Politics
Former Afghan mayor, now a student, advocates for girls and women
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/12/former-afghan-mayor-now-student-advocates-girls-and-women
During Brazil’s elections, women and minorities in media targeted with hate
https://www.voanews.com/a/during-brazil-s-elections-women-and-minorities-in-media-targeted-with-hate-/7907723.html
Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kenya-announces-plan-combat-rising-gender-based-violence-116952830
Spanish PM’s wife tells court she is innocent in corruption case
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-pms-wife-tells-court-she-is-innocent-corruption-case-2024-12-18/
Isabel dos Santos: From Africa’s richest woman to ‘dirty money’ probe
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/18/angola-isabel-dos-santos-dirty-money-uk-sanctions
Young women lead anti-Yoon Suk Yeol protests
https://m.koreaherald.com/amp/view.php?ud=20241214050029
Ghana’s election system keeps women out of parliament. How to change that
https://theconversation.com/ghanas-election-system-keeps-women-out-of-parliament-how-to-change-that-245187
Gillibrand makes a last-minute White House push for women’s rights constitutional amendment
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-equal-rights-amendment/index.html
Georgia’s elections reveal regression of democracy and gender equity. The country’s first female President is fighting back.
https://msmagazine.com/2024/12/06/georgia-democracy-first-female-president-salome-zurabishvili/
Freeland latest woman to exit cabinet, as others question Trudeau’s feminist credentials
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-freeland-resignation-women-in-trudeau-cabinet/
Women in Botswana make up 54% of voters, but less than 10% of parliament: political parties can change that
https://theconversation.com/women-in-botswana-make-up-54-of-voters-but-less-than-10-of-parliament-political-parties-can-change-that-244527
Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/kfile-ed-martin-omb-trump-administration-raised-idea-jailing-women-for-abortions/index.html
What comes next for Syria’s women? A revolution that doesn’t free them is no revolution at all
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/11/assad-revolution-women-syria-president-street
