Protesters picketing on Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi during the commemoration of the Gen-Z protests on June 25, 2025. Some of ...

While Mamdani's victory over Cuomo captures headlines, pragmatic center-left leaders Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger ...

In this interview with ADEOLA OJO, she speaks on the plight of women politicians, how women encounter barriers that differ from those men face in politics and how women are subjected to a fierce ...

Lack of female leadership in college sports still exists despite the recent growth and success of women's college basketball.

In a small village in Jharkhand, India, a woman named Pushpanjali Baccha is quietly reshaping what leadership looks like.

UN Women celebrates 15 years of global impact on gender equality and women’s rights. Learn how UN Women supports women’s empowerment, drives policy change, and advances equality for women and girls in ...

The Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka, in collaboration with the Centre for Governance Studies, organised a high-level discussion on Wednesday with major political parties on the challenges women ...

This means that a third of African countries have had a female head of state or government. The trajectory of women’s political leadership in Africa reveals both encouraging progress and persistent ...

State Senator Sally Harrell discusses the challenges mothers face in politics and advocates for women's rights amid improving conditions for women lawmakers.

So, what’s holding women back? At a March 27, 2025, knowledge-sharing forum organized by the Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) of the Philippine Institute for Development ...

Nearly all the women parliamentarians surveyed (96 per cent) said they didn’t report the incidents of sexist behaviour or remarks, a much higher rate than women in European and African parliaments.

The center even honors iconic Black women in politics with a fellowship named after former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and a staffer program named after Valerie Jarrett, the former senior advisor ...