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July 20, 2018
Only three women want to contest in 2019 polls in Chiradzulu, Malawi

The National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice Trust) in Chiradzulu has called on political parties to create space for women to compete in various positions as only three women have shown interest to contest in the forthcoming tripartite election

July 20, 2018
Malawi: Pay nomination fees for women aspirants, parties urged

Barely few days after MEC announced an upward revision of nomination fees for 2019 tripartite elections, Women Legal Resource Centre (WOLREC) has asked political parties in the country to mobilize resources that will help them pay nomination fees for

July 20, 2018
Zimbabwe: Parties undermining women's quota system

There is a real risk by political parties to undermine the spirit behind the women's quota system which is provided for in the Constitution aimed at empowering women by reserving 60 National Assembly seats for them.

July 20, 2018
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerian women are more reliable in politics than their men counterparts

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerian Women are more reliable in politics than their men counterparts, saying it is high time political leaders got them involved in the country’s politics.

July 20, 2018
Nigeria: Profiling 2019 female aspirants - why political space dwindles for Nigerian women

During the precolonial era, women, traditionally, were allo

July 20, 2018
'No going back' how 2018 has drawn a line in the ground for gender progress in leadership

2018 has demonstrated significant progress in improving gender diversity but more needs to be done to promote more women into leadership.

July 20, 2018
Why the Croatian president’s appearance at the World Cup mattered so much

Croatia’s second-place finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup brought global attention to the Balkan nation and its president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.

July 20, 2018
Armenian women helped oust an autocrat. But they’re still being left out of politics

This past spring, as Armenia erupted in protests that would eventually oust the country’s longtime leader, women took to the streets in droves.

July 19, 2018
Obama says ‘men have been getting on my nerves lately,’ urges women to enter political fray

Men in positions of power are dropping the ball, according to former president Barack Obama, who thinks perhaps a way to fix that is to get more women at the table.