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Mexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?

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June 4, 2024

Mexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?

Mexico will have its first woman president following a landmark vote on June 2, 2024.

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Mexico will have its first woman president following a landmark vote on June 2, 2024.

El País
June 3, 2024
Mexican women’s long journey to win political rights

Claudia Sheinbaum went to her voting center on Sunday and marked her ballot with the name

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European Data Journalism Network
May 30, 2024
Women in politics are progressing in the EU, in Hungary they are not

In the last five-year term, both the proportion of women in the European Parliament and in relevant positions in European institutions have improved significantly.

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devpolicy.org
May 30, 2024
Increasing women’s political representation in Solomon Islands

On 29 December 2023, the Solomon Islands National Cabinet approved the introduction of temporary special measures (TSMs) to improve women’s political representation in the Provincial Government Assemblies (PGAs).

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Political parties are too generic on issues affecting women

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May 28, 2024

Political parties are too generic on issues affecting women

Women comprise most of South Africa’s population and almost 55% of registered voters for next week’s watershed general elections. Historically they have been discriminated against and remain at the bottom of society’s food chain.

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Women comprise most of South Africa’s population and almost 55% of registered voters for next week’s watershed general elections. Historically they have been discriminated against and remain at the bottom of society’s food chain.

Peoples Gazette
May 27, 2024
Shettima praises Nigerian women for enduring political marginalisation

Nana Shettima, wife of Vice-President Kashim Shettima and other stakeholders, says political equity and women’s empowerment are crucial to sustainable development in Nigeria.

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The Conversation
May 27, 2024
Men still dominate Uganda’s party politics – women’s participation is mostly cosmetic

Electoral gender quotas in Uganda – first introduced in 1989 – have increased women’s numbers in Uganda’s parliament to

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