Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

The message seems quite clear that politics in Nigeria is a game for rich, old men, to the detriment of the real change-making demographics - women and youths.

Women are more likely to hold interim leadership roles in federal politics, but clinching the top role remains elusive.

I know first-hand the difference that having women at the table can make.

Automatically bundling equality and democracy has led to the rise of “genderwashing”.

President Kaïs Saïed is in the process of wiping out hard-won democratic rights in Tunisia.

Chan is a research associate at RepresentWomen with a focus on ranked-choice voting.

The 2022 federal election was a win for women candidates, and a historic moment in Australia’s journey towards a parliament that truly endorses and promotes gender equali

Park Ji-hyun has emerged as a leader of South Korea’s opposition and a torchbearer for women fed up with the country’s longstanding gender divide.

European countries began electing women in top posts from the late 1970s, though the first woman to head a government in the world was Sri Lanka's PM Sirimavo Bandaranaike.