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Slovenia may have its first female president following this month's elections to fill the post. [EPA/ANTONIO BAT]
October 20, 2022
Slovenia’s presidential elections could return first female head of state

Polls predict that an independent candidate supported by the Pirates and Greens is likely to win the run-off against right-wing and ruling party-backed hopefuls to become Slovenia’s first female president.

France, femmes en politique: que nous disent les médias?

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October 20, 2022

France, femmes en politique: que nous disent les médias?

Pourquoi privilégier l’étude des médias quand on travaille sur les questions de genre ?

Pourquoi privilégier l’étude des médias quand on travaille sur les questions de genre ?

What is a gender-sensitive parliament?

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October 19, 2022

What is a gender-sensitive parliament?

What are the criteria that make a parliament gender-sensitive? Which parliaments are more gender-sensitive than others? How can your parliament become more gender-sensitive? Answers in this short video.

What are the criteria that make a parliament gender-sensitive? Which parliaments are more gender-sensitive than others? How can your parliament become more gender-sensitive? Answers in this short video.

October 18, 2022
Vanuatu goes to polls by air, sea and road in snap election after lightning campaign

First-time candidates vie with incumbents for 52 seats after government dissolved ‘Red Roof’ parliament to ward off no-confidence vote.

Why women earn high marks: Examining the role of partisanship and gender in political evaluations

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October 18, 2022

Why women earn high marks: Examining the role of partisanship and gender in political evaluations

This article presents the results of a randomized survey experiment demonstrating that the public evaluates women politicians more highly than men across multiple characteristic assessments.

This article presents the results of a randomized survey experiment demonstrating that the public evaluates women politicians more highly than men across multiple characteristic assessments.

Guide for participatory gender audits of parliaments published by OSCE PA and Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

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October 18, 2022

Guide for participatory gender audits of parliaments published by OSCE PA and Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) today published a “

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) today published a “

A view of the ballot box for the presidential election which is placed on a table at the parliament in Lebanon, Beirut, on September 28, 2022. [Houssam Shbaro - Anadolu Agency]
October 18, 2022
Female candidates for the Lebanese presidential elections: indications and their chances of winning

Lebanese women are still excluded from the main decision-making positions in Lebanon, such as the presidency of the Republic, premiership and parliament speaker, despite their prominent presence in the human rights and diplomatic fields, and

October 18, 2022
Two female candidates nominated in Kazakhstan’s presidential elections for first time

ASTANA – Human rights activist Saltanat Tursynbekova was nominated to run for the presidency by Qazaq analary – dasturge zhol (Kazakh mothers are a path to traditions) public association on Oct. 11, reported the association’s press services.

Women powered Democrats in the 2018 midterms. Will they again in 2022?

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October 17, 2022

Women powered Democrats in the 2018 midterms. Will they again in 2022?

ARVADA, Colo. — Not long after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, Robin Kupernik and Elizabeta Stacishin met for lunch and then went for a walk through the Denver Botanic Gardens. “We were both angry,” Kupernik later recalled.

ARVADA, Colo. — Not long after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, Robin Kupernik and Elizabeta Stacishin met for lunch and then went for a walk through the Denver Botanic Gardens. “We were both angry,” Kupernik later recalled.