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May 24, 2019
Theresa May announces she will resign on 7 June

Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a

May 23, 2019
Indian elections 2019: women candidates to watch out for

The outcome of the world’s largest election is almost upon us – the counting of votes by 900m eligible voters begins on May 23.

May 23, 2019
Maldives: Quota proposed for women in political party leadership

The Elections Commission and political parties have agreed to introduce a quota to increase the number of women in leadership posts.

May 23, 2019
For the first time, ANC Caucus in parliament to be led by women

The appointments of new chief whip Pemmy Majodina, a former Eastern Cape MEC, and Doris Dlakude were confirmed on Monday following the ANC's special national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Cape Town.

May 22, 2019
Women gaining ground in the European Parliament

The number of women members of the European Parliament has doubled since direct elections were first held in 1979 but they still remain the minority, particularly in the top jobs.

May 21, 2019
Spain's parliament leads Europe in gender-equality despite rise of far right

Spain’s new parliament, sworn in on Tuesday, has the largest share of women in any European legislature, no small achievement for a country still reinventing itself four decades after the end of a right-wing, traditionalist dictatorship.

May 21, 2019
Australia: Women in parliament to hit record high but 'long way to go' until gender parity

The next federal parliament is set to have a record number of women but Australia still has a "long way to go" until it achieves gender parity in its corridors of power.

May 17, 2019
US: Where women call the shots

She didn’t plan to say it.

May 17, 2019
In India’s elections, female candidates still need men’s blessings

Swati Yadav had lost count of the number of village campaign stops she had made since her morning began — was it 27, or 28?