January 25, 2025
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Women in Baltic Politics and Political Leadership
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January 9, 2025
Women in Baltic Politics and Political Leadership
Significant and, arguably, profound changes took place in Baltic high politics over the past four years.
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Significant and, arguably, profound changes took place in Baltic high politics over the past four years.
When disinformation targets women, it’s designed to keep them out of public life
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October 30, 2024
When disinformation targets women, it’s designed to keep them out of public life
By the time the first verified reports about COVID-19 were published, misinformation about the virus was already being shared. Disinformation and ‘fake news’ soon followed.
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By the time the first verified reports about COVID-19 were published, misinformation about the virus was already being shared. Disinformation and ‘fake news’ soon followed.
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.
August 5, 2024
How female politicians’ first names can work for and against them, according to science
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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
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
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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.
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.