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Women's Leadership

May 21, 2019
Spain's parliament leads Europe in gender-equality despite rise of far right

Spain’s new parliament, sworn in on Tuesday, has the largest share of women in any European legislature, no small achievement for a country still reinventing itself four decades after the end of a right-wing, traditionalist dictatorship.

Interviews

May 21, 2019
Australia: Women in parliament to hit record high but 'long way to go' until gender parity

The next federal parliament is set to have a record number of women but Australia still has a "long way to go" until it achieves gender parity in its corridors of power.

Access to justice for women and girls with disabilities

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May 17, 2019

Access to justice for women and girls with disabilities

Women and girls with disabilities, who make up almost one-fifth of the world’s population of women, face significant barriers to accessing justice, due to discrimination on the basis of both gender and disability, accessibility barriers to the justic

Women and girls with disabilities, who make up almost one-fifth of the world’s population of women, face significant barriers to accessing justice, due to discrimination on the basis of both gender and disability, accessibility barriers to the justic

May 17, 2019
US: Where women call the shots

She didn’t plan to say it.

May 17, 2019
In India’s elections, female candidates still need men’s blessings

Swati Yadav had lost count of the number of village campaign stops she had made since her morning began — was it 27, or 28?

Event

May 17, 2019
In abortion fight, 2020 female candidates lead call to arms

For Senator Elizabeth Warren, the moment brought up memories of “back alley butchers” and “desperate women.” Senator Kamala Harris compared it to “a scene from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’” And Senator Kirsten Gillibrand warned about a “war on women,” call