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Gender Equality

Girl draped in a Ukrainian Flag
February 5, 2026
EU and UN Women launch ‘Gender Equality Facility’ in Ukraine

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/world/asia/japan-women-prime-minister.html
October 20, 2025
A Woman Is Poised to Lead Japan. Will That Help Japanese Women?

In Japan, women have long been severely underrepresented at the highest levels of business, government and society, the product of a culture that expects them to bear a disproportionate share of child care and housework.

The Conversation
December 19, 2024
Women in Botswana make up 54% of voters, but less than 10% of parliament: political parties can change that

There’s a question that has consistently gripped Botswana’s politics: bomme ba kae? (where are the women?).

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
November 13, 2024
Election 2024: Women Aspirants seek sustainable funding for political activity in Ghana

Currently in Ghana, there are 40 females out of the 275 Members of Parliament in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.

daily mirror
November 5, 2024
A new paradigm– reforming women’s political participation in Sri Lanka

As election cycles come and go, the conversation around the low female representation in Sri Lanka’s political sphere is frequently revisited.  After all, while Sri Lanka boasts of having the first female Prime Minister in the world, the actual percentage of women