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July 4, 2023
Transgender woman running to become Venezuela’s next president

Tamara Adrián less than two weeks ago registered as a presidential candidate in the Venezuelan primary, becoming the first openly transgender person in the world to make s

July 4, 2023
Australia: multicultural quotas on the cards for Labor

Labor would be forced to pick culturally diverse and Indigenous candidates under a quota plan that is expected to attract support from across the party at its national con

July 4, 2023
Zimbabwe: lobby group frets over few women politicians

WOMEN’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has expressed concern over the low number of women candidates fielded for the August general elections.

July 3, 2023
Women leaders call for action to break up ‘old boys club’ in politics

Women leaders from Bersatu, DAP, and PKR have urged the government to implement affirmative action policies to bring more women into political positions.

July 3, 2023
Zimbabwe: ‘Women candidates prejudiced by exorbitant nomination fees’

Two aspiring female presidential candidates failed to submit their nomination papers last week due to payment challenges.

June 30, 2023
Nigeria, organisation advocates increased representation of women, PWDs in governance

The Women Rights Initiative (WORI), an NGO has advocated for increased representation of women and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in governance.

June 28, 2023
Canada: Status of Women Council announces new president, executive director

The Status of Women Council of the NWT, leaderless for almost a year, says it now has a new president and a fresh executive director.

June 28, 2023
Czech Republic: New project aims to protect female politicians against hate speech

#StopHate is a project focusing on the problem of hateful attacks against women who are active in politics and public life, aiming to gather information from female academics, politicians, activists and journalists about their experience and contribu

ndia climbs eight places to 127 in global gender
June 23, 2023
India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index, says WEF report

India has ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity -- an improvement of eight places from last year -- according to the World Economic Forum's annual G