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Friday, 17 September 2021

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Women in Ghana’s politics are viewed as prostitutes – Hawa Koomson

Ghana Web 17 Sep 2021

... in the near future to demonstrate to the world that the NPP is a party that gives women opportunities to serve ... In future even it will happen it will be in the NPP, we have a lot of great women in our party,” she said on the Good Evening Ghana programme Thursday, September 16.

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I’m a nice person, just that I hate nonsense – Hawa Koomson

Ghana Web 17 Sep 2021

... a female president or vice in the near future to demonstrate to the world that the NPP is a party that gives women opportunity to serve ... In future even it will happen it will be in the NPP, we have a lot of great women in our party,” she said on the Good Evening Ghana Programme.

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Blow: Recall shows Democrats still struggling with men of color

East Bay Times 17 Sep 2021

Black and Latino men are not hewing as close to the party line as Black and Latina women ... The largest difference between men and women of any racial group was between Black men and Black women ... Some simply see trans women as men in dresses and want to carry guns wherever they want ... To my mind, the Democratic Party must do a few things..

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HRCP meeting for highlighting women MPs’ political participation

The News International 17 Sep 2021

Fauzia Viqar, the study’s lead researcher and prominent women’s rights activist, shared the findings of the report and said that the report’s primary focus was on the functions of legislation and oversight from all political parties ... Another barrier they highlighted was the unwillingness of political parties to promote women in their ranks.

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Despite challenges, hundreds of Iraqi women run for parliament

The Arab Weekly 17 Sep 2021

For Iraq’s women politicians, elections can be an excruciating experience ... But at the time “political parties did not easily accept women like me, who have a gender perspective,” she said, adding her family was also worried about Iraq’s political violence ... In the end, a quota was introduced guaranteeing women 25% of parliamentary seats.

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NDC flagbearership is not a personal property - Yaw Boateng Gyan

Ghana Web 17 Sep 2021

He believes anyone against a contest for the party’s flagbearership is an obstacle to democracy ... It is also believed the current women organizer Hannah Bissiw is also in the camp of Johnson Asiedu Nketia and will be contesting to be maintained as women organizer for the party as they join hands to save the NDC from John Dramani Mahama’s shackles.

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A big win for Gavin Newsom, but a bigger defeat for the GOP

CNN 17 Sep 2021

This broad support for Newsom, particularly the gains he made with White women, suggests that the GOP message is not breaking through to the kinds of voters who the Republican Party needs in order to be competitive in other parts of the country ... For the Republican Party to compete ...

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Income disparity, pandemic in focus as race for next Japan premier kicks off

Metro USA 17 Sep 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) -Candidates vying to become Japan’s next prime minister promised to restore popular trust in the ruling party by tackling income disparity, the coronavirus pandemic and climate change as they launched campaigns on Friday ... TWO WOMEN ... “I would strive to fill half of the ministerial posts in my cabinet with women.”.

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Sistah Space: domestic abuse charity launch “Valerie’s Law” petition and video campaign backed by Michaela Coel and FKA Twigs

Stylist 17 Sep 2021

Actor and writer Michaela Coel, singer FKA Twigs and the Women’s Equality party have all backed the Valerie’s Law petition, which currently has over 26,000 signatures ... Mandu Reid, the leader of the Women’s Equality party, also told The Guardian that a mandate requiring relevant ...

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Controversial Tory-linked PR firm working to oust Trudeau in Canada’s election

Open Democracy 17 Sep 2021

Topham Guerin was behind a series of widely criticised Tory stunts in the 2019 UK election, including rebranding the party’s Twitter account as a fact-checking site. Now, the public relations company is working for the Canadian Conservatives’ election campaign, which has been criticised for offensive ads – including by some of the party’s own MPs.

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Japan’s race for new prime minister kicks off with tight battle for leadership

The Guardian 17 Sep 2021

Four candidates vying for head of the Liberal Democratic party include two women hoping ...

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Race for Japan’s new PM kicks off

Manila Standard Today 17 Sep 2021

The campaign to become Japan’s next prime minister kicks off on Friday, with four candidates vying for leadership of the ruling party in an unusually close race. The candidates include two women hoping to ...

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PML-N largest party in Cantonment Board polls

The News International 17 Sep 2021

Despite Section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017 warranting political parties to ensure a minimum five percent quota for women on elective seats including candidates for the Parliament and Provincial Assemblies, it remains unclear whether and how it may be applied upon for the local government elections.

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Albania votes in its first female dominated government

Ekathimerini 17 Sep 2021

Albania’s parliament on Friday voted in the first cabinet to be dominated by women since the multi-party system was introduced 30 years ago ... Of the 17-member cabinet, 12 will be women ... that act today in our society in harm of women and girls.”.

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Kashi lines up grand celebration for PM Modi’s 71st birthday

The Times of India 17 Sep 2021

Besides, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold grand aartis in 71 prominent temples of the city and distribute 71kg laddus in each assembly area of Kashi to mark the beginning of ‘Seva Saptah Abhiyan’ (week-long service campaign) ... The women’s wing of the party will assist in all the events to make the programme a grand success.