the 2022 General Election have adopted varying strategies to woo voters. Esnahs Nyaramba, an aspirant for Kisii Woman County Representative has found mobilising youth to register for national identity cards...
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Kenya: women are majority voters- why don't they vote for other women? - The Nairobian
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
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Kenya: women are majority voters- why don't they vote for other women?
The Nairobian
By Priscilla Nyokabi Kenya is yet to earn the dividend of women in leadership, which is a crying shame because as President Obama memorably explained, the full team must play for a Country to achieve its development goals. A society cannot prosper...
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Monday, December 14, 2020
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Kuwait's new all-male parliament is a blow for women's rights
Deutsche Welle
Although none of the 29 female candidates won a seat in Kuwait's elections they are far from stopping their efforts. But analysts fear calls for quotas and women's political leadership are falling on deaf ears. Less than a week after Kuwait's 4.8...
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Thursday, October 08, 2020
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Kate Forbes 'mansplaining' case shows legacy women in politics must overcome
The National
A FEW months back, a male Twitter user jokingly posited an idea for a new reality show, where people who know nothing about a given subject or skill would explain it to you. Perhaps to his surprise, the punchline came in the form of the replies. “...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2020
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Kamala Harris’s Ambition Trap
The Atlantic
In her 2019 memoir, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, Kamala Harris talks about how, during her first run for office—for San Francisco district attorney, in 2002—she taught herself to campaign. The lessons were partly about logistics (carry...
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Monday, August 31, 2020
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Kamala Harris reminds us that Voting is the best way to honor generations of women
The New York Carib News
This week Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris penned an Opinion Editorial for the Washington Post; marking this month’s 100th Year of Women’s Suffrage. Senator Harris acknowledges the millions of women who were not included in the voting...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
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Kamala Harris seeks to crack glass ceiling in US politics as backlash against Trump galvanizes women
USA Today
By Maureen Groppe, The force of women in the Democratic Party will be on full display Wednesday when vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris delivers her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Harris looks to make history as the...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2019
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Kamala Harris: 'Single women in politics' aren't granted the same 'latitude' as men
The Hill
By Judy Kurtz, Sen. Kamala Harris says single women in politics get treated differently than their male counterparts. The imbalance, the California Democrat writes in her new book, “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” released Tuesday, is part...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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Kenya: Is Kenya’s new constitution helping or hindering women’s political participation?
Kenyans head to the polls on Monday and the country is covered in campaign posters vying for their attention. Nairobi’s malls, stalls, trees and speed bumps have been plastered with candidates’ faces. Vast billboards tower over the country’s newly...
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