Gender Equality

As the country prepares for the upcoming elections, and political parties gear into electioneering mode, what remains missing from the mainstream discourse is fair representation of women, and their meaningful participation in the electoral process.

ELECTION stakeholders have red-flagged biased media coverage against female politicians, saying journalists should promote fair coverage for both genders as the country edges closer to the August 23 general elections.

Susanna Gibson remembers where she was and what she was doing on June 24, 2022, the way some remember 9/11 or the Challenger explosion.

What lessons did Alberta’s election deliver to the rest of Canada about representative democracy?

More than 500,000 votes. That’s how many ballots were cast for the top two candidates in Monday’s mayoral byelection.

Let’s not sugar coat it, last week was a demoralising and often disturbing time to be a woman in Australian politics.