women in global politics

Here’s a look back at some of 2024’s most influential election results for women, after this year was deemed “the year of democracy”.

The UN has never been led by a woman, and numerous civil society campaigns are promoting an end to this decades-long gender imbalance.

Anti-slavery advocate Grace Forrest is the first Aussie woman to be selected for the prestigious Roosevelt Institute Four Freedoms Award. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa asked a pertinent question in his speech at the UN General Assembly: “Where are the women of the world?”