Claudia López, a gay politician who advertises herself as "incorruptible", has become the first woman to be elected mayor of Colombia's capital, Bogotá.
Members of Portugal's new parliament took up office on Friday, among them the country's first black women lawmakers who campaigned on promises to fight racism and inequality.
The Ethiopian Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) is launched on Monday at an event attended by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde.'
“Women play in the same soccer field and share the same spaces as men but with other rules, more unfavourable conditions and all the odds against them.”
“Women play in the same soccer field and share the same spaces as men but with other rules, more unfavourable conditions and all the odds against them.”
A persistent finding in public opinion research is that men, on average, tend to express more interest in politics than women.
A persistent finding in public opinion research is that men, on average, tend to express more interest in politics than women.
As Myanmar’s historic reform process continues to evolve, more women are needed in leadership roles of all kinds, including in parliaments.
International IDEA organized the Inter-Regional Roundtable on the Intersections between Gender and Political Finance in Brussels on 16-17 October 2019.
Monday’s federal election saw a new record – the most female Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons.
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, 25, was the youngest candidate running for federal MP in any of the three territories.
Early Tuesday morning, she became one of the youngest MPs in the country.