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It’s a question no one says they want to ask. But the women running for President keep hearing it.

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July 5, 2019

It’s a question no one says they want to ask. But the women running for President keep hearing it.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Some people whisper it, some apologize for it, and some are very careful to mention their neighbors — their neighbors would be the ones to ask.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Some people whisper it, some apologize for it, and some are very careful to mention their neighbors — their neighbors would be the ones to ask.

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UN: G20 Summit Must Tackle Women's Inequality

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July 5, 2019

UN: G20 Summit Must Tackle Women's Inequality

While much of the talk at the G20 summit has been about trade frictions and geopolitical tensions, one participant says there's another subject that s

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While much of the talk at the G20 summit has been about trade frictions and geopolitical tensions, one participant says there's another subject that s

July 5, 2019
UN Women to release report about progress of world's females

JOHANNESBURG  - United Nations Women executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, will on Tuesday launch the organisation's flagship report about the current status of females in the world.

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Is Ramaphosa’s Cabinet truly ‘gender-equal’?

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#NotInMyParliament—Sexism, harassment and violence against women parliamentarians

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#NotInMyParliament—Sexism, harassment and violence against women parliamentarians

Violence against women is one of the most widespread human rights violations, and the world of politics is also affected by this scourge.

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July 3, 2019
To accelerate gender equality, UN Women launches a Call to Action to parliamentarians

(Tokyo, 27 June)—In the lead up to the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25) and UN Women’s ground-breaking campaign commemorating the anniversary, “Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal

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July 3, 2019
Meet the European Parliament's youngest ever MEP

The new-look European Parliament includes the youngest person ever to sit as an MEP.

Kira Peter-Hansen, from Denmark, is just 21 and was still studying at university when she was elected.

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Why women don't run for office

Women represent 20 percent of Congress, 25 percent of state legislature seats and 12 percent of governorships. They hold 24 percent of statewide elected offices, such as attorney general and lieutenant governor.

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The 6 women running for president in the US have answers

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