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The Congress party announced its first list of 86 candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections (Photo: Getty | Representative)
Monday, January 17, 2022
Indian Punjab polls: Congress party’s first list of 86 has only 9 women candidates
India Today
The Congress party on Saturday released its first list of 86 candidates in Punjab. Out of the total, Congress has decided to field only nine women candidates in the upcoming polls. Ahead of the upcoming Punjab assembly elections, Congress on...
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In the 2017 local government elections the comhairle only returned male councillors - COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR/BBC
Monday, December 27, 2021
In Scotland, all-male council urges women to stand for election
BBC News
A Scottish council which has no female councillors hopes to encourage more women to stand in next May's local government elections. In the last elections in 2017, for the first time in its history, no women were elected to the Western Isles'...
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Labor councillor for Kiama, Imogen Draisma, 22, wants the council to better reflect the community it represents.(ABC Illawarra: Ainslie Drewitt-Smith)
Monday, December 27, 2021
In Australia, one of NSW's youngest female politicians calls for diversity as she enters local government
ABC News
A sea of change is washing across New South Wales local government as more women and young people take up seats as councillors. Until recently, 22-year-old Imogen Draisma could not see herself reflected in the local council running her home city of...
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Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
In Pakistan, parties asked to award tickets to women in elections
The News
Civil society activists have demanded political parties to award tickets to women aspirants for the local government elections to bring them into the national mainstream. “If women are not given a leadership role, we cannot expect economic change in...
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Adams names all-women slate of deputy mayors - copyright: Spectrum News NY1
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
In New York City, Adams names all-women slate of deputy mayors
Spectrum News NY1
Lorraine Grillo was named as first deputy mayor; Anne Williams-Isom as deputy mayor for health and human services; Meera Joshi as deputy mayor for operations; Maria Torres-Springer as deputy mayor for economic and workforce development; and Sheena...
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In a first, hundreds of women contest local council elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Copyright: Daily Pakistan
Monday, December 20, 2021
In a first, hundreds of women contest local council elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Daily Pakistan
More than 550 women contested local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, the election commission said. The is the first time that local polls are being held in districts that used to be part of Pakistan's Federally Administered...
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Les menaces et insultes que la députée de Fredericton Jenica Atwin a reçues dans les médias sociaux sont parfois très violentes. PHOTO : RADIO-CANADA
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Insults and intimidation: the price of female politics
News in 24
“If you are a woman, you are not listened to. It’s almost like you don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re a woman, but that’s not what it says. In public, there is not a man who will say that, but the atmosphere is there”, says the former...
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Activists from All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) shout slogans demanding the passing of the Women's Reservation Bill near parliament house in 2011 in New Delhi [File: Raveendran/AFP]
Monday, September 13, 2021
India: 25 years on, Women’s Reservation Bill still not a reality
Al Jazeera
India ranks 148th in a list of 193 countries based on the percentage of elected women representatives in their national parliaments. New Delhi, India – “This is a special day in the history of our country…” These were the opening remarks of a debate...
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La cheffe du Conseil mohawk de Kahnawake récemment élue, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer PHOTO : RADIO-CANADA / IVANOH DEMERS
Monday, August 09, 2021
Indigenous leaders praise historic election victories by women
Canada’s National Observer
It's no coincidence that a wave of Indigenous women have won leadership roles previously held only by men, say leaders and advocates. They argue it's a sign of the times that Mandy Gull-Masty was elected the first female Grand Chief of the Cree...
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Vogue
Tuesday, June 01, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Is it time for a woman to be in charge? NYC’s female mayoral candidates discuss their platforms
Vogue
New York City has had 108 mayors. Not a single one of them has been a woman—but that could change in 2021 as three female candidates emerge as strong, competitive contenders in the June 22 Democratic primary. “We’re not asking, ‘Can these guys...
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Women wait to cast their ballots during the fifth phase of West Bengal’s state legislative assembly elections, 17 April 2021 in Kolkata (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images)
Friday, April 23, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
India’s failure to include enough women in politics
The Interpreter
The world’s largest democracy has barely begun to draw on half its pool of candidates. Indian politician Lathika Subhash smiled for the cameras last month and then shaved the hair from her head. Subhash was making a personal protest after being left...
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
Report / White Paper
In ranked choice elections, women win
Represent Women
RepresentWomen tracks women's representation and leadership in the United States and around the world to identify the "best practices" for creating a more representative government. Our research indicates that even as more women run, electoral rules...
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Friday, January 03, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
India: Dear parties, ignore women and urban voters, face NOTA
Hindustan Times
By Smruti Koppikar, Now that Maharashtra finally has a government, it’s worthwhile revisiting the election result to pick out a few trends that were lost in the din over government formation. Three trends among many in the electoral basket stand out...
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Friday, September 27, 2019
In Nepal, an uphill battle for gender parity
Swiss Info English
Female representation in Nepal's parliament has increased dramatically in the last 10 years. It’s the result of a far-reaching gender quota system in the Himalayan nation that has made the country’s Constitution one of the most politically...
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Friday, November 09, 2018
Indian women are voting more than ever. Will they change Indian society?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Are Indian women voting at higher rates than before? Women in India are casting their ballots more frequently, and in greater numbers. Women’s turnout has actually been higher than that of men in two-thirds of India’s state elections. This is a...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Interviews
In Cambodia’s single-party politics, women are barely seen
Pass Blue
KAMPOT, Cambodia — Chan Kanha is the deputy mayor for the Cambodian People’s Party in this small port town, which sits along Cambodia’s southern coast and still retains much of its French colonial architecture. The Cambodian People’s Party, or CCP,...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Interviews
In the words of Tanya Gilly Khailany: “When it comes to women’s rights, there’s no room for diplomacy”
UN Women
Tanya Gilly Khailany, from Iraqi-Kurdistan, is a former member of the Iraqi Parliament (2006 – 2010) and a co-founder of the SEED Foundation, an organization that works with survivors of violence and trafficking in Iraq. An outspoken women’s rights...
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Monday, October 01, 2018
Academic Paper / Article
It's time to address sexual violence in political institutions in Canada
Young Women's Leadership Network
Young women are entering political institutions at high rates; however, this does not translate into the number of women candidates, elected officials, or in senior leadership within political institutions. More than 80% of young women with a median...
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