Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

For the next generation of women looking to enter politics, recent months and years have provided a stark preview of what may lie ahead.

By Prodita Sabarini,

By Nicholas Kristof,

Are female leaders better at fighting a pandemic?

Communities worldwide are facing a complex emergency unlike any in my lifetime.

A couple of days ago, Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, was asked why countries with women leaders were having more success combating the coronavirus pandemic than their male counterparts.

In late January, President Donald Trump announced the formation of a Coronavirus Task Force, mad

They smile for the camera – the eager new cohort of female parliamentarians. It’s a standard photo, after a general election. A sign, hopefully, of progress.

By Mhairi Tordoff,

By Lyric Thompson and Gawain Kripke,