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https://aljazirahnews.com/women-in-politics-push-for-stronger-protection-against-technology-facilitated-gbv/
January 8, 2026
Women In Politics Push For Stronger Protection Against Technology-facilitated GBV

National Women Leaders Forum of Political Parties in Nigeria ,NWLFPPN, has called for stronger digital protection systems against Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence ,TF-GBV, targeting women in politics.

https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/ghana-news-women-still-underrepresented-in-political-leadership-report-reveals.html
January 8, 2026
Women still underrepresented in political leadership

Women in Ghana remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership and public decision-making, despite the passage of the Affirmative Action Gender Equity Act in 2024, the 2025 Status of Women Report has said.

https://www.observerbd.com/news/557877
January 8, 2026
Dialogue on ending digital and gender-based violence against women in politics

The Royal Norwegian Embassy andthe Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, in collaboration with UN Women,hosted a high-level dialogue titled "Power Without Fear: Ending Digital and Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Politics" as part of the global 16 Days of Activism

https://lenouvelliste.com/en/article/262529/general-assembly-opens-on-women-in-politics-and-electoral-violence
January 8, 2026
General Assembly Opens on Women in Politics and Electoral Violence

The Ministry for the Status of Women and Women’s Rights (MCFDF) officially launched, this Friday at the La Cretonne Hotel in Les Cayes, the General Assembly on “women’s political participation and electoral violence,” under the evocative theme: “There is no democracy or

https://www.voicegambia.com/2025/12/16/gambia-hosts-national-conference-on-womens-participation-in-politics/
January 8, 2026
Gambia Hosts National Conference on Women’s Participation in Politics

A two-day national conference on Women’s Political Participation and Representation opened Monday at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (SDKJ) Conference Centre.

https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/study-exposes-fear-harassment-as-barriers-facing-women-in-politics
January 8, 2026
Study exposes fear, harassment as barriers facing women in politics

Fear, harassment, and institutional silence continue to shape the political experience of women in The Gambia, a new study has revealed, exposing how violence, intimidation, and systemic neglect are undermining women’s participation and leadership in public life.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/female-lawmakers-in-japan-lobby-for-more-toilets-in-parliament
January 8, 2026
Two cubicles, 73 women, one long queue: Japan’s female MPs fight for more loos

Nearly 60 female lawmakers in Japan, including the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, have submitted a petition calling for more toilet

https://www.forbes.com/lists/power-women/
January 8, 2026
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025

For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025—job losses that rival those of the pandemic, worsening toxicity of the online “manosphere,” a certain presidential rebuke directed to a female reporter that invoked a farm animal—the leaders and vanguards on the 2

https://von.gov.ng/stakeholders-advocate-more-women-participation-in-politics/
January 8, 2026
Stakeholders Advocate More Women Participation in Politics

Stakeholders, women leaders and development partners have called for increased participation of women in leadership and governance