Elections
Lebanon has one of the highest overall gender gaps in the world, ranking 145 out of 153 countries.
The Beirut port explosion made Najat Saliba go into politics as a “counterreaction.”
I felt like I had to step out of my ivory tower in academia and start actually pushing for a new way of living forward,” the atmospheric chemistry specialist told Al-Monitor. Now, Saliba is one of eight female representatives in the Lebanese parliament, a record number of women among the 128 seats. Lebanon has one of the highest overall gender gaps in the world, and some of these women aim to fix that, now from inside the institutions.
"It is not easy to implement a gender agenda in a sexist parliament, but I will fight for it,” said Halime el-Kaakour. The newly elected member of parliament is known for her feminist agenda. "My expertise and my beliefs in gender equality have been one of the main reasons for attacks during my campaign, and it still continues,” Kaakour told Al-Monitor. But she is not going to give up. As one of the faces of the feminist claims during the protests of the October 17 revolution in 2019, she is committed to work toward better policies for women.
Click here to read the full article published by Al-Monitor on 19 June 2022.
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Rachel Keke, who coordinated successful strike for better pay and conditions, takes on Macron’s former sports minister.
A hotel housekeeper who led a strike for better pay and conditions at one of the biggest hotels in Paris could become the first cleaner to be elected to the French parliament on Sunday, as a left alliance challenges Emmanuel Macron’s centrists.
Rachel Keke, 48, said years of gruelling work cleaning up to 40 rooms a day at the Ibis hotel in Batignolles would enable her to speak up for workers in parliament. Her aim was to “make visible those who are invisible”, she told one rally.
Click here to read the full article published by The Guardian on 17 June 2022.
No women are at the top of the ticket in the crowded Democratic primary race for governor, but seven have been picked as running mates.
In a deeply blue state where leaders pride themselves on promoting diversity, the Democratic ballot for governor of Maryland is entirely male.
No women are running at the top of the ticket in a state with no women in Congress and none elected to statewide office.
And yet in the upcoming primary, Democrats have an unprecedented seven women — all women of color — jockeying behind men for lieutenant governor, the No. 2 position.
Click here to read the full article published by The Washington Post on 19 June 2022.
France has lagged in gender parity in politics, coming 33rd out of 185 spots on the Inter-Parliamentary Union's monthly ranking of women in national parliaments
France's new parliament will see a slight decrease in women MPs after the weekend's poll, a setback from the previous cycle when women filled nearly 40 percent of seats.
France has lagged in gender parity in politics, coming 33rd out of 185 spots on the Inter-Parliamentary Union's monthly ranking of women in national parliaments.
Click here to read the full article published by Deccan Herald on 20 June 2022.
Election campaigning is underway in Papua New Guinea with strong participation from women who are "young and determined".
Although there are 86 women candidates standing in this year's elections compared with 167 in 2017, campaigners are pushing for a female presence in the Parliament and are hopeful that attitudes will change.
RNZ Pacific's Papua New Guinea correspondent Scott Waide said seeing women come out to campaign is encouraging.
"There's a lot of women who have come out and they're younger, quite determined, very focused, and for me it is very encouraging to see that. They're also on the campaign trail looking for a lot of collaborations with other parties as well."
Click here to read the full article published by RNZ on 1 June 2022.