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Opinion: Feminist foreign policy in the digital age

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April 24, 2025

Opinion: Feminist foreign policy in the digital age

Last month, representatives from UN Women and Zenobia, a civil society organization, spoke at the launch of France’s feminist foreign policy strategy by Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, highlighting the need for a feminist approach to global pea

Last month, representatives from UN Women and Zenobia, a civil society organization, spoke at the launch of France’s feminist foreign policy strategy by Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, highlighting the need for a feminist approach to global pea

Challenging institutional gatekeeping for gender equality: a conversation with Jennifer Piscopo, Professor of Gender and Politics and Director of the Gender Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London

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April 23, 2025

Challenging institutional gatekeeping for gender equality: a conversation with Jennifer Piscopo, Professor of Gender and Politics and Director of the Gender Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/558871/why-special-measures-to-boost-fijian-women-s-political-representation-remain-a-distant-goal
April 23, 2025
Why special measures to boost Fijian women's political representation remain a distant goal

Despite calls from women's groups urging the government to implement policies to address the underrepresentation of women in politics, the introduction of temporary special measures (TSM) to increase women's political representation in Fiji is remains a distant goal.

Front Page Africa
April 23, 2025
Liberia: Top Female Politicians’ Absence from Fundraiser Raises Questions About Women’s Solidarity in Liberian Politics

MONROVIA — A prominent fundraising campaign for Edith Gongloe-Weh, the only female candidate in Tuesday’s upcoming senatorial by-election in Nimba County, has drawn widespread support from prominent women, including former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

UN NEWS
April 17, 2025
Transforming Social Norms to Advance Women’s Political Participation

Brussels, Belgium – On 4-5 February 2025, UN Women convened a two-day Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to address one of the most persistent barriers to gender equality in political and public life: discriminatory social norms.

Women’s Power Index Shows Stalled Progress for Women’s Political Participation

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April 4, 2025

Women’s Power Index Shows Stalled Progress for Women’s Political Participation

The Women and Foreign Policy program’s most recent update of the “Women’s Power Index” ranks 193 United Nations (UN) member states on

The Women and Foreign Policy program’s most recent update of the “Women’s Power Index” ranks 193 United Nations (UN) member states on

Council on FR
April 2, 2025
Women This Week: Namibia Inaugurates Its First Woman President

Women Now Hold Top Three Positions in Government 

Nationa League of Cities
March 28, 2025
Celebrating Women in Municipal Government

In honor of Women’s History Month, the National League of Cities (NLC) reached out to members of the