Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

We are women leaders rising in solidarity to save lives and protect livelihoods. We call for all leaders in all countries and in all sectors to meet the human crisis of COVID-19.

By Jennifer Medina,

Women have equal billing on the list of candidates for parliament fielded by North Macedonia’s ruling Social Democrats. But when North Macedonia and Croatia both vote in elections next month, how many women will actually become MPs?

Countries with women in leadership have suffered six times fewer confirmed deaths from Covid-19 than countries with governments led by men.

By Vivienne Pearson,

On 24 June 2010, Julia Gillard was sworn in as Australia’s 27th – and first female – prime minister. But a decade on, gender equality in politics has some way to go.

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens more than the lives and the livelihoods of people throughout the world. It is also a political crisis that threatens the future of liberal democracy.

As of Jun 1, 2020, it had no patients in the hospital, and 

The Departments of Defense, State, USAID and Homeland Security recently launched plans regarding women in U.S.

By Ruth Butaumocho,

“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.”