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January 23, 2023
Cameroon activists push gender parity for Senate elections

MAROUA, CAMEROON — Activists in Cameroon are urging more women candidates to enter races for Senate seats before a January 28 deadline. Only 26 members of Cameroon's 100-member senate are women, a number advocates want to see doubled.

January 23, 2023
76% of Algerians believe men are better at political leadership than women

Most Algerians are for separating men and women in the workplace, citing sexual harassment concerns.

A woman looks at a picture of former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada on her mobile phone, who was shot dead by gunmen at her house in Kabul on January 15, 2023.
January 19, 2023
Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead at her home in Kabul

(CNN) — Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her security guard were shot dead her home in Kabul early Sunday morning, according to Kabul police.

January 19, 2023
Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM quits citing burnout

Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.

January 18, 2023
Nigeria: APM's Chichi Ojei vows to win 2023 presidential election

Princess Chichi Ojei, Presidential Candidate of Allied People’s Movement (APM), has expressed confidence of winning the February presidential election.

Ojei said this on Friday in Abuja, in a New Year statement tagged 2023: A glorious future beckons for Nigerians.

January 10, 2023
118th Congress has a record number of women

Women make up more than a quarter (28%) of all members of the 118th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history and a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.

January 4, 2023
Kathy Hochul sworn in as New York’s 1st woman elected governor

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in the state.

Borjana Kristo of the Croatian Demotracit Union and Croat candidate of the Tri-partite Bosnian Presidency attends a pre-election rally in Zepce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
January 2, 2023
Bosnia presidency nominates first female Croat PM-designate

SARAJEVO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Bosnia's three-member presidency on Thursday nominated Croat politician Borjana Kristo as the Balkan country's first female prime minister-designate, following a general election in October.

December 16, 2022
Gender parity, the only path to gender equality: Guterres

Gender equality remains essentially, a question of power,