In 2019, just 49% of American men say they are comfortable with a woman president, according to a new poll on attitudes toward gender and power by consulting firm Kantar Public and 

Female voters may be coming out in never-seen-before numbers in India, but politics is still not a burning passion for most.

A record number of female candidates are expected to stand in next month’s UK general election.

More than 1,100 women have registered as candidates across political divides, making up 34 per cent of the total number of candidates. This number marks a 5 per cent increase from 29 per cent in 2017.

She had just finished taking photographs outside the picturesque Bourne Mill in Colchester, Essex, and was looking at her phone when the first blow came.

By the time she looked up the male assailant was running away.

"He punched me three times in the sort-of side in the ribs," she told the ABC.

Women leaders from around the world are gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland, this week, with discussions throughout the day on Tuesday, November 19, and Wednesday, November 20.

Africa has been slow to embrace women leaders in politics, but there is an exclusive group of female presidents who have laid the foundations for future female leadership in Africa.

These include Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, who served as president for 12 years, and Ethiopia’s Sahle-Work Zewde, currently the only woman among the 54 presidents in Africa.

On Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's Facebook page, you can find videos ranging from an announcement in Des Moines, Iowa, that her campaign has reached $2 million in donations to one with the Massachusetts senator looking into the camera, explaining her plan to help U.S. teachers.

It's on Twitter that Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican from Tennessee and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tech Task Force, calls on followers to safeguard their personal data.