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This mammoth year of elections has shown how badly global politics is neglecting women

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December 6, 2024

This mammoth year of elections has shown how badly global politics is neglecting women

This has been a historic electoral year, with more than 1.6 billion citizens called to cast their votes in 2024.

This has been a historic electoral year, with more than 1.6 billion citizens called to cast their votes in 2024.

How gender quotas are challenging political inequality in South Korea

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November 29, 2024

How gender quotas are challenging political inequality in South Korea

How do you boost women’s representation in government, ask Jay Euijung Lee and Martina Zanella? Simple gender quotas risk being gamed, for instance by parties fielding women in unwinnable constituencies.

How do you boost women’s representation in government, ask Jay Euijung Lee and Martina Zanella? Simple gender quotas risk being gamed, for instance by parties fielding women in unwinnable constituencies.

UNDP
November 29, 2024
UNDP brings together women parliamentarians to advance gender equality in Papua New Guinean politics
DW News
November 29, 2024
Ireland votes in snap general election

Voting began on Friday morning in Ireland's general election amid a tight race between the incumbent coalition parties

voa
November 29, 2024
Namibia extends voting again in close elections

Namibia extended voting for a second time Thursday with the opposition crying foul after logistical failures prevented many people from casting their ballots in the closely fought election.

AP News
November 28, 2024
Namibia votes and could have its first female leader. But election upsets have shaken the region

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — A woman who joined Namibia’s underground independence movement in the 1970s is a

southeastradio
November 27, 2024
Women for election call for crucial shift in the political landscape

As we approach the 2024 election, Women for Election is calling for a crucial shift in Ireland’s political landscape, urging voters in Wexford and Wicklow-Wexford to support the record number of female candidates standing for election.

247ureport
November 27, 2024
Female politician urge women to support, not castigate one another

The Coordinator, Afikpo North East Development Center, Comrade Ibe Immaculata Nnenna has urged women to encourage/support fellow women in office rather than castigate or seek their downfall.