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October 7, 2021
Peru president names woman environmentalist as new PM

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo accepted the resignation of his prime minister Wednesday and replaced him with a female environmental activist.

October 5, 2021
Iceland no longer has more female than male MPs after recount

Initial election result gave women 33 seats, but total was later revised down to 30.

Qataris vote in the Gulf Arab state's first legislative elections for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council
October 4, 2021
Qatar: No women elected in nation's first ever legislative polls

Male candidates were elected in all 30 of the seats up for grabs on the Shura Council, despite 26 women running in the polls.

October 1, 2021
Women candidates upbeat of winning seats in Qatar's Shura Council polls

With the election campaign for the Shura Council is nearing its end, the women candidates seem very confident to secure seats as since the beginning of election campaign only two women have withdrawn, compared to the withdrawal of 53 male candidates.

Najla Bouden Ramadhane has been named Tunisia's first female prime minister. President Kais Saied appointed her to lead a transitional government after her predecessor was sacked and parliament suspended. Slim Abid/AP
September 30, 2021
Tunisia's new Prime Minister is the first woman to lead a government in the Arab world

Najla Bouden Ramadhane, a university engineer with World Bank experience, has been lifted from political obscurity to become Tunisia's — and the Arab world's — first female prime minister.

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September 28, 2021
As Merkel bids farewell, German women wish for more equality

BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel, Germany’s first female chancellor, has been praised by many for her pragmatic leadership in a turbulent world and celebrated by some as a feminist icon.

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Women in Politics: Challenges faced by Women in the Path of Politics

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Women in Politics: Challenges faced by Women in the Path of Politics

The sixth webinar under the Democratic Development in Melanesia Webinar series 2021 will look into challenges faced by Women in the path of Politic

Gender quotas fail to boost women in Latin American politics

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September 23, 2021

Gender quotas fail to boost women in Latin American politics

Latin America’s first gender quota was supposed to increase women’s presence in politics. Thirty years later, that vision has stagnated.

Latin America’s first gender quota was supposed to increase women’s presence in politics. Thirty years later, that vision has stagnated.

September 23, 2021
Albania votes in its first female dominated government

PRISTINA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Albania's parliament on Friday voted in the first cabinet to be dominated by women since the multi-party system was introduced 30 years ago.