July 7, 2025
A man advocating for gender equality
What Policies and Actions Are Needed To Encourage Women’s Leadership?
July 7, 2025
2025 POLLS: Women Making Up Less Than 30 Pct of All Candidates
Tokyo, July 4 (Jiji Press)--Women account for less than 30 pct of candidates competing in the July 20 election for Japan's House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.
From Progress to Power: A Pacific Call to Action on Gender Quality in Parliaments
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July 7, 2025
From Progress to Power: A Pacific Call to Action on Gender Quality in Parliaments
On this International Day of Parliamentarism, observed on 30 June under the 2025 theme ‘Achieving Gender Equality, Action by Action’, Pacific nations stand at a critical juncture.
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On this International Day of Parliamentarism, observed on 30 June under the 2025 theme ‘Achieving Gender Equality, Action by Action’, Pacific nations stand at a critical juncture.
Women in Political Participation (WPP) Africa - December 2024 Newsletter
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July 3, 2025
Women in Political Participation (WPP) Africa - December 2024 Newsletter
WPP Secretariat Updates
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WPP Secretariat Updates
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Review of SDG 5 at HLPF 2025 – What do Young Women have to say?
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Review of SDG 5 at HLPF 2025 – What do Young Women have to say?
Full session available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/0xFqfjU1A4Q
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Take Five: Sonia Palmieri : “Women need a support network of like-minded politicians to help navigate these challenges, because facing delegitimization alone can be disheartening and may even push women to leave politics altogether.”
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June 30, 2025
Take Five: Sonia Palmieri : “Women need a support network of like-minded politicians to help navigate these challenges, because facing delegitimization alone can be disheartening and may even push women to leave politics altogether.”
Sonia Palmieri is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Pacific Affairs in the College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.
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Sonia Palmieri is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Pacific Affairs in the College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.
In the words of Emma Muteka: “My age, gender and marital status were scrutinized, because they thought that if I don’t have children and therefore do not run a household, how could I actually run an office?”
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June 30, 2025
In the words of Emma Muteka: “My age, gender and marital status were scrutinized, because they thought that if I don’t have children and therefore do not run a household, how could I actually run an office?”
Emma Muteka is currently the youngest Regional Councillor in Namibia and a member of Parliament.
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Emma Muteka is currently the youngest Regional Councillor in Namibia and a member of Parliament.
WYDE | Women’s Leadership @CSW69: Transforming social norms: Advancing women's leadership
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June 26, 2025
WYDE | Women’s Leadership @CSW69: Transforming social norms: Advancing women's leadership
Thirty years after the Beijing Platform for Action, progress toward gender equality in political participation remains slow. Discriminatory social norms continue to hinder women’s leadership around the world.
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Thirty years after the Beijing Platform for Action, progress toward gender equality in political participation remains slow. Discriminatory social norms continue to hinder women’s leadership around the world.
June 25, 2025
Beyond the Pink Curtain: How South Asia Styles, Sells, and Subverts Women's Political Power
In the grand theatre of South Asian politics, where symbolism often overshadows substance, women’s political participation remains wrapped in layers of emotional performance and aesthetic design.
June 20, 2025
WYDE Women’s Leadership Initiative | Empowering women leaders globally
In 2024, the Women and Youth Democratic Engagement (WYDE) | Women’s Leadership Initiative was launched as a global multi-partner effort to advance women’s full and effective political participation and representation in decision-making at all levels, particularly for th