The average Swiss parliament member is male, well-educated and 50 years old. This year’s elections have accentuated an already existing trend.
Online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in Aug.
Political parties claim to have met the minimum national quota of 30 percent for female candidates, but a recent report has found that only one party competing in the 2024 legislative election meets t
Large-scale protests that erupted in 2022 across Iran, centering on women’s rights, captured the world’s attention.
Almost every council in Australia has a gallery of “dead men”, says Licia Heath.
Despite being once heralded for becoming the first African country to elect a woman president, Liberia’s political landscape is sorely lacking in its representation of women.
The Director General of the Nigeria Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof.
AN ELECTED member of Cork County Council, who has announced her intention not to run again, has said she received a death threat and online abuse during her two terms as a councillor.
There is a pervasive narrative “that women are running for office in record numbers,” says Erin Loos Cutraro. “People hold onto that. They think it’s still true today.”