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Minorities and Indigenous Women

Indigenous women and other minorities suffer from a lack of political representation, economic marginalization and poverty, lack of access to social services and discrimination. This section highlights news, resources and stories on minorities and indigenous women's struggle for political inclusion.

September 1, 2016
Linda Burney, First Female Indigenous Lower House MP in Australia

The first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's lower house of parliament has promised to bring the "fighting spirit of her clan" to political life.

July 7, 2016
Linda Burney becomes the first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history

Former New South Wales deputy Labor

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"Scandal in Real Time" - a national conference on Black women, politics, oral history

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"Scandal in Real Time" - a national conference on Black women, politics, oral history

Like other blockbuster media moments, Shonda Rhimes' television s

April 22, 2016
COP21: The implementation of the Paris Agreement must not forget women, warns Ségolène Royal

The policies on limiting and adapti

April 8, 2016
Protests spread all over the world to condemn the murder of Berta Cáceres

After the dreadful murder of Honduran human rights activist and environmental defender, Berta Cáceres, many women organizations have organized p