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April 13, 2018
Gambia: Beakanyang trains on women's political participation

Rights advocacy organisation Beakanyang Kafo has trained and sensitised over one hundred women in the Upper and Central River Regions on the importance of political participation.

April 13, 2018
USA: Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads

 Women are increasingly spotlighting gender as they run in record-breaking numbers in 2018.

April 13, 2018
Japan: Diet to fix low rate of women in national and local politics

The Lower House moved to address the low representation of women in politics with a bill April 12 urging political parties to field male and female candidates in national and local assembly elections in equal numbers.

April 11, 2018
There is an 'avalanche' of women running for office in the United States

(CNN) The 2018 midterm elections are already historic when it comes to the number of women candidates running.

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April 9, 2018
Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads

From breastfeeding on camera to sharing intimate stories of sexual abuse, women running for office are turning campaign norms — and long-held gender stereotypes — on their head with a flurry of new ads that highlight once tabo

April 9, 2018
USA: Hundreds of Former Staffers Urge Senate to Act on Sexual Harassment

Senate leadership to receive letter following recess

April 5, 2018
Ukraine’s women leaders joined in Kyiv for the nation’s first women’s congress

Women are building Ukraine’s future and playing prominent roles more than ever before in the nation’s democratic transition – particularly since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity (also known as Euromaidan).

How Women Influence Constitution Making After Conflict and Unrest

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April 5, 2018

How Women Influence Constitution Making After Conflict and Unrest

Constitution reform is a frequent feature of peace and transition processes: 75 countries undertook constitution reform in the wake of armed conflict, unrest, or negotiated transition from authoritarianism to democracy between 1990 and 2015.

Constitution reform is a frequent feature of peace and transition processes: 75 countries undertook constitution reform in the wake of armed conflict, unrest, or negotiated transition from authoritarianism to democracy between 1990 and 2015.

April 3, 2018
Dutch MP quits: blames not being able to combine parliament with motherhood

A Socialist Party MP is leaving parliament because she does not feel she can combine her work as a parliamentarian with being a mother.