women in politics

Yamatji and Noongar woman Dorinda Cox has become the first Aboriginal woman to represent Western Australia in the federal senate.

A recount showed Iceland has just missed out on a majority-female parliament, with women set to make up almost 48 per cent of the parliament.

With the German election scheduled for Sunday, Angela Merkel is preparing to leave office after serving for 16 years as German Chancellor.

Kristina Keneally plans to run for a safe Western Sydney seat in the House of Representatives at the next federal election, making the switch from the Senate.

Samoa’s former Prime Minister has baselessly accused Jacinda Ardern of plotting his removal from office in a bid to install a female prime minister.

Mehreen Faruqi knows a thing or two about facing vilification in the public eye, something she elaborates on in her new memoir Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud.

Dr Kerryn Phelps, Helen Haines and Zali Steggall joined Professor Kim Rubenstein for a discussion about improvingdemocracy.

Senator Mehreen Faruqi recently launched Michele Seminara’s new poetry collection Suburban Fantasy, delivering a powerful speech.

From Julia Banks, to Julia Gillard and Kate Ellis, memoirs have become a critical way to highlight the ongoing problems faced by women in politics.

Samoa may be on the cusp of electing its first female Prime Minister, as the island nation’s women-led opposition party finds itself in a dead heat with the ruling party at the general election.

Kate Thwaites only managed to get a couple of sentences out before being talked over by Liberal Senator Ben Small.

Emma Husar has criticised the Labor Party’s treatment of women, accusing the party of perpetuating a culture of silence and cover up.