Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

Mexico will have its first woman president following a landmark vote on June 2, 2024.

Earlier this month, I laid out where things stand for women in 2024 congressional elections, showing that the number of women

Women comprise most of South Africa’s population and almost 55% of registered voters for next week’s watershed general elections. Historically they have been discriminated against and remain at the bottom of society’s food chain.

Before Donald Trump was a president, he was a television celebrity and high-profile real estate mogul.

Politics has historically been a male-dominated space. Men hold the majority of power in the political sphere globally due to entrenched patriarchal norms that prioritize male leadership and decision-making.

“For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.”

Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile.

In an interview with Euronews, gender equality experts believe that the European institutions remain abstract elements in women's lives and a space fuelled by gender stereotypes.

The world—and Cosmopolitan—has given a lot of air time to the fact that we need more women in office, and