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May 1, 2020
Taking stock of the representation of women in senior positions in Kenya

The percentage of women in senior leadership positions among the top Kenyan companies and in the government is still dramatically lower than that of men.

April 30, 2020
With no hands to shake, Hochul rules the airwaves

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily press briefings have captivated millions across the country, many upstate residents probably have heard more from Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul lately.

April 30, 2020
South Korean feminist party plans school to train 'winning' candidates

South Korea’s first feminist party is set to launch a political school to train aspiring female candidates, as it vowed to fight on after failing to win a seat in national elections.

The Coronavirus crisis is proving we need more women governors and mayors

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April 30, 2020

The Coronavirus crisis is proving we need more women governors and mayors

A year that was supposed to be all about the presidency has suddenly become all about the governors.

A year that was supposed to be all about the presidency has suddenly become all about the governors.

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A recovery for everyone: putting gender at the center of democracy & governance responses to COVID-19

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A recovery for everyone: putting gender at the center of democracy & governance responses to COVID-19

  • Opening Remarks: Michelle Bekkering, USAID Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3) 
  • Panelists:

April 27, 2020
The secret to Germany’s COVID-19 success: Angela Merkel is a scientist

Today, we face the global outbreak of a disease that has the potential to catalyze what the historian Eva Schlotheuber terms a “pandemic of the mind.” As misinformation proliferates and lines between fact and fiction are routinely and nonchalantly cr