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Women's Leadership

January 10, 2018
Trinidad and Tobago elects its first female president: Paula-Mae Weekes

Justice Paula-Mae Weekes has been elected president of island nation Trinidad and Tobago. This makes her the first woman to lead the twin sovereign island in the southernmost part of the Caribbean.

Journeys from Exclusion to Inclusion: Marginalized women's successes in overcoming political exclusion

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January 9, 2018

Journeys from Exclusion to Inclusion: Marginalized women's successes in overcoming political exclusion

Journeys from Exclusion to Inclusion: Marginalized Women’s Successes in Overcoming Political Exclusion identifies critical factors preventing marginalized women’s inclusion in customary and democratic decision-making structures and describes how women have worked in overcoming barri

Journeys from Exclusion to Inclusion: Marginalized Women’s Successes in Overcoming Political Exclusion identifies critical factors preventing marginalized women’s inclusion in customary and democratic decision-making structures and describes how women have worked in overcoming barri

January 8, 2018
The year of women, in policy and politics

It has been a year of reckoning for women in the United States. It began with hundreds of thousands of women across the country and the rest of the 

December 26, 2017
Chile election ends era of female presidents in Latin America

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - When Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet leaves office in March, it will mark the end of a generation of women leaders in Latin America, leaving the region without a female head of state as it shifts to the right politically.

Report on "Regional Organizations, Gender Equality and the Political Empowerment of Women"

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December 15, 2017

Report on "Regional Organizations, Gender Equality and the Political Empowerment of Women"

Gender equality and the political empowerment of women are key elements for the consolidation of sustainable democracies worldwide.

Gender equality and the political empowerment of women are key elements for the consolidation of sustainable democracies worldwide.

Videos

October 23, 2017
The 7%: Jacinda Ardern joins select group of women in power

New Zealand’s new prime minister is one of 13 female heads of government in the world

October 23, 2017
Jacinda Ardern becomes New Zealand's youngest woman leader

New Zealand is set for a centre-left coalition government led by Labour head Jacinda Ardern.