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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Japan’s upper house is no place for a woman
Foreign Affairs
It should be no surprise that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared gender equality to be one of his main priorities. Japan ranks 125 out of 149 countries in measures of female political empowerment and 117 in measures of economic...
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Monday, July 22, 2019
Japan election: Surge of women candidates could reshape male-dominated parliament
CNN
One of the world's most unequal parliaments could be about to get a lot more female, or ... maybe not. Voting is underway in Japan's general election, where a record number of women are running for office to fill 124 of the 245 seats in the upper...
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Thursday, May 09, 2019
Jacinda Ardern voted Australia's most trusted politician
News Hub
Two weeks out from the general election, Australia says its most trusted politician is Jacinda Ardern. In a poll by Millward Brown, 1400 Australians were asked to score 12 politicians across six areas: relevance, integrity, shared values, commitment...
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Friday, May 03, 2019
Jane Castor elected Tampa's first openly LGBTQ mayor
ABC News
"How exciting is this?" Castor said Tuesday night to a cheering crowd as she raised her hands in the air. "The next mayor of Tampa!" With endorsements from organizations that advocate for LGBTQ rights, like the Human Rights Campaign and Equality...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Japanese city gets its first ever female politician
The Guardian
Misuzu Ikeda becomes first assemblywoman in Tarumizu as record numbers of women elected nationwide. Misuzu Ikeda has struck a rare blow for Japanese women in politics by becoming the first female candidate to be elected to the local assembly in the...
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Monday, April 22, 2019
Japanese women see record election win, but parity remains slow
Bloomberg
Women won just 10.4 percent of the seats up for grabs in Japan’s regional assembly races yet still recorded a record high, Kyodo News said, highlighting the slow pace of improvement for gender equality in the country’s government. Results from the...
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Thursday, March 21, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Jacinda Ardern – and why we need more women in politics
CNBC
By Harini Calamur, Jacinda Ardern. Most of us had barely heard of her name before last week. And, today she is known pretty much across the world that follows the news. Ms Ardern is the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand, and earlier known for being...
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Thursday, March 21, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Jacinda Ardern is showing the world what real leadership is: sympathy, love and integrity
The Guardian
By Suzanne Moore, Out of the horror inflicted by those who cannot accept the world as it is, comes a vision of a better world. It comes from above and it comes from below. It comes from ordinary people. Supermarkets in Wellington suburbs have sold...
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Friday, March 08, 2019
Joint Statement by the IPU and the CEDAW on International Women’s Day 2019
IPU
International Women’s Day 40th Anniversary of CEDAW Women’s leadership and the equal participation of women and men in public affairs and decision-making are matters of human rights which are key elements of democracy and lasting peace, and...
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
Julie Bishop Quits Australian Politics, Adding to Exodus of Conservative Women
The New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — Julie Bishop, the popular former Australian foreign minister, said Thursday that she would not run in coming federal elections, adding to the conservative government’s already-bleak image as a place that is inhospitable to women...
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Joenia Wapichana: Brazil's first indigenous woman voted to Congress
Aljazeera
Sao Paulo - Joenia Wapichana never thought she would get into politics. The 43-year-old indigenous lawyer also never imagined she'd make history, not just once but on three occasions. But when she saw an "extreme, urgent necessity" to protect the...
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Jacinda Ardern makes history with baby Neve at UN general assembly
The Guardian
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has made history as the first world leader to attend the United Nations general assembly meeting with her baby in tow. Ardern appeared with her three-month-old daughter at the UN on Monday evening, and...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
John McDonnell: I hope Labour's next leader will be female
The Guardian
John McDonnell said he wanted a woman to become the next leader of the Labour party, a day after senior party figures were accused of failing to take allegations of sexual harassment seriously enough. The shadow chancellor defended Labour’s record...
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Friday, August 03, 2018
Interviews
Joris Poschet
Joris Poschet is a Member of Parliament in Belgium. This interview was conducted in November 2017 in Ottawa, Canada, during the Inter-parliamentary Union's Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians.
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Monday, July 09, 2018
Interviews
Joan Burton
Joan Burton is an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Tánaiste and Leader of the Labour Party from 2014 to 2016, Minister for Social Protection from 2011 to 2016, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2014, Minister of State at the...
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Jennifer Curtin: PM's baby is a chance to improve Parliament for parents
NZherald
Many New Zealanders might be feeling a little excited, and even just a little bit proud of the fact that we have a woman prime minister with a newborn baby. A few are busy trolling anyone on Twitter who dares congratulate Jacinda Ardern and her...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Interviews
Joyce Banda
Forbes Women Africa met up with former Malawian President Joyce Banda in Johannesburg just before her return to Malawi after four years away. One of four female presidents Africa has ever had, she spoke about her plans but is guarded about her...
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Thursday, May 17, 2018
Japan passes law to get more women into politics
Business Time
Japan's parliament on Wednesday passed a law to encourage female candidates to stand for elections in a country where women are vastly underrepresented in politics. Under the new law, political parties are urged to make the number of male and female...
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