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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Women facilitators prepare to build female candidates' capacities
International Idea
In order to strengthen the performance of women candidates who will participate in the General Elections in Bolivia in 2019, women facilitators in different regions had a training on strategic knowledge to replicate this knowledge in as a broad...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why sexist coverage of women in politics matters
Ms Magazine
By Dustin Harp, “The first time I met Elizabeth Warren, she had just come home from a walk with her husband and her dog at Fresh Pond, the reservoir near her house in Cambridge, Mass. It was a sunny day in February, a couple of weeks after Warren ...
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Monday, July 15, 2019
Women's parliament representation at its highest post-reform
Tempo.co
The General Elections Commission (KPU) released a report on its official Twitter account about women’s representation at the Indonesian parliament, which the commission deemed the highest in the post-reform (pasca-reformasi) era. The infographic...
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Friday, July 12, 2019
Why men thought women weren’t made to vote
The Atlantic
William T. Sedgwick believed that no good could come of letting women vote. “It would mean a degeneration and a degradation of human fiber which would turn back the hands of time a thousand years,” Sedgwick said in 1914. “Hence it will probably...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women in politics in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post
Despite attempts to portray Israel as a progressive country with equal rights and opportunity for all, we still have a way to go to make that a reality. Sure, we can host awesome gay pride events and tout the first Druze navigator or Arab chairman...
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Why women don't run for office
Politico
Women represent 20 percent of Congress, 25 percent of state legislature seats and 12 percent of governorships. They hold 24 percent of statewide elected offices, such as attorney general and lieutenant governor. While women have proven that they can...
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Friday, June 28, 2019
Women in Politics: Nigeria ranks 181 out of 193 countries
Punch
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom has said that Nigeria currently ranked 181 out of 193 countries polled in terms women’s participation in politics. Dr Joy Onyesoh, Country Director, WILPF Nigeria, said this on Thursday in Abuja....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Women are 'less effective in politics than men', 1 in 5 democratic and independent male voters say in poll
Newsweek
More than three-quarters of Democrats say gender and sexism factored into Hillary Clinton's 2016 election loss and a significant percentage of left-leaning male voters still don't trust a woman to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020. One-in-five (...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Multimedia
Why it would take one million women to reach gender parity in american politics
More women were elected to Congress in 2018 than ever before, but for Congress to reach gender parity, a million women would need to run for office according to research from She Should Run. Erin Loos Cutraro, CEO of She Should Run, joins Cheddar to...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why is it so hard for Labour to find a woman to be leader?
The Guardian
By Suzanne Moore, On Sunday night, I may have watched some men in suits talking nonsense. I may have been in the pub. I may have fallen asleep because the Tory-leadership candidate who is actually going to win couldn’t be arsed to turn up. Such is...
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Monday, June 10, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women take on challenges and win
Pensacola News Journal
She was the daughter of a barber and grew up in a New England mill town. In an effort to save for a college education, she began working for wages at the age of 13; it was not enough. After high school, she worked in office jobs for a telephone...
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Friday, June 07, 2019
Women's rights a pillar of UAE foreign policy, says minister
The National UAE
Women’s rights are a pillar of the UAE’s foreign policy, Minister of State Zaki Nusseibeh told a conference on sexual and gender-based violence in Oslo on Thursday 23th. A UAE delegation, lead by Mr Nusseibeh, co-hosted the "International Conference...
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Thursday, June 06, 2019
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Why longer lives mean the future of US politics is female
Ozy
By Nick Fouriezos, Women live longer than men. And in the realm of politics, simply sticking around has an advantage, as seniority often dictates power — particularly in Congress and state legislatures. But that hasn’t helped women traditionally....
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Monday, June 03, 2019
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Why female rage won't deliver a female president
The Week
BIf we believed the print headlines and TV chyrons, 2019 was going to be another "year of the woman." The afterglow of the midterm elections was a nuclear wash of "women's anger" — a deep-seated sense of fear, grief, and, of course, rage at the...
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
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Why Africa leads world in women’s leadership
The Christian Science Monitor
By Ryan Lenora Brown, When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new Cabinet late Wednesday night, his country joined a rarified global club, becoming just the 11th nation on earth where at least 50% of government ministers are women...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Women gaining ground in the European Parliament
New Straits Times
The number of women members of the European Parliament has doubled since direct elections were first held in 1979 but they still remain the minority, particularly in the top jobs. Women made up just 16 percent of the 1979 parliament; in today’s...
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Thursday, May 09, 2019
Why aren’t women a bigger force in Indian elections
The New Republic
For the first time, female voters are set to outnumber male voters in the world's largest national election. It is the largest election in the world, with 900 million registered voters. Initiated on April 11, India’s national elections will continue...
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Wednesday, May 08, 2019
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Women in politics: Is the gender gap in Canadian parliaments growing?
CTV Vancouve
 By Bhinder Sajan, You’ve probably heard of women smashing glass ceilings, or breaking through barriers faced by females. But in politics there’s also increasing recognition that women may also be vulnerable to falling off what’s known as "the glass...
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