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June 20, 2022
Post-poll, France's new parliament sees slight drop in women MPs

France has lagged in gender parity in politics, coming 33rd out of 185 spots on the Inter-Parliamentary Union's monthly ranking of women in national parliaments

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June 20, 2022
Francia Marquez: From maid to Colombia’s first Black vice-president

When Colombians on Sunday elected their first leftist president ever, they also voted for their country’s first Black vice-president.

How to get a better class of MP? Help mothers stand for parliament

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June 20, 2022

How to get a better class of MP? Help mothers stand for parliament

The first recipients of the grants from Labour MP Stella Creasy’s MotheRED scheme to encourage women into the Commons tell why it could help stop the rot in politics.

The first recipients of the grants from Labour MP Stella Creasy’s MotheRED scheme to encourage women into the Commons tell why it could help stop the rot in politics.

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June 16, 2022
Canada: Four women join race for UCP leadership

Alberta politics becoming more open to diverse candidates, says UCalgary political science professor Susan Franceschet. 

June 15, 2022
PNG elections: Female candidates "young and determined"

Election campaigning is underway in Papua New Guinea with strong participation from women who are "young and determined".

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Women in politics: Striving for genuine change in a rigged system, By Fidelis Nwagwu

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June 14, 2022

Women in politics: Striving for genuine change in a rigged system, By Fidelis Nwagwu

The message seems quite clear that politics in Nigeria is a game for rich, old men, to the detriment of the real change-making demographics - women and youths.

The message seems quite clear that politics in Nigeria is a game for rich, old men, to the detriment of the real change-making demographics - women and youths.