Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

Satoko Kishimoto sets sights on ‘radical change’ in Japan, where only 2% of local government leaders are women.

Women MPs like Esther Passaris face threats, slurs and body-shaming on social media ahead of Aug. 9 vote.

Inside a cramped cell at Zimbabwe’s infamous Chikurubi prison in January last year, a group of women took turns to speak.

Among them was Fadzayi Mahere, one of the country’s most prominent young opposition leaders.

"The next step is to move away from symbolic representation for women to have more female politicians in influential decision-making positions," writes Saad Hafiz.

Until the war in Tigray started in November 2020, Ethiopia was a favoured investment destination.

Given Mexico's progress in this area, we don't even lead North America. Gender quotas are an effective solution.

Linda Reynolds’ newfound enthusiasm for quotas ignores the many reasons women are turning away from her party.

If we want more women with children to become MPs, we need family-friendly policies for parents like me in the Commons.

In 2019, Aiko Usui was 28 years old and running for a seat in a ward assembly election in Tokyo. But instead of being treated as an aspiring politician by some of the voters she was canvassing, she instead felt like a pop idol being targeted for abuse.