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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

https://www.sudanspost.com/wes-speaker-pushes-for-womens-participation-in-politics-ahead-of-2026-elections/
January 8, 2026
WES Speaker pushes for women’s participation in politics ahead of 2026 elections

YAMBIO – The Speaker of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State Legislative Assembly, Ann Tunna Richard, has urged women to actively participate in politics ahead of South Sudan’s December 2026 general elections.

https://searchlightnm.org/100-plus-years-of-new-mexico-women-in-politics/
January 8, 2026
100-plus years of New Mexico women in politics

1912: New Mexico becomes the 47th state admitted to the Union.