By Khanyi Mlaba Women make up half of the world’s population and yet they are still largely excluded from politics and decision-making power. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organization of national parliaments, released its latest annual Women in Parliament report just a few days before International Women’s Day on March 8, and it indicated that the world is not yet on track…
By Khanyi Mlaba Samia Suluhu Hassan has officially been sworn in as Tanzania’s first woman president after the unexpected death of former President John Magufuli on Wednesday March 17. Hassan, who was previously the country’s vice president, automatically became acting president following the passing of Magufuli, and was officially sworn into the position two days later. “I, Samia Suluhu Hassan, promise to be…
By Akindare Okunola Nigerian-born Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to become the first woman and the first African to serve as the world’s top trade official — the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) — following the withdrawal of South Korea’s candidate. Six men have served as director-generals since its founding in 1995. A former two-time minister of finance in Nigeria, and a recently confirmed…
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By Halley Bondy The outcome of the 2020 election has made one thing crystal clear: women on both sides of the political aisle have won big. So far, women candidates have secured 134 Congressional seats, including 102 Democrats and 32 Republicans, which is an all-time record. The number of women in Congress has steadily climbed since 1981, when just 17 women served…
— The movement to hold the Nigerian police force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad accountable for its crimes has been driven by female activists. By Vincent Desmond Damilola Odufuwa has always been passionate about women’s rights in Nigeria. In 2018, she founded Wine and Whine, an organization to help women foster professional networking opportunities, alongside Odunayo Eweniyi, one of Nigeria’s trailblazing tech entrepreneurs…
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By: Heather Marcoux The numbers are in, and so is Harris. California Sen. Kamala Harris will be the United States’ next Vice President. This is huge news for little girls who never imagined they could hold such a high office, and it’s huge news for their mothers, too. Harris has been pushing for change on several issues that matter so much…
One hundred years and one Kamala Harris later, there are still very few TV series about first- (or second-) wave feminism in the vault.
as a hats-off to Ginsburg’s record as a women’s rights icon, here are some of the women who inspired RBG, and some of the women she has inspired.
