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September 7, 2014
Female politicians deal with stereotypes, challenges in politics

In the world of politics today, women are still not taken seriously. 

Since 1920, our nation has come such a long way, but in what areas are we still lacking in our ability to acknowledge women as worthy opponents in the political battleground?

Ayanna Pressley
August 11, 2014
Black Female Candidates Face Different Challenges—Some of Them From Black Voters
July 1, 2014
Understanding Iraq's New Civil War: A Women's Rights Perspective

Iraq has been pitched into a new civil war. After a lightning-quick advance, an extremist Sunni group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) now controls much of northern and western Iraq.

July 1, 2014
Japan finally apologizes to its women

On June 23, a middle-aged male Japanese politician, dressed in the traditional dark suit and '80s-retro haircut, walked in front of a waiting line of news

July 1, 2014
Turkish women establishing political party

Turkey's first women-only party was established on June 26 after a group of women has submitted a petition to the Interior Ministry, allowing it to participate in parliamentary elections held in 2015.

July 1, 2014
Alliance Party MLA calls for quotas to get women into politics, Ireland

Gender quotas have worked to increase the number of women getting elected in politics and should be looked at along with other measures to encourage women to become candidates, Northern Ireland MLA, 

April 1, 2014
Twitter Trolls in India: Sexist abuse as a tool to muzzle women

The social media experience which came across as a liberating tool for women, was often equated with a living room where one could voice opinions in public sphere. However, of late, a series of incidents have sounded a note of caution against the euphoria around social media.

March 30, 2014
Nation suffers because of underrepresentation of black women in politics

The gaping underrepresentation of women of color on the political stage deeply undermines the American ideal of democratic representation.

February 11, 2014
The women of Westminster have had enough

Are the women of Whitehall and Westminster so hacked off with our degraded way of doing politics that they are finally going to force some revolutionary changes? I’ve never known so many senior women so dismayed by the one-upmanship games of male politicians.