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May 1, 2020
Taking stock of the representation of women in senior positions in Kenya

The percentage of women in senior leadership positions among the top Kenyan companies and in the government is still dramatically lower than that of men.

April 30, 2020
With no hands to shake, Hochul rules the airwaves

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily press briefings have captivated millions across the country, many upstate residents probably have heard more from Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul lately.

April 30, 2020
South Korean feminist party plans school to train 'winning' candidates

South Korea’s first feminist party is set to launch a political school to train aspiring female candidates, as it vowed to fight on after failing to win a seat in national elections.

April 27, 2020
The secret to Germany’s COVID-19 success: Angela Merkel is a scientist

Today, we face the global outbreak of a disease that has the potential to catalyze what the historian Eva Schlotheuber terms a “pandemic of the mind.” As misinformation proliferates and lines between fact and fiction are routinely and nonchalantly cr

April 23, 2020
8 (more) women leaders facing the Coronavirus crisis

Women now govern 18 countries and 545 million people globally. That’s 7% of the world’s population.

April 21, 2020
Women make political history in Louisiana, but men still make up the majority

For the first time in U.S. history six women stood on a national platform campaigning to become our next president. That momentum of women wanting to take on political roles continued in Louisiana.

April 21, 2020
Women are leading Canada’s public health response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

Judging by numbers of deaths from the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada, the country has been handling the coronavirus outbreak comparatively well.

April 20, 2020
Votes for women: South Korea's first feminist party seeks parliament seats

South Korea is regularly ranked lowest in the developed world for gender equality, but for the first time a feminist party is seeking parliamentary seats at Wednesday’s election, accusing the political establishment of having failed women.

April 20, 2020
Ruth B. Mandel, a voice for women in politics, dies at 81

Ruth B. Mandel was an infant when she and her parents fled Germany on the eve of World War II. They were among the 937 passengers, almost all of them Jewish refugees, aboard the ocean liner St.