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Lesego Chombo, a dynamic figure in Botswana's youth scene, lawyer and Miss World Africa 2024, is now the rising star of the country's government, having been appointed Minister of Youth and Gender Equality by Botswana's President, Duma Boko.

Funding of €171,162 has been announced for the Longford-based See Her Elected (SHE), in support of their work in supporting and encouraging the participation of women from rural Ireland in local politics.

Women and gender-equality advocates in Indonesia are crying foul about male dominance in President Prabowo Subianto’s jumbo-sized cabinet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday.

DESPITE Tanzania’s progress toward gender equality in politics, women continue to be significantly underrepresented in leadership roles.

Kemi Badenoch has become the new leader of the UK Conservatives and the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.

WOMEN and youths are an integral part of political parties and must be supported in the country, says political parties registrar Emmanuel Pok.