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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Women in Artsakh Politics
Armenian Weekly
The low participation of women in politics is a global issue. Irrespective of political structures and democracy indexes, almost every country faces this problem. The government and parliament should reflect the full picture of society. Despite this...
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Monday, September 16, 2019
Women in politics say they face more challenges than male counterparts
Atlantic
With nearly a month until the 2019 Federal Election, politicians are upping their campaign efforts more than ever. However, while campaigning is hard work for anyone, female politicians and those with political experience say women face challenges...
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
Women councillors seek a greater say in Georgia’s economic and political life
Georgia Today
Meeting in Tbilisi Wednesday at their sixth annual conference, more than 150 members of the Women Councillors’ Forum of Georgia sought a greater say in economic and political issues at the local level. Participants called for municipal public...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Women in politics deterred by structural barriers, study finds
Government Europa
Issues around sexism and work-life balance contribute to the dearth of women in politics, a new study has found. The study, conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Zurich and...
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Monday, September 09, 2019
Why equal participation of women, men in politics vital for development
IPP Media
It has been revealed that Tanzania was making some effort to promote women in leadership, yet advances are going at a slow pace in many of the top political leadership positions. Speaking recently in Dar es Salaam during women’s leadership and...
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Friday, September 06, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women perched atop the glass cliff in politics
Psychology Today
By Gordon Hodson Ph.D., Social psychologists often study prejudice (e.g., sexism) at the level of the individual. For instance, to what extent does a sexist belief/stereotype held by a man predict his degree of sexism toward women? But like...
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Friday, September 06, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women in politics: adornments and witches
IPS News
By Jan Lundius, Some world leaders try to prove their alpha male status by presenting attractive and submissive wives as tokens won in virile scrambles with other potent stags. A recent example of such puerile machismo was exposed in a twitter...
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Friday, September 06, 2019
Women and politics
Daily FT
For the first time in 20 years a woman candidate has been named to contest at the upcoming Presidential Election. Environmentalist Dr. Ajantha Perera being nominated is largely seen as a positive sign for increased women representation in Sri Lankan...
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Thursday, September 05, 2019
Women’s political participation and development
Brookings
On July 29th, 2019, Brookings India hosted Sonia Bhalotra for a Development Seminar on Women’s Political Participation and Development. She presented two co-authored papers, “Women Legislators and Economic Performance” (2018)[1] and “Maternal...
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Friday, August 30, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women ran. Women won. Women changed the rules of American politics
The Washington Post
By Kathleen Townsend, “See Jane Win” is a bracing antidote to that dreadful November election night in 2016 when women of the world watched as their champion, so close to shattering the highest glass ceiling, lost to a self-avowed assaulter. As the...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
What “Votes for Women” Means in 2020
Ms Magazine
By Erin Vilardi, As we celebrate Women’s Equality Day today—and openly recognize it’s flawed history in the full enfranchisement of all women—we continue the fight for equality and self-determination in our democracy. Next year, when we mark the...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Women's Equality Day is a timely reminder of the impact women voters have on elections
CNBC
In 1973, Congress declared August 26th "Women's Equality Day." The date, according to the National Women's History Alliance, celebrates the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote, and brings awareness to the continued...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
When you’re not the ‘pick of the establishment’
The Cut
By Caitlin Moscatello, The past few years have been groundbreaking for women in politics: In 2018, more women campaigned for elected office than at any time in U.S. history, and there are now more women in Congress and state legislatures than ever...
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Friday, August 23, 2019
Women are mysteriously missing from D.C. think tanks’ foreign policy panels. Here’s the data.
The Washington Post
Although women make up half the world’s population and a growing proportion of scholars and analysts, they’re often absent in convenings of “experts.” That’s true across a number of industries, according to an event management company’s report on...
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Monday, August 19, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women, power, & changing face of political representation in Latin America & the Caribbean
IPS News
By Luis Felipe López-Calva, Gender inequality is about power asymmetries. In the late 1970s, Robert Putnam reflected on the status of women in policy decisions in his comparative study on political elites. Quoting Elizabeth Vallance, he concluded...
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women candidates are constantly asked about their electability. Here are 5 reasons that’s misguided.
Vox
An August poll highlights a trend that’s emerged in the 2020 presidential cycle thus far: Voters favor Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as one of their top choices for the Democratic nomination when the focus isn’t on “electability.” When it is, they...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
Report / White Paper
Where are the women? A Study of Women, Politics, Parliaments and Equality in the CARICOM Countries
UNDP
The research had three main objectives: first, to obtain a more detailed picture of the situation regarding women’s political participation in the CARICOM countries; second, to identify contextual factors and analyse how they affect the presence of...
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women have made huge strides in politics. But we have more to do
Delaware Online
By Suzanne Moore, Karen Peterson and Liane Sorenson, While it seems as if the 2018 election — and its historic gains for women — was only yesterday, the 2020 election is already the subject of considerable national attention. Before focusing on 2020...
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