Australia

Five years after the launch of Pathways to Politics, which was set up by leading business figure and women’s rights campaigner 

The lack of female federal MPs could be due in part to women being held back from climbing the political staffer career ladder, says the author of a study that reveals women start lower in the staffer hierarchy and progress at a slower rate than men.

The next federal parliament is set to have a record number of women but Australia still has a "long way to go" until it achieves gender parity in its corridors of power.

Australian women in politics have had enough.

Two weeks out from the general election, Australia says its most trusted politician is Jacinda Ardern.

SYDNEY, Australia — Julie Bishop, the popular former Australian foreign minister, said Thursday that she would not run in coming federal elections, adding to the conservative government’s already-bleak image as a place that is inhospitable to women.