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https://theconversation.com/south-korea-election-lee-jae-myung-takes-over-a-country-split-by-gender-politics-257923
June 5, 2025
South Korea election: Lee Jae-myung takes over a country split by gender politics

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s snap presidential election with a clear lead.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8njzr42zvo
June 5, 2025
These women helped bring down a president - now they say they feel invisible

An Byunghui was in the middle of a video game on the night of 3 December when she learned that the South Korean president had declared martial law.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025/06/03/southeast-asia-remains-unfriendly-for-women-in-politics.html
June 5, 2025
Southeast Asia remains unfriendly for women in politics
https://fortune.com/article/theresa-may-former-world-leaders-stop-commenting/
May 26, 2025
Former U.K. prime minister Theresa May says ex-world leaders need to stop commenting on everything: ‘be a measured voice’

Theresa May, Britain’s ex-prime minister, says that rather than reaching for social media the second major news breaks, former world leaders would be better off taking a step back and bringing

https://www.montsame.mn/en/read/370146
May 26, 2025
"We Women" Forum Held to Bolster Women's Political Representation

Ulaanbaatar, May 22, 2025 /MONTSAME/.

https://nltimes.nl/2025/05/24/conservative-party-rejects-motion-women-leadership
May 26, 2025
Conservative party again rejects motion on women in leadership

The conservative Protestant party SGP has again voted down a proposal to formally recognize women’s eligibility for political and administrative roles, maintaining a

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2025/05/23/including-women-in-peacebuilding-leads-to-more-sustainable-outcomes/
May 26, 2025
Including women in peacebuilding leads to more sustainable outcomes

Women bring different perspectives of cultures and conflict and when those voices are at the negotiating table a lasting peace is more likely, writes Maha Akeel.

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/samia-suluhu-image-war-women-journalists-confront-bias-in-covering-africa-s-female-leaders-5049894
May 26, 2025
Samia Suluhu image war: Women journalists confront bias in covering Africa’s female leaders

“On social media, President Samia Suluhu is objectified simply because she is a woman president. Women journalists work tirelessly to cover her objectively.

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/president-stubb-applauds-tanzania-s-women-empowerment-project-5044586#
May 21, 2025
President Stubb applauds Tanzania’s women empowerment project

What you need to know:

  • The Finnish President, who is on a three-day official visit to Tanzania, made the remarks during a tour of the facility in Ilala District on Friday, 16 May 2025.