Fewer women in the new Parliament of Greece

Novelties were registered in these fast-track elections of September, where in a matter of a few days only, parties were faced with an election campaign, almost without programmes and with candidates who would not get the cross of preference according to the electoral law, since the elections took place in less than 18 months from …

HDP co-leaders: victory belongs to the women of this country

ISTANBUL – The general co-chairs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), in their victory speech last night in Istanbul, said the HDP victory belongs to all those who want to live freely in Turkey and the Middle East—but especially to women. The room was packed at Istanbul’s Cezayir Restaurant to hear party general co-chairs Selahattin …

Afghan women protest at absence of female ministers in new cabinet

Women take to the streets of Kabul after pre-election promises of fair gender representation fail to materialise in ministerial appointments Dozens of women marched in the streets of Kabul on Tuesday, protesting against what they see as exclusion from political decision-making by the country’s new leaders. The protesters, who gathered in front of the ministry …

Not a single female minister in SYRIZA’s leftwing government

This government, that was built on a hopeful vision about a deep change to be made in economic and social models that had been leading in Greek society for a long time, has disappointed us, feminists, not only because there are only 6 women in a 40-person government (a percentage of 15%, among the lowest …