Morocco — Political participation is not tied to will and competence alone; it also requires the ability to bear the cost of electoral campaigns, travel, communication, and continuous engagement in party work.
India’s democracy has grown in scale, but not quite in balance. Women today are active participants in elections, influencing outcomes in ways that were not as visible earlier. Yet their presence in legislative institutions continues to lag behind.
UN Women is inviting civil society organizations, especially women-led organizations, to submit proposals in
Discrimination in the workplace. Difficult choices between career and family responsibilities. Online harassment. Across Europe, many women experience inequality in their everyday lives.
“Closing the gender pay and pension gaps is not only a matter of fairness, but also a strategic economic necessity for Europe’s competitiveness, growth, and fiscal sustainability,” said Mirosława Nykiel MEP, negotiator of the report on gender pay and pension gaps in Parliament’s Committee on Wome
New Zealand has brought in a Swedish economist to run its central bank as it seeks to end a period of turmoil at the top of the institution and steer the country away from the brink of a “double-dip” recession.
Nepal is heading to the polls in less than two years. Voters will choose their representatives for three tiers of government – the local, provincial, and federal – which will shape Nepal’s political course until the early 2030s.
Last year, an aura of possibility hovered in anticipation of around 60 elections that were held across the world.
