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A woman queues to vote on the Rai coast in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Female candidate Kessy Sawang says: ‘Women shy away from running for elections because of this mindset that it is for men only.’ Photograph: Godfreeman Kaptigau/The Guardian
Tuesday, August 02, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Enough is enough’: the fight to elect women to Papua New Guinea’s men-only parliament
The Guardian
In nearly 50 years, PNG has elected just seven female MPs. Money, culture and corruption are all working against the women trying to address the problem. When she first tried for a seat in the Papua New Guinea parliament in 2017, Rufina Peter was a...
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‘It can be done’: how a strong female crossbench could challenge Australian politics - The Guardian
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘It can be done’: How a strong female crossbench could challenge Australian politics
The Guardian
By Jo Dyer As disillusionment with the Morrison government grows, a new generation of independents is emerging to run against the system itself. The event’s lineup was formidable and the audience at the 2021 Sydney writers’ festival was expectant:...
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‘We are struggling’: two former officials at Afghan women’s affairs ministry. Credits: The Guardian
Monday, January 17, 2022
‘We are struggling’: two former officials at Afghan women’s affairs ministry
The Guardian
Gul Bano* and Karima* are activists who ran provincial branches of the ministry of women’s affairs in two different parts of Afghanistan. Their former offices have been taken over by the Taliban’s feared enforcers, the ministry for the promotion of...
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On China, Covid-19 and being the first woman in the job: Samoa’s first female PM– video
Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Multimedia
‘Women have not been able to hold these positions’: Samoa’s first female PM gets down to the job
After months of political turmoil, following the country’s most contentious election, Fiama Naomi Mata’afa is ready to get to work. The prime minister’s office in Apia, the capital of Samoa, which overlooks the harbour, has just been vacated by the...
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A woman holds a Chilean flag in Valparaiso last year. In a referendum in October, Chileans voted by a 79% landslide majority in favor of a popularly elected citizen assembly with gender parity. Photograph: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters
Friday, May 14, 2021
‘A game-changing moment’: Chile constitution could set new gender equality standard
The Guardian
Chileans to elect 155-strong assembly made up of equivalent men and women to set out new framework and enshrine equal rights Women’s rights activists in Chile say that the country’s new constitution will catalyze progress for women in the country –...
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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen: “I felt hurt and left alone: as a woman and as a European.” Photograph: Olivier Hoslet
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
‘It happened because I am a woman’: von der Leyen speaks of Turkey snub
The Irish Times
European Commission president blames sexism for second-rank treatment in Ankara The first female president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has blamed sexism for an incident in which she was left without a chair on a diplomatic...
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Thursday, September 17, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘If not now, when?’: Black women seize political spotlight
The Washington Post
 The little girl ran up to her, wide-eyed and giddy. “Are you Charisse Davis?” the fourth grader asked. Davis was stunned. A former kindergarten teacher and librarian, she was more accustomed to shuttling her two sons to basketball practice than...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Interviews
‘Reluctant politician; Forever social worker’—Congress’ MP from chattisgarh Jyotsna Mahant
Feminism India
Congress’ lone female MP in Chhattisgarh, Jyotsna Mahant’s entry in politics is a result of nepotism. It’s the same as how several women who belong to political parties enter politics, but what is unique about her is that she has already been...
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Friday, July 24, 2020
‘I Am Someone’s Daughter, Too’: Ocasio-Cortez, House Democrats Call Out ‘Culture’ Of Sexism In Congress
Forbes
Over a dozen House Democrats, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), took to the House floor on Thursday to call out a “culture” of sexism in Congress following an incident in which Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) was overheard calling Ocasio-Cortez...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2020
‘How much for an hour?’: Hong Kong female politicians speak out against sexual harassment culture
Hong Kong Press Free
She decided the comments would stay online, and she will not be deterred. Had she decided to delete the whole conversation, it would not have been the first time. Leung has previously felt forced to remove political videos and pictures from her...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘It’s more than a seat at the table’
The New York Times
By Jennifer Medina, Senator Kamala Harris used to call it the “donkey in the room” — the (occasionally whispered) notion that she could not be the Democratic presidential nominee because it was inconceivable that she, a black woman, could win over a...
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Friday, March 27, 2020
‘Opening a door that was closed too long’: the hunt for a female vice-president
The Guardian
Hours after the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign and all but assured the next American president would be a white man in his 70s, a group of influential Democratic women gathered for dinner at a Spanish...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘I don’t just want more women to run, I want them to win’
Arkansas Times
By Susan Inman, Running for office is a journey, and historically it’s a more difficult journey for women. While democracy was born thousands of years ago, in a very real sense, women are still pioneers on this frontier. Women only got the right to...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘If you’re a female MP, people intimidate you in the hope you will shut up and go away’
Marie Claire
With the general election - arguably our most toxic one ever - only hours away, Marisa Bate investigates the grim reality of female MPs facing daily death and rape threats, installing panic buttons at home and asks three candidates running for re-...
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Friday, July 19, 2019
‘No hope’ global development goals can be achieved without women, says UN Assembly President
UN News
“This is an obvious point to make, but it is, sadly, one that we cannot repeat enough”, she said, opening the day-long discussion at UN Headquarters in New York to identify best practices aimed to knock down barriers hindering women’s full...
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Friday, November 23, 2018
‘It’s changed me forever’: Here’s how women fueled a political shift in Mecklenburg
Charlotte Observer
Tuesday’s recount that ratified the election of Democrat Rachel Hunt to the North Carolina House underscored the success not only of female candidates but of the women who helped elect them. Hunt, who defeated Republican Rep. Bill Brawley by 68...
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Friday, November 23, 2018
‘We have to raise the level of women's participation in political life’ – caretaker FM says at World Democracy Forum
Armen Press
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s caretaker foreign minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has delivered remarks at the Plenary Session of World Democracy Forum “Women, security and democratization in the context of multilateralism”. Below is the...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
‘And I’m a mom.’ Candidates and voters warm to kids on the trail
The New York Times
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Mikie Sherrill, Democratic candidate for Congress, had finished a radio interview and was heading toward the stage at the local library where a crowd waited for her to begin an event with the mayor and a native-son-turned-...
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