Constituting one-fifth of parliament, women parliamentarians accounted for nearly 35 per cent of parliamentary agenda during 2021-22 – 38 per cent in the National Assembly and 25 per cent in the Senate.
The environmental leader won more votes than the center candidate Sergio Fajardo without having held public office and with a campaign that began only three months ago.
![Newly elected Hungarian President Katalin Novak takes an oath during her inauguration ceremony at the plenary session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest [Zoltan Mathe/EPA]](/sites/default/files/styles/home_news_image/public/field/image/capture_decran_2022-03-14_a_09.57.00.png?itok=UcUu1zAr "Newly elected Hungarian President Katalin Novak takes an oath during her inauguration ceremony at the plenary session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest [Zoltan Mathe/EPA]")
Katalin Novak, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, portrays her election as a victory for women.
An innovative program to advance female participation in Australian politics is calling for new participants and launching a knowledge hub, sharing leading research, articles and interviews on the eve of International Women’s Day 2022.
Virtual Senedd meetings should continue long after Covid to make politics accessible to all, a politician with an eight-year-old son has said.
Two women frontrunners seek to unseat Macron as feminist issues move up the agenda.
As the world is set to celebrate International Women’s day, Chinese women continue to face political and socio-economic discriminations despite the communist regime’s tall claims of women empowerment. The Covid-19 pandemic has further aggravated the situation.
A furious crowd gathered in central Seoul last month to protest against the policies of a man who isn't even in power.