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European Commission president blames sexism for second-rank treatment in Ankara

(CNN) - A new wave of Black women are breaking barriers as they ascend to mayoral seats in cities with deeply rooted histories of racism and inequality.

Cape Vedians headed to the polls to cast their ballots in the parliamentary elections.

On voters' minds will be the Covid pandemic which has devastated the tourism-dependent economy.

Following last week’s election, Samoa’s long-time ruler could be displaced by the country’s first female leader.

Wellington (AFP) – Samoa’s cliff-hanger general election is a victory for under-represented women in Pacific island politics, regardless of the final outcome, opposition leader Fiame Naomi Mataafa said Monday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will scrap exemptions for judges and politicians from sexual harassment laws, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as his government struggles to contain a backlash over allegations of mistrea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden released his first slate of 11 federal judicial nominations on Tuesday, nine of them women of diverse backgrounds including several Black candidates and an Asian American.

With female participation in this week’s election in the Netherlands breaking records, one campaign group can be excused for feeling optimistic.

A three-day conference aimed at breathing life into Afghanistan’s stalled peace process has been launched in Moscow, but Afghan human rights activists have raised the alarm that the del