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https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-municipal-election-25-percent-candidates-women
September 25, 2025
Gender imbalance in Calgary elections continues to persist, with only 28 per cent female candidates
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https://msmagazine.com/2025/09/18/elections-2025-women-voters-new-jersey-virginia-california-arizona-texas-tennessee/
September 25, 2025
In Upcoming Virginia, N.J. and Pennsylvania Elections, Women’s Votes Will Decide the Future of Reproductive Rights and Equality

Polls and pundits have offered up plenty of predictions, but in a democracy, voting rules.

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https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/09/22/3153739/0/en/Informed-Perspectives-Shares-New-Data-on-Canada-Falling-to-71st-Globally-in-Women-s-Political-Representation-Despite-Near-Universal-Support-for-Parity.html
September 22, 2025
Informed Perspectives Shares New Data on Canada Falling to 71st Globally in Women’s Political Representation, Despite Near-Universal Support for Parity

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informed Perspectives reveals that Canada’s status as a global champion of gender equality is under serious threat.

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https://guardian.ng/news/the-hands-that-heal-women-forging-peace-across-borders/
September 22, 2025
The hands that heal: Women forging peace across borders

On this International Day of Peace on September 21, the call for unity and reconciliation resonates worldwide but for women in conflict zones, peace is not just a principle to celebrate, it is a daily act of survival and rebuilding.

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Women are told politics isn’t theirs

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September 22, 2025

Women are told politics isn’t theirs

The harassment of women is nothing alien in Bangladesh, but when it comes to politics, the hostility is sharpened and deliberate. Women candidates, and anyone who dares to support them, are unfairly attacked, judged, and harassed.

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The harassment of women is nothing alien in Bangladesh, but when it comes to politics, the hostility is sharpened and deliberate. Women candidates, and anyone who dares to support them, are unfairly attacked, judged, and harassed.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/statement/2025/09/the-commission-on-the-status-of-women-csw-revitalization
September 22, 2025
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) revitalization – a renewed commitment from governments to all women and girls

UN Women applauds the ECOSOC adoption today by consensus of the resolution on the revitalization of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a process that will strengthen the leading UN body in advancing gender equality and the rights and empowerment of all women a

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