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Women's Leadership

November 26, 2021
“She’s the only option": Hondurans hope Xiomara Castro can lead the nation in a new direction

A week ahead of what may be Honduras’s most consequential election since the country’s return to democracy in 1982, the leading opposition candidate for president delivered her final address to an audience of fervent supporters.

November 24, 2021
Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment

No women elected in Tonga: time to change the story

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November 24, 2021

No women elected in Tonga: time to change the story

By ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki

As in 2008, 2010 and 2014, none of the female candidates standing in Tonga’s 2021 general election were successful.

By ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki

As in 2008, 2010 and 2014, none of the female candidates standing in Tonga’s 2021 general election were successful.

November 22, 2021
Kamala Harris: First woman to get US presidential powers (briefly)

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Webinar: putting a gender lens on leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery

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Webinar: putting a gender lens on leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery

The webinar “Putting a Gender Lens on Leadership in COVID-19 Response and Recovery” is part of UN Women’s efforts to highlight the importance of women’s leadership and

Build back equal: New handbook on gender-responsive legislation (copyright: Allison Joyce/Getty Images via AFP - IPU)
November 22, 2021
Build back equal: New handbook on gender-responsive legislation

Lawmakers around the world have a new resource to help them address gender inequality with the publication of the new IPU and UN Women Handbook on gender-responsive law making.

New handbook on gender-responsive legislation

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November 22, 2021

New handbook on gender-responsive legislation

This Handbook aims to serve as a resource for lawmakers from around the world for designing gender-responsive laws.

This Handbook aims to serve as a resource for lawmakers from around the world for designing gender-responsive laws.

Overrepresentation of men in UN climate process persists

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November 15, 2021

Overrepresentation of men in UN climate process persists

New reports published ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow in November show  that decision-making and technical panels under UN Climate Change (known as “constituted bodies”) are increasingly integrating a gender perspective into their work,

New reports published ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow in November show  that decision-making and technical panels under UN Climate Change (known as “constituted bodies”) are increasingly integrating a gender perspective into their work,