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Gender Links
June 5, 2024
South Africa elections: Women in parliament likely to drop

Johannesburg, 31 May: As election results from the 2024 South African elections pour in, Gender Links (GL) predicts a drop in women’s representation in the national assembly of between three and five percentage points.

Northeastern U.
June 5, 2024
First female president is the result of Mexico correcting gender imbalances, Northeastern expert says

LONDON — Claudia Sheinbaum broke the glass ceiling when she was declared the winner of Mexico’s presidential elections this week.

United States Institute of Peace
June 4, 2024
Changing North Korea’s Future Through Its Women
El País
June 3, 2024
Mexican women’s long journey to win political rights

Claudia Sheinbaum went to her voting center on Sunday and marked her ballot with the name

European Data Journalism Network
May 30, 2024
Women in politics are progressing in the EU, in Hungary they are not

In the last five-year term, both the proportion of women in the European Parliament and in relevant positions in European institutions have improved significantly.

devpolicy.org
May 30, 2024
Increasing women’s political representation in Solomon Islands

On 29 December 2023, the Solomon Islands National Cabinet approved the introduction of temporary special measures (TSMs) to improve women’s political representation in the Provincial Government Assemblies (PGAs).

New Vision
May 28, 2024
'Huge change': Mexico expected to elect first woman president

MEXICO - Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.

The Mainichi
May 28, 2024
Women account for only 18% of prospective candidates in next Japan general election

TOKYO -- Women account for a mere 18.1% of prospective candidates to be fielded by Japan's six major political parties in the 289 single-seat constituencies in the next House of Representatives election, a Mainichi Shimbun survey has found.

Peoples Gazette
May 27, 2024
Shettima praises Nigerian women for enduring political marginalisation

Nana Shettima, wife of Vice-President Kashim Shettima and other stakeholders, says political equity and women’s empowerment are crucial to sustainable development in Nigeria.