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Nearly 17 months after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, abortion rights supporters celebrated in Ohio after voters added the right to access abortion care to the state’s constitution.

Move Forward Party MPs Wuttipong Thonglour and Chaiyamparwaan Manpianjit were expelled from the party after it was decided by the party’s disciplinary board that they had sexually harassed party volunteers.

Ugandan women as a special interest group remain on the sidelines of mainstream politics despite years of affirmative action, a new government report has revealed.

A group of civil society organisations and gender activists has called for more women representation in Nigeria’s political leadership space.

ElectHER, a civil society organisation (CSO), says without women in politics, Nigeria is limiting the extent to which it can develop.

Deputy SRSG in Libya Raisedon Zenenga received yesterday a delegation from the Constitutional Equality Movement which included activists, women representatives, and representatives of the Amazigh, Arab, Tabu and Tuareg communities, according to UN.

President of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Shujat Hussain has said that the role of women in the development of country is important and they should be given ample opportunities in politics to move forward.

Zimbabwe’s recent election has exposed weak gender policies both at the political party and governmental levels as women were sidelined despite the fact that they make up more than half of the 6.5 million electorate.

Herald on Sunday research shows that despite promises to act from most parties, just a third of all the candidates selected to fight the next general election are women.

The SNP has selected substantially more candidates than any other party, with 53 of the 57 they will need for the vote in place. Of those 35 are men, around 66%.