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March 2, 2016
A Five Day Induction for Myanmar MPs

Based on a survey of Members of Par

January 18, 2016
The Guardian: Why the new women and work all-party parliamentary group matters

February 13, 2015
IPU teams up with British MPs in empowering Myanmar's women politicians

 

UNWOMEN Women Parliamentarians
January 11, 2015
World average of women in parliament

Are you curious how many countries are above and below the world average of women in parliament?

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January 4, 2015
Gender equality: time for quotas in Scottish politics?

We have a woman who is First Minister if that’s not an example of us reaching gender equality, what is?

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March 28, 2015
End of an era: 10 Labour women who changed the face of Westminster

When the 2010 parliament comes to an end on 30 March, 10 of the Labour party’s most high-achieving female MPs and former ministers will be standing down. Some of them began their parliamentary careers in 1987, and together they have clocked up 200 years in parliament.

Sit down Hind
December 5, 2014
The political gender spat that sparked endless memes in Jordan

The Jordanian parliament is no stranger to screaming matches but a recent incident was so controversial that it provoked people to poke fun at their MPs online.

Younger women and the 2015 election
November 24, 2014
Millennials, not Mumsnet: Younger women and the 2015 election (United Kingdom)

Should politicians be appearing on programmes like the X Factor to reach new audiences?

Or should they be breaking down complex political subjects and putting them in simpler terms to get more potential voters interested?

Women in Leadership in Fiji
November 18, 2014
What do women and men in Fiji think about women in politics? New insights on where change is happening

A new report on Public perceptions of women in leadership, released in Suva on 5 November, provides a window onto changing community attitudes about the role of women in political leadership in Fiji.