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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why Kenyan men don't want to share power with women
BBC
The Kenyan parliament is a tough playground. And just like any other playground, the bigger ones tend to play rough and keep the toys to themselves. The "boys" in parliament have been doing exactly that, by refusing to share their play area and...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Women MPs reveal death threats, bullying and harassment
News Room
Women MPs discuss bullying, harassment and other misconduct during a public panel discussion to mark 125 years of suffrage. Labour’s Ruth Dyson spoke about receiving death threats, as did the Greens’ Golriz Ghahraman, who remembered someone saying...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Why Bangladeshi politics is man's domain
Deutsche Welle
Two powerful women – Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia – have dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades, but the South Asian country's women are still underrepresented in parliament and are politically marginalized. Nazla Ibtesham, an 18-year-old...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Where is the #MeToo moment in India's politics?
Reuters
NEW DELHI(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From media to sports and business, a wave of #MeToo revelations has rocked India this year, but the movement has left the country’s male-dominated politics largely untouched - and that needs to change,...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
What Tunisia can teach the United States about women’s equality
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
By Sarah Yerkes and Shannon Mckeown. An unprecedented number of women—especially women of color—are headed to the U.S. Congress in January. In what has been called another Year of the Woman, a historic 272 out of 964 candidates for Congress and...
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Monday, December 10, 2018
Women to have 50% representation in UAE Federal National Council
Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: As per the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Emirati women's representation in the Federal National Council, FNC, will be increased to 50 per cent in the coming parliamentary term. The step...
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Friday, December 07, 2018
Academic Paper / Article
Women in politics: Gaining ground for progressive outcomes in Pakistan
Institute of Development Studies
Inclusive politics remains an elusive goal in Pakistan, which has a history of military interference in governance institutions, unstable elected governments and internecine conflict. Women’s voices, within the corridors of power or as constituents...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Women are the key to peace
Foreign Police
By Melanne Verveer, Anjali Dayal. Conflict rocked more countries in 2016 than at any other time in nearly 30 years. The upswell in violence led U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to call for a “surge in diplomacy for peace.” Part of that effort...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Women in politics roundtable
A record number of women ran for US office in 2018. What implications does this trend have for future female participation in politics, both here in the United States and around the globe? Join Women in International Security and the Embassy of...
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Women representation in parliaments in Asia
Phnom Penh Post
NEW DELHI (DataLEADS/ANN) - Philippines and Nepal has the highest percentage of parliamentary seats held by women. Womens’ representation in the political structure has always been a waxing issue for the Asian countries. The World Bank data shows...
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Women Leaders Global Forum in Iceland
The Women Leaders Global Forum is where women leaders discuss and share ideas and solutions on how to further advance society, increase equality between women and men and promote and positively develop the number of women in leadership positions....
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Friday, November 23, 2018
Women outnumber men at Westminster on #AskHerToStandDay
The Guardian
Hundreds of women from all walks of life descended on Westminster on Wednesday, to mark the moment women first got the right to stand for parliament 100 years ago. At the final count, 317 women came to the Houses of Parliament to visit 238 MPs as...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women in politics face constant sexist attacks, proving progress is only partial
Daily Bruin
By Ani Gasparyan, The 2018 midterm elections made significant strides for the Democratic Party. But the same can’t be said for women in politics. A record number of women ran this year and won seats in Congress. A total of 256 women ran for office...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Women and Power. Days of political leadership. Connecting struggles and territories
Landed in the 21st century, the century of feminization, If you do a quick search on the Internet of "political leadership" you'll see rows and rows of middle-aged men (or masculinised icons) in a suit with a tie game. Women account for a tiny 3% in...
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Friday, November 09, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women in politics are the new, unexceptional normal
Longview News Journal
By Soraya Chemaly, The midterm elections saw a cascade of historical firsts for women, as the first Muslim women (Democrat Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Democrat Ilhan Omar, a Somali American former refugee in Minnesota) and Texas’ first Latinas (...
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Friday, November 09, 2018
Women in Thailand poorly represented as lawmakers
Bangkok Post
Thailand has one of the poorest rates of gender equality in politics globally, and international agencies say more women are needed in key decision-making processes. UN Women data shows that as of January 2017 women accounted for 4.9% of the Thai...
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Thursday, November 08, 2018
Report / White Paper
Wide gender and party gaps in views about the state of female leadership and the obstacles women face
PEW Research Center
Two years after Hillary Clinton became the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party, and with a record number of women running for Congress in 2018, a majority of Americans say they would like to see more women...
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Thursday, November 08, 2018
Report / White Paper
Women’s meaningful participation in negotiating peace and the implementation of peace agreements: Report of the Expert Group Meeting
UN Women
This report reflects discussions held during the May 2018 Expert Group Meeting hosted by UN Women on women’s meaningful participation in negotiating peace and the implementation of peace agreements. The meeting included some 50 experts from a...
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