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EU-LAC y PNUD (logos)
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
First dialogue on climate action and women
The Foundation EU-LAC and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are pleased to announce the first Dialogue on Climate Action and Women, focusing on “Leadership and inclusion of women in decision-making on implementation of climate action”....
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Five Indian women in politics who left a mark of their own (East Coast Daily)
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Five Indian women in politics who left a mark of their own
East Coast Daily
KK Shailaja In addition to serving as Kuthuparamba’s MLA, KK Shailaja served as Kerala’s minister of health and social justice. Her leadership during the COVID-19 outbreaks as Health Minister was highly praised. In Kerala, the state where the first...
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The International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples highlights 2022 celebrates the role of Indigenous women in the preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge. (Picture UNDP)
Monday, August 22, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Five indigenous women leaders you should know about
UNDP
As custodians of natural resources and archivists of scientific and traditional knowledge, Indigenous women play an essential role in preserving forests and natural ecosystems. Indigenous women are indispensable to achieving climate justice, taking...
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La Prensa Latina
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Female politicians call for women’s rights in 1st conference under Taliban
La Prensa Latina
Kabul, Sep 19 (EFE).- Female politicians in Afghanistan on Sunday held their first press conference under the new Taliban regime, where they called for the restoration of women’s rights to education and work. The conference, attended by 150 women,...
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PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/JACINDAARDERN
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Female world leaders are winning against COVID-19
Cosmopolitan
On January 14, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that his daughter, the current mayor of Davao, has no plans to run for president in the 2022 elections, saying in a speech: "My daughter, inuudyok naman nila, sabi ko, my daughter is not...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Female leaders make a real difference. Covid may be the proof
The Guardian
By Jane Dudman, What do Erna Solberg, Sanna Marin, Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Mette Frederiksen have in common apart from all four being female prime ministers (of Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark, respectively)? The answer is that their countries...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Female voices 'drowned out' in reporting on Covid-19, report finds
The Guardian
Women’s voices have been “worryingly marginalised” in reporting of the coronavirus, partly due to the war-like framing of the pandemic, according to a report analysing stories across six countries. Each woman’s voice in news coverage of the crisis...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2020
Female leaders say sexism, threats come with the job
Oklahoman
Local female leaders in Norman and Oklahoma City have been subject to threats, harassment and sexism in recent months. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with urgent calls for racial justice have stirred a new group of vocal critics, with their anger...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Female leaders have been better at tackling Covid-19, says ECB chief
The Guardian
Female leaders are doing a better job of handling the coronavirus crisis than men, the European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde has said, praising them for honest communication and for showing they care. The differences in policies and...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
From New Zealand to Iceland, the femocracies that aced their coronavirus response
By Katie Strick, As the people of New Zealand prepared to go into lockdown in March, their prime minister Jacinda Ardern went live on Facebook from her sofa. “I thought I’d jump online and just check in with everyone, really, as we all prepare to...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Interviews
Finland’s Maria Ohisalo: Navigation through Covid-19 requires leadership based on win-win approach
Forbes
By Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, The world is facing a shared threat through Covid-19 but our experiences are hugely different, partly due to how our governments think and react. No matter how strongly we value our personal freedoms or how disconnected...
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Friday, May 01, 2020
Female world leaders hailed as voices of reason amid the coronavirus chaos
The Washington Post
By Jennifer Hassan and Siobhán O'Grady, Silveria Jacobs is not messing around. When coronavirus cases started increasing in the Caribbean nation of Sint Maarten, the 51-year-old prime minister delivered blunt instructions. “Simply. Stop. Moving,”...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Four key global trends on gender, security and safety
MS Magazine
March felt more like global disaster month than Women’s History Month, with COVID-19 consistently dominating the headlines. Yet in the midst of the critical pandemic response, we can’t lose sight of how gender is shaping key global trends—and how...
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