An immigrant who aspired to government service, she helped found the pathbreaking Center for American Women and Politics at ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is the highest-ranked political newcomer to the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful Women, one of a few breakthroughs amid a year otherwise marked by sudden ...

In2024, 3.8 billion people—nearly half of the world’s population—across 72 countries were eligible to head to the polls and make their voices heard. It was the biggest election year in human history ...

Australia’s 48th parliament has a record 112 women members. Ten of those women are independents. As they take their seats in the chamber, they’ll be realising the aspirations of some of Australia’s ...

TALLINN, Estonia — Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and anguish. She nearly lost parental rights to her two young ...

The old “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” premise, that “men and women are from different worlds when it comes to relationships”, has been robustly “rebuffed”, said Eir Nolsøe in The Telegraph ...

This year, countries accounting for nearly half the world’s population are holding national elections. Instead of representing a triumph of democracy, however, the results suggest something darker: in ...

The nation’s female leaders have been urged to raise their voices to increase women’s representation in politics. This charge was made at a one-day media training in Lagos organised by ARDA ...