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October 25, 2019
African women leaders network launches Ethiopia chapter

The Ethiopian Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) is launched on Monday at an event attended by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde.'

October 23, 2019
Inter-Regional Roundtable on the Intersections between Gender and Political Finance 2019

International IDEA organized the Inter-Regional Roundtable on the Intersections between Gender and Political Finance in Brussels on 16-17 October 2019.

October 18, 2019
Record number of new cases of persecuted parliamentarians in the world

At the 141st IPU Assembly in Belgrade, Serbia, IPU Member Parliaments condemned human rights violations against a record

October 11, 2019
Future Policy Award 2019 crowns eight best policies empowering youth

Policies from Rwanda, Estonia, Scotland, Nepal, South Africa, Europe, Los Angeles and Senegal are this year’s winners of the ‘Oscar for best policies’

October 4, 2019
Women leaders galvanise for UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign

At a high-level event during the 74th UN General Assembly, UN Women and the Council of Women World Leaders came together to lend their voices and power to the Generation Equality campaign.

October 3, 2019
'Based in hatred': Violence against women standing in Colombia's elections

The body of mayoral candidate Karina García was found shot and incinerated in her car in the Cauca department of southern Colombia, 

September 27, 2019
UN envoy applauds Uganda for empowering women

Bhatia, who also doubles as the Deputy Executive Director of the UN Women said she was pleased that at least 52 percent of positions on the committees in Maaji Refugee Settlement in Adjumani district, Northern Uganda were won by women.

September 20, 2019
UN holds Event on Women's Empowerment

The President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, is holding this Thursday her latest informal High-Level Panel: Women in Power - Call to Action and Women Leaders - Voices for Change and Inclusion: Joining Forces and Redoubling Effor

September 9, 2019
Why equal participation of women, men in politics vital for development

It has been revealed that Tanzania was making some effort to promote women in leadership, yet advances are going at a slow pace in many of the top political leadership positions.