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Following the military coup in February 2021, elected representatives at the national, state and region level stood in solidarity and joined with millions of Myanmar citizens around the country to protest the junta’s illegal seizure of power. A group of women members of parliament (MPs) stood in solidarity with people from all walks of life and actively supported the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and peaceful massive protests despite the junta’s violent reprisals. In October 2021, this group of women MPs from state and regional parliaments came together with women MPs elected to the national parliament and they shared the common goals of opposing the military dictatorship, securing the restoration of democracy in their country and establishing a fully democratic federal state. Since that time, this group of women MPs have been convening regular meetings to identify ways to provide assistance to citizens in their communities that are experiencing the hardship of conflict. The network was formally established on November 2, 2022, and has been working towards restoring democracy in Myanmar, providing humanitarian assistance, and advocating both nationally and internationally for the rights of all Myanmar citizens including ethnic minorities and women.
International IDEA supports Myanmar’s Women Parliamentarian Network under its Building Federal Democracy programme.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein has died at 90 years old, sources have confirmed. Her career was one of many firsts. She was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco, and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.
Click here to read the full article published by the ABC11 Eyewitness News on 29 September 2023.
Before a gathering of 3,000 women in 1927, Ambedkar said, “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” In the ever-evolving tapestry of human civilisation, women have historically been treated unequally with their male counterparts in any society. Women have always been facing discrimination, exploitation and gender biases.
As societies advance, the ongoing effort to liberate women from longstanding gender-based oppression and foster gender equality persists. There is a growing recognition that equitable representation and sensitivity towards diverse gender identities are not just matters of social justice, but prerequisites for effective governance.
Click here to read the full article published by Feminism In India on 13 September 2023.
Barring any surprises, Mexico will elect its first ever female president next year.
Claudia Sheinbaum, the “climate-scientist-turned-politician” who served as mayor of Mexico City, has been selected ahead of five male rivals as the candidate of the governing left-wing Morena party, said The Guardian.
She will be challenged by Xóchitl Gálvez, who “has seized media attention with her aspirational story of growing up with an Indigenous father and mestizo mother in Hidalgo state, before working her way through public university and into business and politics”.
Click here to read the full article published by The Week on 11 September 2023.
While G20 leaders have announced the establishment of a new working group on the empowerment of women during the Brazilian G20 Presidency, the situation for Indian women tells a different story. Despite global efforts, women in India continue to grapple with limited progress in various sectors in various Indian states.
As the working group on the empowerment of women supporting the G20 Women’s Ministerial is planning to convene its first meeting during the Brazilian G20 Presidency, recent research from India portrays a stark contrast between international commitments and the ground reality back home.
Click here to read the full article published by Business Today on 11 September 2023.
This publication is the latest instalment in the annual series jointly produced by UN Women and UN DESA. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of gender equality progress across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Halfway to the end point of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is failing to achieve gender equality, making it an increasingly distant goal. If current trends continue, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by 2030, and close to one in four will experience moderate or severe food insecurity.
Click here to read the full article published by UN Women on 8 September 2023.