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https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/samia-suluhu-image-war-women-journalists-confront-bias-in-covering-africa-s-female-leaders-5049894
May 26, 2025
Samia Suluhu image war: Women journalists confront bias in covering Africa’s female leaders

“On social media, President Samia Suluhu is objectified simply because she is a woman president. Women journalists work tirelessly to cover her objectively.

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/president-stubb-applauds-tanzania-s-women-empowerment-project-5044586#
May 21, 2025
President Stubb applauds Tanzania’s women empowerment project

What you need to know:

  • The Finnish President, who is on a three-day official visit to Tanzania, made the remarks during a tour of the facility in Ilala District on Friday, 16 May 2025.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/20/labour-to-cancel-its-womens-conference-after-supreme-court-gender-ruling
May 21, 2025
Labour cancels its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling

Labour has cancelled its national women’s conference and restricted all-women shortlists as it awaits full guidance from the equalities watchdog, drawing criticism from transgender rights and gender-critical campaigners.

the conversation
May 16, 2025
This election, young people held the most political power. Here’s how they voted

This election, a lot of focus was directed at young voters.

trinube online
May 16, 2025
2027 elections: Women urged to participate more in partisan politics

Nigerian women across different social statuses have been urged to become more politically conscious and actively involved in partisan politics as the next g

the guardian
May 16, 2025
Polish election: Tusk party urged to show it is not ‘deceiving women’ on abortion

Poland’s presidential elections are a “historic, groundbreaking” chance for Donald Tusk’s centrist party to show it was not trying to “deceive women” when it promised to change some of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws, campaigners have said.

peace news
May 13, 2025
How Can Libyans Counter Disinformation to Strengthen Peace?

In April, Libyan youth, media authorities, and election and government officials met in Benghazi to tackle a rising threat to peace: false news around the country’s elections.

nbc
May 13, 2025
Child care in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids

When Florida state Rep. Fiona McFarland's infant daughter, Grace Melton, crawled for the first time, the mom of four was right next door, hard at work with her legislative policy staff in the state Capitol.

nyt
May 8, 2025
The Only Female Minister in Syria’s New Government Wants to ‘Get Things Done’

Hind Kabawat, the only female minister in Syria’s new government, in her house, in Bab Touma, a majority Christian neighborhood of Damascus. Hind Kabawat hopes her long experience as a conflict mediator can help Syria’s next generation.