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New Era Newspaper
November 22, 2023
Global parliament gender gap persists

Only 26.5% of the world’s parliamentarians are women, placing the world on the back foot in achieving gender parity, but Namibia could achieve its 50/50 target by 2025.

The Phnom Penh Post
November 22, 2023
Cambodia advances women's roles, aims for 2030, 2050 goals

The National Assembly (NA) stated that both the legislature and the executive branches of government have a strong political will to encourage, promote and strengthen the role of women to achieve the Cambodia’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) and its visi

Human Rights Watch
November 21, 2023
Pakistan faces severe voter gender gap



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Swissinfo
November 20, 2023
Swiss parliament: who is entitled to be represented?

The average Swiss parliament member is male, well-educated and 50 years old. This year’s elections have accentuated an already existing trend.

ABC News
November 20, 2023
Online abuse of politically active Afghan women tripled after Taliban takeover, rights group reports

Online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in Aug.

Three former women presidents talk about the new world order

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November 20, 2023

Three former women presidents talk about the new world order

Góðan daginn from Iceland, where the threat of an imminent volcanic eruption did not deter 500 women leaders from flying to the country for the Reykjavik Global Forum, an annual gathering of women pol

Góðan daginn from Iceland, where the threat of an imminent volcanic eruption did not deter 500 women leaders from flying to the country for the Reykjavik Global Forum, an annual gathering of women pol

The Jakarta Post
November 17, 2023
Indonesia: 2024 election could be nadir of women's representation, say analysts

Political parties claim to have met the minimum national quota of 30 percent for female candidates, but a recent report has found that only one party competing in the 2024 legislative election meets t