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Martha Karua has energised the campaign of veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga. ‘People say Mama na Baba – it’s like a nuclear family,’ says an analyst. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters/The Guardian
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
"Karua wave" in Kenya’s elections may bring first female deputy president
The Guardian
Martha Karua may become Kenya’s most senior woman ever but feminists fear the compromises that will be forced on her. The Kenyan media are calling it the “Karua wave”, as the woman hoping to be the country’s first female deputy president energises a...
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Satoko Kishimoto, the new mayor of Tokyo’s Suginami district: ‘I thought something had to change.’ Photograph: Asia Europe People's Forum/Youtube
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
"Dominated by old men": Tokyo ward’s first female mayor takes on status quo
The Guardian
Satoko Kishimoto sets sights on ‘radical change’ in Japan, where only 2% of local government leaders are women. The first female mayor of a district in Tokyo has vowed to challenge Japan’s male-dominated politics, weeks after she became one of only...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Webinars
"Gender parity in politics: the state of play" webinar
The webinar "Gender parity in politics: the state of play" took place on 29 May. It hosted a discussion with Jaimie Just, Policy Advisor on Equality and Diversity at CEMR, who presented the key findings of the study “Women in Politics: Local and...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
"Put women and girls at the centre of efforts to recover from COVID-19"
United Nations
By Antonio Guterres, The COVID-19 pandemic affects everyone, everywhere. But it affects different groups of people differently, deepening existing inequalities. Early data indicates that the mortality rates from COVID-19 may be higher for men. But...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
"The New Normal? Women, Media, and Politics" event by the Institute for Women's Leadership
Michel Martin, journalist and weekend host of NPR's All Things Considered will be moderating a conversation with: Rebecca Traister, writer-at-large for New York Magazine and author of the New York Times best-seller All the Single Ladies: Unmarried...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
"Politics needs more women" says Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said the politics needs more women. Participating in an interactive session with members of Young Ficci Ladies Organisation here, Sitharaman said, “This (politics) may...
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
"Scandal in Real Time" - a national conference on Black women, politics, oral history
Like other blockbuster media moments, Shonda Rhimes' television show Scandal proves there is a massive audience for American political dramas, especially those featuring a sidelong glance toward largely repressed national and cultural debates about...
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Monday, December 28, 2015
Interviews
"Our Women in Politics and Society"
The preview of the League of Tunisian Women Voters latest documentary, directed by Tunisian actress Anissa Daoud, on the achievements and struggles of Tunisian women to bring real change to their society through political participation. For more on...
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