At the end of 2019, 34 year old Sanna Marin became the Prime Minister of Finland and the youngest government leader in the world. Marin was selected as leader of the Social Democrats, the largest part…
Greece’s top judge to be elected first female president
Greece is set to elect its first female president, as centre-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominates the country’s top judge, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, for the role. Sakellaropoulou, 63, …
Angela Merkel is Forbes’ most powerful woman of 2019
For the ninth consecutive year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has topped Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. Merkel is currently serving her fourth term as leader of the Europ…
Sanna Marin, 34, to become Finland’s next Prime Minister
Sanna Marin has been selected by Finland’s Social Democratic party to become the country’s youngest prime minister ever, taking over after the resignation of Antti Rinne. The 34-year-old Marin, …
Kamala Harris withdraws from 2020 presidential race
“So here’s the truth today. I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life,” US democrati…
Sarah Hanson-Young defamation ruling is a rare victory for all women in public life
Earlier this week, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young emerged victorious from her year-long defamation proceedings against former MP David Leyonhjelm. The judge agreed that his comments had attempted to “publ…
90% of young women think female politicians are treated unfairly, Plan International survey finds
Plan International CEO Susanne Legena has described Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s defamation win against former Senator David Leyonhjelm as a sorely needed “watershed moment” for the fight to rid polit…
I’m not his wife, I’m an MP
Earlier this week, we published a piece from founder Kathryn Van Kuyk, who shared her experience of being overlooked as her male co-founder’s ‘plus one’ at a tech conference. It stru…
Record number of women to stand as candidates in UK election
A record number of female candidates are expected to stand in next month’s UK general election. More than 1,100 women have registered as candidates across political divides, making up 34 per cent of t…
Chlöe Swarbrick perfectly captured Gen Z’s ‘Ok boomer’ energy when she used it in parliament
Gen Z’s endlessly repeated retort ‘Ok boomer’, used to dismiss baby boomers who just don’t seem to get it, reached a high-point last week when New Zealand MP Chlöe Swarbrick sh…
