Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

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.

Despite some progress, women remain seriously underrepresented in politics globally.

Malawi’s political landscape continues to be marked by a stark gender imbalance in its leadership structures, with men still occupying the majority of top positions across the country’s major political parties.

“Regrettably, not much progress has been made in eliminating violence against women since the adoption of the latest Congress texts on this matter, notably on combating domestic violence in 2009 and on fighting sexist violence a

The politician spoke at a one-day high level multi-stakeholder’s roundtable on enhancing women’s political participation in Nigeria.

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.