Library

46 results found
All Documents
Partner Documents
Use CTRL key or SHIFT key to select more than one option
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Pages

Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Women politicians will get more say in policy making’
The Navhind Times
Welcoming the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill which is aimed at providing 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies, many women politicians from across South Goa said that voice of women will become more vocal...
Learn More
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Bill to pave way for more women to enter politics’
Hindustan Times
Congress leader and former Bagalkote Zilla Panchayat President Veena Kashappanavar hailed the Women’s Reservation Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, and said it will pave the way for more women to enter politics. “As a woman, I welcome the...
Learn More
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Representation of women in politics should increase’
Ahmedabad Mirror
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said the representation of women in politics should increase.” I want to draw your attention towards the subject of women’s representation in this House. When women are excelling in every field, their...
Learn More
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘It is perhaps easier as a man than a woman to say that it is tougher for women in politics’
Jersey Evening Post
The past twelve months or more have not been so good for women in senior political positions. Deputy Kristina Moore may disagree, having been elected last year as Jersey’s first female Chief Minister, but look a little further afield and many other...
Learn More
Friday, September 08, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Failure to address cyber violence against women in politics may silence women's voices’
Independent
An academic has said the failure to tackle cyber violence against women in politics could lead to “a perpetuation of inequality and silencing of women's voices.” Associate Professor Tom Felle of the University of Galway is now calling for new...
Learn More
Monday, August 28, 2023
‘Meeting quota for women in government would have been a legacy for Tinubu’
The Guardian Nigeria
Last Monday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated 45 ministers into his cabinet and as part of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). But gender and women advocates have continued to express disappointment at the composition of the cabinet,...
Learn More
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘I have enough ovaries to apply the law.’ The language of gender enters the Mexican presidential race
Los Angeles Times
The two presidential front-runners grew up exposed to sharply different visions of what a woman in Mexico could aspire to be. In her impoverished home in the state of Hidalgo, Xóchitl Gálvez faced beatings from her alcoholic father, who once...
Learn More
Monday, August 21, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘We should all be represented’: Rhode Island could send the first Afro-Latina to Congress
19thnews
A crowded Democratic primary for a Rhode Island congressional seat next month could see the Ocean State send its first person of color to the U.S. House and give Congress its first Afro-Latina. The special election to replace retired Rep. David...
Learn More
Friday, August 18, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Better martyrs’: the growing role of women in the far-right movement
The Guardian
Researchers who track how the far right in the US mobilizes, self-promotes and recruits are reporting that women are playing a growing role in the movement. They often work behind the scenes to advance conspiracy theories through social media and...
Learn More
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Lack of acceptance reduces women’s political success’
Khmer Times
Women’s groups in civil society have found that a lack of acceptance from political parties and other challenges has reduced women’s success in politics despite greater involvement. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Gender and Development...
Learn More
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Why Tinubu should give more opportunities to women in his government’
The Guardian Nigeria
In the last few years, there has been a decline in the number of women in elective positions in the country. Women rights activist, Oluyemisi Adesina, in this interview with KEHINDE OLATUNJI, highlights the challenges facing women in politics,...
Learn More
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘We have the energy’: Historic political wins for women in Sierra Leone hampered by election disputes
The Irish Times
Marion Kamara stepped out of the black gates of her compound, high on a hill in the Devil Hole area southwest of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. With friends and supporters behind her, she carefully made her way down the rocky and muddy slope...
Learn More
Monday, July 10, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Vote, run, win and lead’: Counting Black women’s seats at the table
The 19th News
The 2018 midterms were known as “The Year of the Black Woman,” as a record-setting five of them were elected to Congress. It was also the year I met Glynda Carr. Seven years earlier, she and Kimberly Peeler-Allen started Higher Heights for America,...
Learn More
Source: The Guardian
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Patriarchal and biased’: Israeli women fear loss of rights in legal overhaul
The Guardian
For months, the massive protests that have taken place in Israel have rallied groups across the country on issues surrounding the supreme court and judicial independence. Amid the uproar and media attention, however, Israeli feminist groups say a...
Learn More
Femi Claudius Cole chats with locals at the Congo Town market in the capital, Freetown. ‘I have a responsibility,’ she says. ‘I belong to these people.’ Photograph: Freetown city council
Thursday, May 04, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Suffocating intimidation’: female politicians in Sierra Leone on sexism and abuse
The Guardian
As the country gears up for polls in June, women in politics speak out about refusing to be silenced despite the abuse and intimidation they face When Femi Claudius Cole decided to form a political party, to address what she saw as Sierra Leone’s...
Learn More
Tokyo’s skyline. Female participation in Japanese politics is among the lowest in the world. Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images
Friday, April 07, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘I decided I could do better than them’: the women taking on Japan’s male-dominated politics
The Guardian
Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilings Ai Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country. “...
Learn More
Female politicians from around the world face torrents of online abuse. Top row, left to right: Manuela d’Ávila, Diane Abbott, Esther Passaris; bottom row: Sanna Marin, Julia Gillard, Nicola Sturgeon and Priyanka Chaturvedi. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell, A
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘Gender trolling’ is curbing women’s rights – and making money for digital platforms
The Guardian
Online hate has become a tool of the right and a lucrative business. It’s driving women out of public life, putting democracy and human rights at risk Listening to the resignation speech of Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon this week, it was...
Learn More
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Social media provides a vehicle for the most awful abuse of women, misogyny, sexism and threats of violence for women who put their heads above the parapet.’ Photograph: Reuters
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
‘It could be your next-door neighbour’: how female MPs cope with misogynistic abuse
The Guardian
As Nicola Sturgeon quits, online vitriol continues to leave female politicians fearing for their safety he brutality of political life had taken its toll on her, said Nicola Sturgeon as she announced her resignation on Wednesday. That same day, a 42...
Learn More

Pages