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Women's Leadership

June 10, 2020
US: Could coronavirus response affect women’s votes?

Deborah Bosner was gobsmacked the first time she tuned into Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s near-daily coronavirus briefings and heard his health director, Dr. Amy Acton, speak.

June 9, 2020
Ethiopia’s first female president on plans to combat Covid-19 and resuscitate the economy

Ethiopia’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, spoke to FORBES AFRICA’s Managing Editor, Renuka Methil, on the country’s plans to combat Covid-19 and resuscitate one of the fastest growing economies in Africa.

June 9, 2020
How African feminists are sustaining peace in a pandemic

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, African feminists have been essential in responding with care to the challenge

June 9, 2020
Women, disabled and older MPs face ‘discrimination’ when Commons returns

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June 8, 2020
Imprisoned parliamentarians worldwide at risk from coronavirus

The Inter-Parliamentary Union condemns the imprisonment of 43 Members of Parliament around the world, saying they lack legal recourse to attain justice.

June 5, 2020
US: New PAC focuses on increasing number of women elected to office in Wyoming

As election season gets underway in Wyoming, several top women in state politics announced this week they would be launching a nonpartisan political action committee tasked with promoting women seeking elected office.