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March 16, 2020
Liberia: Women need financial backing to stay in politics, Says VP Taylor

At a seminar on the way forward for an enforceable gender quota and strategies for implementing Elections Law 4.5 b and c, Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor stressed that without a good financial backing, women will find it difficult to remain in po

March 16, 2020
'2020 will be my year': the push to elect women in Vanuatu, a nation with no female MPs

Motoralivoa Hilda Lini stands at the front door of Vanuatu’s parliament, wearing an elegant pink dress and customary pig tusks on her wrists, signifying her chiefly status.

March 11, 2020
Liberia: Women’s Rights Groups demand electoral reform

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, a group of civil society organizations, led by women’s rights groups and networks assembled outside the National Elections Commission (NEC’s) headquarters in Sinkor and released a communique

March 11, 2020
Ahead of Brazil’s municipal elections, novel legal requirements can elevate women’s participation in politics

In October 2020, Brazilians will head to the polls to elect new mayors and city counselors in thousands of municipalities across the country.

March 10, 2020
In 2020, world “cannot afford” so few women in power

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Women in Politics Map 2020

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March 10, 2020

Women in Politics Map 2020

This map is a unique visual tool that captures women’s participation in executive government and in parliament on a given date—1st January 2020.

This map is a unique visual tool that captures women’s participation in executive government and in parliament on a given date—1st January 2020.

March 9, 2020
A woman’s place is in the resistance: From the Aurat March to Shaheen Bagh

In 2018, several feminist groups in Pakistan organized marches under the banner of ‘Hum Auratien’ or si

March 9, 2020
'We still have a problem with female authority': how politics sets a trap for American women

“Gender in this race?” Senator Elizabeth Warren said outside her home on Thursday. “You know that is the trap question for every woman. If you say, ‘Yeah!

March 6, 2020
Women in Japanese politics: Why so few after so very long?

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, there will be worldwide marches, parades, protests and public awareness activities on the contributions of women and the barriers and discrimination they still face.

March 6, 2020
Nine out of 10 people found to be biased against women

Almost 90% of people are biased against women, according to a new index that highlights the “shocking” extent of the global backlash towards gender equality.