Zimbabwe’s Election Widens Gender Gap in Politics — Global Issues

Zimbabwe’s Election Widens Gender Gap in Politics — Global Issues

Women were reduced to cheerleaders in Zimbabwe’s recent 2023 general elections. Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (bulawayo) Monday, November 06, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Nov 06 (IPS) – Zimbabwe’s recent election has exposed weak gender policies both at the political party and governmental levels as women were sidelined…

Nigerian Women Challenge ‘Colonialist’ Patriarchy — Global Issues

Nigerian Women Challenge ‘Colonialist’ Patriarchy — Global Issues

Bukes Saliu, a forklift driver, is a Nigerian woman who challenging stereotypes. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (lagos) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LAGOS, Sep 28 (IPS) – Bukes Saliu wakes up very early every workday to beat the gruesome Lagos traffic to head to a job quite…

Racist Political System Thwarts Candidacy of Mayan Woman in Guatemala — Global Issues

Racist Political System Thwarts Candidacy of Mayan Woman in Guatemala — Global Issues

Thelma Cabrera and Jordán Rodas launch their candidacy for the presidency and vice presidency of Guatemala in December 2022, which has been vetoed by the courts, in a maneuver that has drawn criticism from human rights groups at home and abroad. CREDIT: Twitter by Edgardo Ayala (santa catarina palopÓ, guatemala) Saturday,…

Sierra Leone’s Gender Law Boosts Women’s Participation in Politics, Business — Global Issues

Sierra Leone’s Gender Law Boosts Women’s Participation in Politics, Business — Global Issues

Sierra Leone’s women are now guaranteed 30 percent of all political positions in national and local government, the civil service and in private enterprises that employ more than 25 employees. Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash by Francis Kokutse (freetown) Monday, February 13, 2023 Inter Press Service FREETOWN, Feb 13 (IPS) – Sierra Leone’s…

What Does it take to Build a Culture of Equality & Inclusion at the UN? Reflections from Inside a Change Process — Global Issues

What Does it take to Build a Culture of Equality & Inclusion at the UN? Reflections from Inside a Change Process — Global Issues

Opinion by Mumtaz Mia, Juliane Drews (geneva) Friday, October 28, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Oct 28 (IPS) – The organisational is personal. Every day since the two of us were asked back in 2020 to co-lead the process of culture transformation at UNAIDS, the United Nations organisation which drives global…

UNs High-Level Meeting of World Leaders Falls Short of Gender Empowerment — Global Issues

UNs High-Level Meeting of World Leaders Falls Short of Gender Empowerment — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, September 30, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) – When the UN’s high-level meeting of world leaders concluded last week, the head count seemed lopsided: 190 speakers, including 76 Heads of State, 50 Heads of Government, 4 Vice-Presidents, 5 Deputy Prime Ministers,…

In Zimbabwe, Auxillia Mnangagwa is Following in Grace Gucci Mugabes Path — Global Issues

In Zimbabwe, Auxillia Mnangagwa is Following in Grace Gucci Mugabes Path — Global Issues

Zimbabwean First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa appears to be following the example of her predecessor Grace Mugabe. Credit: Wikipedia. by Cecilia Russell (bulawayo) Friday, August 26, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Aug 26 (IPS) – On Friday, November 24, 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn as interim leader during a colourful ceremony at…

Nonagenarian Opposition Backer Contends for Change in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Nonagenarian Opposition Backer Contends for Change in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Pictured at her home in Harare, 91-year-old Idah Hanyani, better known as Gogo Chihara, a staunch opposition supporter in Zimbabwe, dons a yellow T-shirt adorned with the portrait of the country’s top opposition leader Nelson Chamisa whom she has vowed to back as she fights for political change in this…

The Camel, the Needle — and the UN’s first Woman Secretary-General — Global Issues

The Camel, the Needle — and the UN’s first Woman Secretary-General — Global Issues

When the UN votes by secret ballot… Credit: United Nations by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, July 06, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) – A 2.0 version of an ancient Biblical saying reads: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle…