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https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/02/silenced-transferred-threatened-women-are-still-speaking-out-in-post-uprising-bangladesh/
July 15, 2025
Silenced, transferred, threatened: Women are still speaking out in post-uprising Bangladesh

In the aftermath of Bangladesh’s historic student-people's uprising in July 2024 that led to the removal of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2025/07/women-in-politics-a-law-passed-a-ceiling-still-intact/
July 15, 2025
Women in Politics: A Law Passed, A Ceiling Still Intact

In September 2023, India passed a law that had been in limbo for nearly 30 years — the Women’s Reservation Bill, now officially the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. The country celebrated. Parliament roared in approval.

https://theconversation.com/women-played-key-roles-in-syrias-revolution-now-theyve-been-pushed-to-the-margins-257358
July 15, 2025
Women played key roles in Syria’s revolution. Now they’ve been pushed to the margins

The end of the oppressive Assad regime in Syria in late 2024 has been broadly welcomed on the global stage – underscored by the fact the United States and Eu

https://borgenproject.org/gender-wage-gap-in-the-maldives/
July 15, 2025
Bridging the Gender Wage Gap in the Maldives

The Maldives, a nation known for its natural beauty and growing economy, has taken meaningful steps toward gender equality.

https://thenationonlineng.net/more-than-a-seat-nigerian-women-deserve-power/
July 10, 2025
More than a seat, Nigerian women deserve power

Sir: Since 1999, barely 43 women senators and 119 House members have held elective seats in Nigeria’s National Assembly.

https://punchng.com/special-seats-for-women-strengthen-democracy-not-charity-oluremi-tinubu/
July 10, 2025
Special seats for women strengthen democracy, not charity — Oluremi Tinubu

The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said that allocating special seats to women in state and federal parliaments is not an act of charity but a way of strengthening the country’s democracy.

https://www.maroc.ma/en/news/moroccos-advances-womens-full-and-equal-participation-highlighted-geneva
July 10, 2025
Morocco’s Advances in Women’s Full and Equal Participation Highlighted in Geneva

Morocco’s significant progress in ensuring women’s full and equal participation and representation in political and decision-making spheres was showcased by the Interministerial Delegation for Human Rights (DIDH) during an event held Thursday in Geneva, on the sidelines

https://www.thejournal.ie/un-committee-irish-politics-half-women-candidates-6756663-Jul2025/
July 10, 2025
A UN committee wants Irish political parties to have at least half their candidates be women

A UNITED NATIONS committee has highlighted the low representation of woman in the Dáil and at Cabinet as “priority issues” that must be addressed by the state.