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Women's Leadership

March 21, 2019
UN Women and partners launch new initiative to repeal discriminatory laws worldwide

Over 2.5 billion women and girls around the world are affected by discriminatory laws—law

November 28, 2018
Parliaments are failing women MPs

By Gabriela Cuevas, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

November 27, 2018
Across Latin America, women fight back against violence in politics

Currently, Latin America is leading globally in local and parliamentary positions held by women. But the journey to political participation is fraught with rising violence and intimidation against women in politics.

September 11, 2018
New report delves deeper into black women’s electoral power

Glynda C. Carr and Kimberly Peeler-Allen are cofounders of Higher Heights for America, a New York–based national organization that works to build political power for Black women.

August 29, 2018
Zimbabwe: Politics no easy road for women

The just-ended harmonised elections in Zimbabwe have revealed that very few women triumphed in their quest to represent the people in both the National Assembly and in local authorities.

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April 13, 2018
IPU gathers parliaments to discuss empowering rural women and girls at the Commission on the Status of Women