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Women's Leadership

September 14, 2020
Rare win for a woman in Bougainville election

A 29 year old has become just the second woman to win an open seat in the Bougainville parliament.

Theonila Roka Matbob's Ioro constituency in central Bougainville includes the Panguna mine within its boundaries.

Interviews

Why has Sweden never had a female Prime Minister?

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September 11, 2020

Why has Sweden never had a female Prime Minister?

"Human rights, women's rights and gender equality are so high up on the agenda in Sweden that when you talk to people they are embarrassed that Sweden is the only Nordic country which hasn't had a woman prime minister," says Drude Dahlerup, a Swedish-Danish politics professor who has long re

"Human rights, women's rights and gender equality are so high up on the agenda in Sweden that when you talk to people they are embarrassed that Sweden is the only Nordic country which hasn't had a woman prime minister," says Drude Dahlerup, a Swedish-Danish politics professor who has long re

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COVID-19 and democracy: Can parliaments come to the rescue?

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COVID-19 and democracy: Can parliaments come to the rescue?

An informal virtual interactive panel debate for International Day of Democracy, in partnership with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University, on Tuesday 15 Septe

September 10, 2020
Women make better leaders than men -female Prime Minister of Barbados

According to Mia Mottley, the first female Prime Minister of Barbados, women make better leaders than men because they are more caring’ and run their country ‘like a family household’.

Tony Abbott just proved why we’re all looking to women leaders to get us out of this crisis

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September 9, 2020

Tony Abbott just proved why we’re all looking to women leaders to get us out of this crisis

September 9, 2020
25 years after Beijing’s Women Conference, significance ‘undimmed’

Looking back on the Fourth World Conference on Women in the Chinese capital, UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, said in a