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July 30, 2020
Power politics and diplomacy of women in politics and what to wear

Never before has the media focused so intensely on women in power, analysing not just their leadership style but a woman’s right to govern and wha

July 29, 2020
Germany targets gender gap with quotas for business and politics

Germany is pushing to narrow the gender gap with new targets aimed at increasing the role of women in board rooms and in the country’s largest pol

July 29, 2020
Georgia takes on male-dominated parliament with gender quotas

Georgia’s parliament is currently nearly 90 percent male.

July 28, 2020
Trailblazing French feminist Gisele Halimi dies aged 93

Tunisian-born French lawyer Gisele Halimi, who devoted her life to the feminist cause and was instrumental in winning the decriminalisation of abo

July 28, 2020
More black women are running for Congress than ever before

    July 28, 2020
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s response to Rep. Ted Yoho hits home for many other women in politics and business

    On Thursday, Rep.

    July 28, 2020
    Female leaders have been better at tackling Covid-19, says ECB chief

    Female leaders are doing a better job of handling the coronavirus crisis than men, the European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde has said, praisin

    July 27, 2020
    What is holding back Sri Lankan Women from entering politics: Lihini Fernando decodes

    Despite Sri Lankan women having progressed by breaking boundaries in many fields, their participation in the country’s politics has remained abysm

    July 24, 2020
    ‘I Am Someone’s Daughter, Too’: Ocasio-Cortez, House Democrats Call Out ‘Culture’ Of Sexism In Congress

    Over a dozen House Democrats, led by Rep.