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August 26, 2020
Two Women nominated to chair IMF Development Committee, including Caribbean’s Mia Mottley

Two women representing the Caribbean and Latin America are nominated to chair the joint World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Development Committee (DC), further supporting the notion that the global financial crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is not all bad.

August 26, 2020
Pregnant MPs warn they are being shut out of inflexible Parliament

Pregnant federal MPs have warned they risk being shut out of parliamentary discussions because of the failure to agree on virtual participation wi

August 25, 2020
SNP to launch project aiming to get more Scots women into politics

THE SNP will

August 24, 2020
Susan B. Anthony Museum rejects President Trump's pardon of the suffragist

On Tuesday, President Trump officially pardoned leading suffragist Susan B. Anthony, who died in 1906.

August 21, 2020
Not all women gained the vote in 1920

When the 19th Amendment became law on August 26, 1920, 26 million adult female Americans were nominally eligible to vote.

August 21, 2020
How did women fare in the 2020 Vanuatu elections?

Despite strong efforts to promote female leadership and political engagement by advocacy groups, women still face serious roadblocks to political

August 20, 2020
Christine Jahnke, speech coach who elevated the voices of women in politics, dies at 57

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August 14, 2020
Women rally across Belarus as thousands detained in post-election protests

Hundreds of women rallied across the capital of Belarus on Wednesday to protest a brutal police crackdown that has left hundreds injured and thous