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 Liz Truss inherits a deeply divided party lagging behind in the polls. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
September 5, 2022
Liz Truss wins Tory leadership race to become Britain’s next PM

Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a resounding victory over Rishi Sunak in the bitterly fought Conservative leadership contest.

September 5, 2022
Kuwait signs up 115 candidates for coming elections

Kuwaitis to head to the polls on September 29 to elect next parliament after National Assembly was dissolved in June.

September 5, 2022
Nigeria: UN seeks equitable media access for female politicians

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the United Nations has called on the media to ensure that female politicians are granted the same access as their male counterparts.

September 2, 2022
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: arrest after attempted shooting of Argentina vice-president

Fernández de Kirchner was greeting supporters outside her home when a Brazilian man approached her and raised a handgun to her face

September 2, 2022
Tasmanian parliamentary staff exposed to sexual harassment, abuse and degrading behaviour, review finds

Tasmanian ministerial and parliamentary staff are being subjected to degrading, belittling and abusive behaviour, including exposure of body parts and indecent phone calls, with MPs and managers the worst offenders, a review has found.

En Brasil, las amenazas a candidatas se han vuelto frecuentes| Imagen: Luís Gustavo Moreira Carmo / Global Voices
August 29, 2022
In Brazil's election year, women in politics denounce recurring threats

Parliamentarians draw attention to messages with insults and death threats.

August 29, 2022
Chrystia Freeland latest target of public threats, intimidation against women in Canadian politics

Some journalists have been sharing emails detailing disturbing threats.

August 26, 2022
India: No women in 20-member Maharashtra cabinet as CM Eknath Shinde expands 41-day-old ministry

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expanded his two-member ministry. However, the list did not include a single woman. Several women politicians and women’s rights activists slammed the exclusion of women members.

Giorgia Meloni lors de son premier grand meeting pour les législatives, le 23 août 2022.   -   Tous droits réservés  Domenico Stinellis/Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.
August 24, 2022
Giorgia Meloni is the great favorite to win the legislative in Italy

The leader of the Italian extreme right, Giorgia Meloni, is the great favorite to win the legislative elections in September, according to the latest polls. If the trend continues, Meloni could become the first woman in charge of the head of government.