Elections
With few women FPTP candidates, more of them may need to be elected to the upper house to meet the requirement.
Cross-party women politicians have long been lobbying with their leaders to increase the number of female candidates in the first-past-the-post (FPTP) elections. Their efforts to secure one-third women candidates in direct election, however, couldn’t materialise as the parties prioritised male candidates.
The CPN-UML, which has fielded 141 candidates for the House of Representatives seats, spared only 11 tickets for women. The Nepali Congress is way behind, with just five among 91 candidates being women. The CPN (Maoist Centre), which has been a vocal supporter of inclusion, has nine women among its 47 candidates. The CPN (Unified Socialist) and the Rastriya Janamorcha have a woman candidate each.
Click here to read the full article published by The Kathmandu Post on 13 November 2022.
LJUBLJANA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia's presidential election on Sunday and will become its first female head of state, preliminary results showed.
Pirc Musar, 54, won 53.86 percent of votes in the runoff, while her rival, right-wing politician and former foreign minister Andze Logar, won 46.14 percent, according to election commission data based on 99 percent of the votes counted.
"I will do my best to be a true president for all, to work for fundamental and constitutional human and democratic rights and democracy,"” Pirc Musar told reporters after claiming victory.
Although the role is mostly ceremonial, the president is commander in chief of the armed forces and also nominates several top officials, including the central bank governor. Most of the nominations have to be confirmed by parliament.
Click here to read the full article published by Reuters on 13 November 2022.
The US will have a record number of female governors in 2023. Still, the record-setting number – 12 – will represent a small fraction of the top executives across the 50 states.
The previous record of nine female governors serving concurrently was set in 2004, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
Incumbent female governors in Maine, Alabama, Michigan, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas and New Mexico won reelection on Tuesday, while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul won a first full term after taking over the top job in 2021 following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo. Hochul will become the first elected female governor in the state.
Click here to read the full article published by CNN on 9 November 2022.
As the results from the midterm elections started pouring in Tuesday night, a number of candidates made history. So far, there have been barriers broken by women including women of color, young people, and members of the LGBTQ community.
Here’s a rundown of some of the most high-profile wins. This list will continue to be updated as votes are counted and races are called.
First openly lesbian governor
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey won her bid for governor, according to the Associated Press. The win makes Healey the nation’s first openly lesbian candidate elected to the governor’s office, returning the seat to Democrats after eight years of Republican leadership. Healey may also be joined by Tina Kotek, Oregon’s Democratic candidate for governor, who is also openly lesbian and has led in most polls.
Click here to read the full article published by Time on 8 November 2022.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Leaders from various political parties today were all on the same page in their commitment to achieving the target of fielding 30 per cent women candidates in elections, in turn increasing female representation in the country’s legislative bodies.
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the party will field more female candidates in the 15th general election (GE15) compared to GE14.
“I am the one signing the party election candidate authorisation letters, and I guarantee that should both the men and women candidates have similar criteria, I will choose women,” he said when appearing as a panellist at a forum on women’s leadership in politics with the theme “Driving the Reality of Increasing Women’s Representation in the 15th General Election (GE15) and the Legislative Body”.
Click here to read the full article published by Euronews on 5 October 2022.
- Number of women in legislature jumps to highest after election
- Female prime minister is also likely to win another term
Danes elected a record number of women into the national parliament in this week’s general election, which is also set to pave the way for another term for the Nordic country’s female prime minister.
According to a tally by newswire Ritzau, 44.1% of the 179 newly elected lawmakers are women. That’s well above the previous record of 39.1% in 2019 and represents the highest absolute number over the years. The official figures are yet to be published by Statistics Denmark, which is conducting an extra count after one of the closest elections in Danish history.
Click here to read the full article published by Bloomberg on 3 November 2022.