News & Views New data shows women are still underrepresented in legislatures around the world In 2019, women make up 24% of members of national legislative bodies globally, a number that has risen over the past decade.
News & Views Gender parity ‘107 years’ off if trends persist, warns UN General Assembly President UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa warned that there had been a “serious regression” in the political power of women.
News & Views Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says bartending gave her a great BS detector, after widely-praised Congress questioning Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says bartending and waitressing put her in front of thousands of people, which helped her develop an excellent ‘BS detector’
News & Views A peace agreement in Afghanistan won’t last if there are no women at the table As the US government engages in peace negotiations with the Taliban, not a single woman has been included, writes Susan Hutchinson.
News & Views ‘I need to act as a role model’: Raya al-Hassan appointed Arab world’s first female interior minister Raya al-Hassan has been appointed Lebanon’s interior minister, seeing her become the first woman in the Arab world to take on the portfolio.
News & Views Watch Winnie Byanyima’s ‘epic take down’ of a former Yahoo CFO at Davos Oxfam International Director Winnie Byanyima and historian Rutger Bregman discuss The Cost of Inequality at Davos & it’s gone viral.
News & Views Nancy Pelosi blocks Donald Trump’s State of the Union address The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Donald Trump she would not authorise the State of the Union address until the government is re-opened.
News & Views How Barack Obama inspired Holly Ransom’s bold, new business idea Interviewing Barack Obama during his last Australian visit, gave Holly Ransom the confidence to launch a bold, new business model.
News & Views The Women’s Wave is Coming: Global marches set to move ahead this weekend Women’s Marches will move ahead this weekend with a core event held in Washington DC and sister marches taking place globally.
News & Views Empowering women to lead in Pakistan The World Economic Forum’s 2016 Global Gender Gap report placed women in Pakistan 143 out of 144 countries in health, education and economic participation.
News & Views Theresa May retains the calm as she survives confidence vote UK Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a confidence vote on her leadership of the Conservative Party, hanging on 200 votes to 117 for an 83 count majority.
News & Views Just two women featured in this G20 photo showing depressing state of leadership It’s the lowest number of women represented since the G20 started holding summits in 2008.