Politics

B.C. finance minister Conroy says she’ll retire after provincial election this fall

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/b-c-finance-minister-conroy-says-shell-retire-after-provincial-election-this-fall/article_ae35328c-1035-5f28-8138-d8bb3a643b57.html

Women Leaders

Former journalist drops out of Conservative nomination race, claims the process has been ‘corrupted’

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-nomination-fight-sabrina-maddeaux-1.7198969

Society

‘I want to decide my vote for myself’: how women are shaping India’s political landscape

https://amp.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/10/i-want-to-decide-my-vote-for-myself-how-women-are-shaping-indias-political-landscape

Gender equality

Backsliding democracies and women’s rights in the U.S. and around the globe

https://msmagazine.com/2024/05/02/democracy-womens-rights-authoritarian-men/

Women Leaders

North Macedonia elects first woman president as center-left incumbents suffer historic losses

https://apnews.com/article/north-macedonia-election-corruption-european-union-bulgaria-ac12182171ed7d46f160feeb469c7aa4

Society

Marjorie Taylor Greene defiant after failing to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68981084

Women Leaders

‘I can rise above expectations’: the woman breaking barriers in Pacific politics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/08/cathy-nori-solomon-islands-mp-election-parliament

Society

IFJ launches gender-responsive guidelines to cover EU elections

https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/rewriting-the-story-gender-media-and-politics/article/ifj-launches-gender-responsive-guidelines-to-cover-eu-elections