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August 27, 2019
UN envoy in Iraq calls for inclusion of women in politics, decision-making process

Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Iraq, Alice Walpole, on Sunday called for an increase of women’s role in politics and include them in the decision-making process in Iraq and elsewhere.

August 27, 2019
Women's Equality Day is a timely reminder of the impact women voters have on elections

In 1973, Congress declared August 26th "Women's Equality Day."

August 23, 2019
Women are mysteriously missing from D.C. think tanks’ foreign policy panels. Here’s the data.

Although women make up half the world’s population and a growing proportion of scholars and analysts, they’re often absent in convenings of “experts.” That’s true across a number of industries, according to an event management company’s 

August 22, 2019
Trolled online, women in politics fight to hold big tech accountable in the U.K.

Lisa Cameron is a member of the British Parliament. She's also a victim, and survivor, of online trolls.

August 19, 2019
Kenyan politics is a boys’ game, but women are fighting hard for their rightful seat at the table

When footage circulated last week of a Kenyan lawmaker, Hon.

August 15, 2019
Japan’s upper house is no place for a woman

It should be no surprise that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared gender equality to be one of his main priorities.

August 13, 2019
The podcast that's inspiring women to pursue positions in leadership

Women have made great progress in the struggle for equality.

August 13, 2019
Zuleika Hassan: Kenyan MP with baby ordered to leave parliament

Female MPs have walked out of Kenya's parliament in solidarity with a colleague who was ordered to leave because she had taken her baby.

July 26, 2019
How to get women’s voices heard in African politics

Across the world activists are working hard to get more women in politics. But getting women into politics is only half of the challenge. The second half is to make sure that women are not only seen, but also heard.