Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for women are being eroded as governments start rolling back existing laws. 

Women politicians have bemoaned rising violence against women in politics which discourages their participation in key decision-making processes.

Stakeholders have raised concerns about the critical state of women’s political participation in Nigeria.

Since Bill Clinton’s election in 1996, a majority of women voters have backed Democratic presidential candidates. In contrast, men have generally favored Republican nominees. How might that gender gap play out this election cycle among the nation’s youngest voters?

Donald Trump’s victory was helped in no small part by the unexpected shift of support he received among Gen Z voters. 

Right now, we’re existing in an especially tense and unstable “in between.” 

In elections across the globe, the spotlight has been trained on the question of women’s representation, and rightly so. How vibrant can a democracy be if half of its population does not find adequate representation in politics or in the corridors of power?