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Julia Gillard on breaking barriers for women in politics and why she's an optimist

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November 8, 2019

Julia Gillard on breaking barriers for women in politics and why she's an optimist

Julia Gillard, you became the first female prime minister in Australian history in 2010. What have been the challenges and opportunities for you as a woman working in politics?

Julia Gillard, you became the first female prime minister in Australian history in 2010. What have been the challenges and opportunities for you as a woman working in politics?

November 8, 2019
There were never more women in UK Parliament. Now there's an exodus

A growing number of female British lawmakers have quit ahead of the UK general election, with some citing vicious 

November 8, 2019
Votes for women? Not without facial recognition technology in Afghanistan

The first female founder of an Afghan political party has urged the country to rethink the use of facial recognition technology in elections amid concerns it stopped large numbers of women from voting this year.

November 8, 2019
Muslim women and refugees won historic victories across the US in Tuesday's elections

The 2018 midterm elections saw voters elect a record number of women to the House of Representatives, with a number of individual candidates achievi

November 7, 2019
How women are stepping up to remake Rwanda

Rwanda’s Genocide Museum is a haunting place, one of the memorials in the capital city of Kigali that commemorate a hundred days of terrifying tribal conflict in 1994.

November 7, 2019
Bolivia mayor has hair forcibly cut by crowd of protesters

The mayor of a small town in Bolivia has been attacked by opposition protesters who dragged her through the streets barefoot, covered her in red paint and forcibly cut her hair.

November 6, 2019
General election 2019 in UK: Who has selected the most women as candidates?

With another election on the horizon, parties are busy selecting their candidates for seats up and down the country.

Women to the rescue: The gendered effects of public discontent on legislative nominations in Latin America

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November 6, 2019

Women to the rescue: The gendered effects of public discontent on legislative nominations in Latin America

Political parties act as gatekeepers, meaning that improvements in the representation of women depend on parties’ willingness to nominate women candidates.

Political parties act as gatekeepers, meaning that improvements in the representation of women depend on parties’ willingness to nominate women candidates.