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Gender quotas: One of the key mechanisms to address the overrepresentation of men in positions of political leadership

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March 7, 2022

Gender quotas: One of the key mechanisms to address the overrepresentation of men in positions of political leadership

By Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu

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By Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu

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2022 International Women’s Day celebrations: Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, a young people’s perspective

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2022 International Women’s Day celebrations: Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, a young people’s perspective

The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2022 (IWD 2022) is, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, recognizing the contribution of women and girl

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USA: Our democracy has problems, women have solutions

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March 3, 2022

USA: Our democracy has problems, women have solutions

These are trying times, no doubt. We have heard multiple well-informed people talk about plans to become self-reliant homesteaders because of “how things are going” in our country.

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These are trying times, no doubt. We have heard multiple well-informed people talk about plans to become self-reliant homesteaders because of “how things are going” in our country.

March 3, 2022
The curious case of women in Manipur politics 

At the fore on social and economic fronts, women are in the backseat when it comes to political representation.

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Indonesia: Women's political representation and gender-friendly policies

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March 3, 2022

Indonesia: Women's political representation and gender-friendly policies

Women's political representation is not only meaningful in terms of fulfilling the quota of 30 percent within the parliament, but also it affects substantive matters such as gender-friendly policies.

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Women's political representation is not only meaningful in terms of fulfilling the quota of 30 percent within the parliament, but also it affects substantive matters such as gender-friendly policies.

March 3, 2022
Strengthening the role of women in local politics in the South Mediterranean

Congress Vice-President and Rapporteur on the South-Med Partnership, Xavier Cadoret (France, SOC/G/PD), welcomed the positive dynamic in Morocco in strengthening women’s political participation as

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March 2, 2022
Liberia: Women strategize for 2023 elections

The YWCA in collaboration with the Women Working Group on women’s peace and security has ended a three-day workshop here, geared at preparing women to participate in the 2023 Presidential and general elections as a means of breaking the barriers of women’s participati

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Rising in the rankings, Arab women dream of gender equality

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March 2, 2022

Rising in the rankings, Arab women dream of gender equality

Throughout history, Arab women have suffered greatly under foreign occupation, believing that one day their countries would be free and Women would have political freedom.

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Throughout history, Arab women have suffered greatly under foreign occupation, believing that one day their countries would be free and Women would have political freedom.

March 2, 2022
Uttarakhand election sees women outnumbering men in vote percentage

In the recently concluded single-phase Uttarakhand election women voters outnumbered men by more than 4 per cent. Goa had the highest voters overall.

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March 2, 2022
First female Arab Knesset member to head Israeli diplomatic mission

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has appointed Meretz Knesset member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi as consul general in Shanghai, sparking an outcry from critics.

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