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Monday, September 18, 2023
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Latin American democracy, as told by five powerful women
El País English Edition
This Friday is the International Day of Democracy. Five women who occupy powerful positions in politics and justice in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico tell us about how to protect these achievements, as well as the challenges they continue to...
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Friday, September 15, 2023
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LatAm in focus: how women won political parity in Mexico—and what comes next
Americas Society/Council of the Americas
September 6 was a groundbreaking day for Mexico. It’s not just because that’s when governing Morena coalition announced that a woman—former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum—would be its presidential contender. After all, Mexico witnessed a woman...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2023
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Liberia: women pave the way for peace ahead of 2023 election
All Africa
Liberian women have successfully concluded a peace summit for 2023 organized by the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, in collaboration with the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development, partnering with MADRE and the...
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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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Liberia: political parties ignore 30 percent women commitment saying women aren't ready
All Africa
With less than three months until vital presidential and legislative elections, Liberia's political parties have defied their own commitments to fill 30 percent of their candidate ranks with women. Women made up just 153 (15 percent) of the 1,030...
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Friday, July 14, 2023
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Liberia: protection of female politicians paramount for free, fair elections
Liberian Observer
The promotion of inclusive political participation and the elimination of violence against women in politics are paramount to ensuring that every candidate has fair and equal conditions in an electoral process — as these go a long way in bringing...
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Homa Ahmadi, miembro fundadora de AWPLN, Nazifa Bek, presidenta de AWPLN yy Parwin Hamakr, abogada, fiscal y miembro de AWPLN durante una reunión en la sede de Red Melissa, en Atenas. EFE/Diego Sáez Papachristou
Monday, September 05, 2022
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Las afganas exiliadas luchan a través de la Red de Mujeres Parlamentarias y Líderes Afganas
efeminista
Para las afganas exiliadas, huir de los talibanes no significa capitular, sino resistir, y bajo este pretexto se dedican a ayudar constantemente con la reciente fundación de la Red de Mujeres Parlamentarias y Líderes Afganas (AWPLN por sus siglas en...
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A woman takes a photograph of another standing in front of a wall of cement blocks, set up by Lebanese security forces to bar a street leading to the parliament building, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 24, 2020. - Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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Lebanon elects record number of women to parliament
Al-Monitor
Lebanon has one of the highest overall gender gaps in the world, ranking 145 out of 153 countries. The Beirut port explosion made Najat Saliba go into politics as a “counterreaction.” I felt like I had to step out of my ivory tower in academia and...
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Les «petites» femmes de la politique kirghize (Photo : Novastan)
Tuesday, November 09, 2021
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Les «petites» femmes de la politique kirghize
Novastan
Au Kirghizstan, le grand nombre d’hommes en politique est un problème. Mais cette histoire est celle de « petites » femmes qui font de grandes choses. Celles qui s’impliquent dans la vie politique des zones rurales racontent leurs difficultés et...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
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Let’s normalize women’s leadership
Nieman Lab
In her speech after being declared vice president-elect, Kamala Harris repeated something her mother Shyamala said: “You may be the first to do many things, but make sure you are not the last.” When she’s inaugurated on January 20, 2021, Harris —...
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
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Learning from local women leaders in times of crisis
MS Magazine
Communities worldwide are facing a complex emergency unlike any in my lifetime. In the United States and internationally, pain and outrage at racism, police brutality, and profound inequities have brought millions to the streets. Meanwhile, the...
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Let's stop ignorin women's voices in times of crisis
Young Fabians
By Mhairi Tordoff, Covid-19 catapulted the UK into chaos. This lockdown is unlike anything we could have ever imagined. Our daily lives have started to look something like a dystopian novel, just with more banana bread. Within the chaos emerged a...
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Monday, May 04, 2020
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Leading with a quiet voice — the irony of women’s influence during COVID-19
Ipolitics
By Heather McIntosh and Maria Giammarco, In an age of obsessive media consumption, social media “influencers” shape our interactions and collective understanding. These influencers build platforms to sell products, but also to advocate for women’s...
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Friday, August 23, 2019
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Likeability v. electability: Different word, same sexism
Gender on the ballot
By Nicole Carlsburg, The influence of the #MeToo movement. The historic number of diverse women elected in 2018. The fact that multiple women have been on the last two presidential debate stages – and will be on the next one. All of these factors...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
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Lady of the Rings: Jacinda Rules
The New York Times
Jacinda Ardern, one of the young, progressive leaders countering Donald Trump, talks about being only the second world leader to give birth. At first, the skies were cloudless in the Land of the Long White Cloud. When she took office last October at...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018
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London: Rank countries on electoral violence against women, Jega advises Commonwealth
The Cable
 Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says countries should be ranked according to the level of electoral violence recorded, especially against women. Speaking at the Commonwealth Women Forum in...
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Monday, March 23, 2015
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Law as a first step to equal rights
By Graziele Grilo I watched the movie “The Judge” and one quote of Billy Bob Thornton’s character got my attention. At a certain point in the movie, he says “The law is the only thing capable of making people equal”. I kept thinking about it because...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
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Latin America: a pioneer in promoting women’s political participation
Progress and challenges for women politicians in the region Important and undeniable progress: Michelle Bachelet becomes President of Chile again on 11 March 2014, the second woman re-elected to that post in Latin America (after Cristina Fernández...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Libya’s elections: What comes next?
I didn’t wash my finger for 2 days – purposely avoiding the water just so that the blue stain I received when voting remained there for as long as possible. To those around the world who have had the right to democracy and the choice of selecting...
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