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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Breaking barriers: how gender quotas transform political participation
American Political Science Association
Gender quotas have successfully brought women to positions of political power. But the question remains: how and why do they influence women’s political participation, especially in societies where entrenched patriarchal norms serve as barriers,...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year?
BBC News
The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023. Among them are attorney and former US First Lady Michelle Obama, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, Ballon d'Or-winning footballer Aitana Bonmatí, AI...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Academic Paper / Article
Beyond numbers: securing gender equality in politics
Social Europe
Why do women continue to be under-represented in politics? The causes of this democratic deficit are well-studied, with women’s under-representation (and men’s over-representation) a combination of who comes forward for office and what obstacles are...
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Monday, October 30, 2023
Academic Paper / Article
Beyond the numbers on women’s representation: recognition of women’s leadership in global governance
Cambridge University Press
To what extent has the glass ceiling in global governance been shattered? To answer this question, we need to look beyond the numbers on women’s representation and study how far women are perceived as inspiring and visionary leaders in global...
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Friday, October 27, 2023
Binding measures and quotas are needed to change gender equality in politics
European Committee of the Regions
Regional and local leaders across the European Union, non-governmental organisations and researchers attending the European Committee of the Regions' (CoR) conference "Local and regional strategies for closing the gender gap in politics: Roads taken...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Report / White Paper
Brief: Golden Year Analysis
RepresentWomen
RepresentWomen is committed to researching and identifying the best practices for increasing women’s representation in politics, drawing from evidence around the world. Part of this work leads us to closely track parliamentary elections and compare...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Bhutan: women’s participation in political parties increases
Kuensel
With 23 women participating in the upcoming National Assembly elections, the number of women candidates has increased compared to past elections. In the 2018 elections, the four registered political parties fielded 19 female candidates. However,...
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Friday, August 04, 2023
Building the evidence base on participation of indigenous peoples in elections
IFES
For the past year, IFES has partnered with three global organizations fighting for the political, social, and economic rights of Indigenous Peoples, including Indigenous women and Indigenous persons with disabilities. Fundación Guillermo Toriello...
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Source: The Washington Post
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Berlusconi’s testosterone politics have been overtaken by women in Italy
The Washington Post
The death of Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire playboy who for decades dominated the boys’ club of Italian politics, comes at a moment that would have been difficult to envision during his testosterone-charged era: Italian women have inherited the...
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Source: Civil Beat
Thursday, June 08, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Beth Fukumoto: some ideas for finally achieving political parity for women
Civil Beat
It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in elected offices across the world. Today, women occupy 33% of the 8,230 state and federal elected positions — a record high. Despite ongoing progress, the gender gap persists. The unequal...
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Source: Daily Observer
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Bangladesh: Important role of women participation in BD politics
Daily Observer
Despite the remarkable progress of women in many professions, politics is not one of them. Indeed, around the world, women have been conspicuous by their absence in decision and policy making in government. The real empowerment of women is achieved...
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Women and Power in Africa
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Book talk: Women and Power in Africa - Aspiring, Campaigning, and Governing
This talk brings together experts on gender and African politics to examine trends in women’s political participation across the continent. In Women and Power in Africa, editors Leonardo Arriola, Martha Johnson and Melanie Phillips bring together a...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Breaking barriers as a woman in electoral management: “the price I paid for my leadership”
International IDEA
As revealed by International IDEA's recent research, in many countries worldwide, women who serve as electoral officials face numerous challenges in the online space that threaten their mental well-being and physical and online safety. From...
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Routledge
Monday, February 20, 2023
Academic Paper / Article
Book: Sell-Outs or Warriors for Change? A Comparative Look at Conservative Women in Politics in Democracies
Routledge
This book addresses the central question of how right-wing women navigate the cross-pressures between gender identity and political ideology. The hope has always been that more women in politics would lead to greater inclusion of women’s voices and...
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A woman at the gubernatorial and state house elections at a polling center in Lagos, Nigeria, - Copyright © africanews Sunday Alamba/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved.
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Breaking barriers: Women in Nigeria defy odds to contest in elections, but face uphill battle
Africa News
For Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, running for a second term as a member of parliament in Nigeria means putting her life on the line, says the 56-year-old politician who is running in the February 25 legislative elections in the southwest of Africa's most...
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Borjana Kristo of the Croatian Demotracit Union and Croat candidate of the Tri-partite Bosnian Presidency attends a pre-election rally in Zepce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Monday, January 02, 2023
Bosnia presidency nominates first female Croat PM-designate
Reuters
SARAJEVO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Bosnia's three-member presidency on Thursday nominated Croat politician Borjana Kristo as the Balkan country's first female prime minister-designate, following a general election in October. Kristo, 61, is the deputy...
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Thursday, December 01, 2022
Between sexual objectification and death threats: Electoral officials all over the world face unprecedented levels of disinformation, aggression and harassment
International IDEA
Recent media reports highlighted the worrying level of online harassment against poll workers around the 2022 United States mid-term elections. Ongoing work by International IDEA confirms that this phenomenon is not limited to the US. Disinformation...
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Participants of the fourth Women Constitution-Makers Dialogue, held in October 2022.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Building Women’s Expertise and Comparative Knowledge of Decentralization Processes: Fourth Annual Women Constitution-Makers’ Dialogue
International IDEA
TRANSFORMING CONSTITUTION-BUILDING In a global context of democratic backsliding and growing intrastate and interstate conflicts, the imperative of women’s full and equal participation in constitution-building and peace processes is more urgent than...
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