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Women's Leadership

The Nation
December 18, 2024
Ghana and Namibia's surprise power move signals new era of female leadership

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cyber news
December 17, 2024
AI deepfakes are targeting women in politics at alarming rates

A new report has found that women in Congress are 70 times more likely to be targeted by deepfakes than men, often with sexually explicit images created by AI.

The Kathmandu Post
December 17, 2024
Online violence against women in Nepali politics rising

A new report published by the Open Nepal Initiative (ONI) sheds light on the increasing number of incidents of online violence targeting women politicians in Nepal.

How gender quotas are challenging political inequality in South Korea

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November 29, 2024

How gender quotas are challenging political inequality in South Korea

How do you boost women’s representation in government, ask Jay Euijung Lee and Martina Zanella? Simple gender quotas risk being gamed, for instance by parties fielding women in unwinnable constituencies.

How do you boost women’s representation in government, ask Jay Euijung Lee and Martina Zanella? Simple gender quotas risk being gamed, for instance by parties fielding women in unwinnable constituencies.

UNDP
November 29, 2024
UNDP brings together women parliamentarians to advance gender equality in Papua New Guinean politics
AP News
November 28, 2024
Namibia votes and could have its first female leader. But election upsets have shaken the region

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — A woman who joined Namibia’s underground independence movement in the 1970s is a

247ureport
November 27, 2024
Female politician urge women to support, not castigate one another

The Coordinator, Afikpo North East Development Center, Comrade Ibe Immaculata Nnenna has urged women to encourage/support fellow women in office rather than castigate or seek their downfall.