Politics
AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers
https://19thnews.org/2024/12/ai-sexually-explicit-deepfakes-target-women-congress/
Iranian women could face death penalty for defying new morality laws
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/11/iranian-women-death-penalty-jail-fine-defy-new-morality-hijab-improper-dressing-islamic-penal-code
From freedom fighter to Namibia’s first female president
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr23pp3nv9o
Police use tear gas on Kenya protesters rallying against femicide
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/10/police-fire-tear-gas-at-kenya-protest-against-gender-based-violence
Belgium’s sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygn31ypdlo
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly focused on re-election, doesn’t explicitly rule out future Liberal leadership bid
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/foreign-affairs-minister-melanie-joly-focused-on-re-election-doesn-t-explicitly-rule-out-future-liberal-leadership-bid-1.7137597
Irish Parliament has lowest gender diversity in Western Europe
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/politics/2024/12/06/irish-parliament-has-lowest-gender-diversity-in-western-europe/
Yukon’s Audrey McLaughlin looks back, 35 years after becoming 1st female leader of major federal party
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/q-a-audrey-mclaughlin-35-years-1.7401061
Who is Asma al-Assad, the first lady who stood beside Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad?
https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/who-is-asma-al-assad-the-first-lady-who-stood-beside-syrian-dictator-bashar-al-assad/
This mammoth year of elections has shown how badly global politics is neglecting women
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/06/global-elections-politics-world-population-citizens-leaders-women
Ukraine takes ‘first step’ to mobilizing women amid troop shortages
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-mobilizing-women-troop-shortages-1996180
Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as first female president
https://www.voanews.com/a/namibia-elects-nandi-ndaitwah-as-first-female-president/7886692.html
