According to the IPU’s yearly analysis, the share of women in national parliaments increased by nearly one percentage point last year, from 23.
Investing in gender equality: Parliaments ensuring social protection, public services and infrastructure deliver for women and girls.
When the Ninth Senate of Nigeria is inaugurated in June, there will be at least no fewer than seven women in the 109-member chamber, if the results of the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections are anything to go.
Open-letter signatory Susana Malcorra says women ‘need to be very prepared to fight back’ amid global political shift.
SYDNEY, Australia — Julie Bishop, the popular former Australian foreign minister, said Thursday that she would not run in coming federal elections, adding to the conservative government’s already-bleak image as a place that is inhospitable to women.
By Naghma Sahar,
After the death of veteran socialist leader George Fernandes, I had the chance to meet his companion and fellow politician, Jaya Jaitly.
Afghan men strongly oppose giving women more freedom — two in three think they have too much already — and young men are even more reluctant than their elders, according to a new survey released this week.
There are more women than ever serving in Congress right now.
And there are more women running for president in 2020 than ever before.
