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Will Kamala Harris’ rise inspire other women to join politics?

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August 23, 2024

Will Kamala Harris’ rise inspire other women to join politics?

Progress toward gender parity in politics slowed in 2024 — a quiet shift after a streak of record-breaking years for women’s political candidacies.

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Progress toward gender parity in politics slowed in 2024 — a quiet shift after a streak of record-breaking years for women’s political candidacies.

CNN
August 5, 2024
How female politicians’ first names can work for and against them, according to science

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FGV Brazil
July 23, 2024
Book on Brazilian women’s first steps in politics launched

In the run-up to Brazil’s municipal elections, FGV Press has just published an intense and long book featuring the moving stories of a hundred Brazilian women from all over the country who decided to tackle various obstacles and fight for a place in pol

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Raging, radical and ready for change: France’s angry green women are an inspiration to us all

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July 15, 2024

Raging, radical and ready for change: France’s angry green women are an inspiration to us all

"I really like these angry green women,” a French friend said recently, as the

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"I really like these angry green women,” a French friend said recently, as the

France 24
June 27, 2024
Women 'changing the game' in Mongolia's patriarchal politics

Mongolians go to the polls in parliamentary elections on Friday, with the ruling Mongolian People's Party widely expected to retain a majority it has held for eight years.

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Women political activists hold placards as they march during a rally to mark International Women’s Day in Karachi, Pakistan.
June 9, 2024
Gender Parity

PAKISTAN ranks low on the Gender Gap Index in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, 2023. On women’s political empowerment, it ranked 95th out of 146 countries, with only a handful of women occupying senior, managerial, policy- and decision-making posts.

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Inspiring Equal and Inclusive Participation of Women in Political Decision-Making – Crossed Perspectives from Europe and Japan

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Inspiring Equal and Inclusive Participation of Women in Political Decision-Making – Crossed Perspectives from Europe and Japan

The Delegation of the European Union to Japan is pleased to invite you to an online seminar “Inspiring Equal and Inclusive Participation of Women in Political Decision-M

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Biden appointing more black women judges than any other president
February 17, 2022
Biden appointing more black women judges than any other president

The White House says adding more diverse judges to the federal courts remains a priority for the president.

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Xiomara Castro - Getty Images/BBC
December 1, 2021
Xiomara Castro Edges Closer to Honduran Presidency as Opponent Concedes
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