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Friday, August 16, 2019
Transforming education for a new generation of leaders
In Depth News
Viewpoint by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka The writer is UN Women Executive Director. She issued this statement for International Youth Day, 2019. NEW YORK (IDN) – Sixteen-year old Gambian Jakomba Jabbie wants to be an aerospace engineer. A vocal advocate...
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
This election season, we’re examining the role gender plays in news coverage. Here’s why
Crosscut
By Kiana Scott & Tamara Power-Drutis, When Jenny Durkan was sworn in as Seattle’s mayor in 2017, the Seattle Weekly introduced her with the words, “Durkan, who wore a royal blue blazer and black slacks, flashed a toothy smile as she settled at...
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How to close the massive gender gap in Congress
Vox
By Li Zhou, Women’s lives improve when government is more inclusive. So let’s do this already. \Rep. Cheri Bustos, the Illinois lawmaker who is charged with ensuring House Democrats hold on to their majority, had some brutally honest words for a 20-...
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Voices: Three questions for Marta Grande, young MP, Italy
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Voices is part of a new IPU web series in which we interview parliamentarians from around the world. The views and opinions they express are their own and do not necessarily reflect the IPU’s position. Marta Grande, young MP from Italy, is a member...
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Voices: Three questions for Rayya al-Manthari, young MP, Oman
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Voices is part of a new IPU web series in which we interview parliamentarians from around the world. The views and opinions they express are their own and do not necessarily reflect the IPU’s position. Rayya al-Manthari, young MP from Oman, is a...
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women candidates are constantly asked about their electability. Here are 5 reasons that’s misguided.
Vox
An August poll highlights a trend that’s emerged in the 2020 presidential cycle thus far: Voters favor Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as one of their top choices for the Democratic nomination when the focus isn’t on “electability.” When it is, they...
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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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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Stop asking if women are electable
Ms Magazine
By Amanda Renteria, “Electability” has become perhaps the most discussed term in all of U.S. politics, and it’s a focal point of the 2020 presidential race. Pundits, pollsters and journalists continue debating who is electable and why. Yet even...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Transgender MPs are over-represented in Thai Parliament while women struggle to enter politics
Woman are human
As Thai women struggle to establish a foothold in the politics of a nation that ranks among the worst in the world for sex parity in government leadership, news outlets in the West are cheering on the progressiveness of men attaining political...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
South Africa not psychologically ready for a female president
All Africa
Former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete believes South Africa is not psychologically ready for a female president. Mbete was talking to SAfm's Masechaba Ndlovu on Monday evening as the radio station celebrates powerful women during Women's...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Interviews
Sanda Rašković Ivić
Sanda Rašković Ivić is a Member of Parliament of Serbia. This interview was conducted in October 2018 in the margins of IPU’s 139th Assembly in Geneva.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Zuleika Hassan: Kenyan MP with baby ordered to leave parliament
BBC
Female MPs have walked out of Kenya's parliament in solidarity with a colleague who was ordered to leave because she had taken her baby. Zuleika Hassan said she had brought her five-month-old baby with her to work because of a domestic emergency and...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
How to get women’s voices heard in African politics
Mail Guardian
Across the world activists are working hard to get more women in politics. But getting women into politics is only half of the challenge. The second half is to make sure that women are not only seen, but also heard.  This means being able to...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
Report / White Paper
Where are the women? A Study of Women, Politics, Parliaments and Equality in the CARICOM Countries
UNDP
The research had three main objectives: first, to obtain a more detailed picture of the situation regarding women’s political participation in the CARICOM countries; second, to identify contextual factors and analyse how they affect the presence of...
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Elections in 2019 in Asian countries: A game-changer for women or not?
The Asian Age
How do women in elections stand to gain in terms of power sharing? What are the takeaways for them? The long election season in India is finally over. No, not India alone, but a few more countries in the Asian neighbourhood had also undergone a...
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Inclusive peace in Afghanistan means ‘women at the centre’ urges UN deputy chief in Kabul
UN News
The UN deputy chief issued an impassioned plea on Sunday for Afghans to reconcile with the past and put “women at the centre” of all efforts to forge a durable peace, and a truly inclusive political process where women’s voices are truly heard....
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Fourteenth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians
This Workshop will bring together scholars and parliamentarians in order to discuss research findings which are likely to be of practical use to parliamentarians. Following the practice of recent Workshops, there will be a concluding plenary session...
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women have made huge strides in politics. But we have more to do
Delaware Online
By Suzanne Moore, Karen Peterson and Liane Sorenson, While it seems as if the 2018 election — and its historic gains for women — was only yesterday, the 2020 election is already the subject of considerable national attention. Before focusing on 2020...
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