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[ad_1] Despite advances in gender representation in legislative bodies, the track record of women in the executive branches of government – as heads of state or...
[ad_1] In our region, women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 63% of the region’s new HIV infections in 2021, write...
[ad_1] Nearly every maternal death is preventable, and the clinical expertise and technology necessary to avert these losses have existed for decades. Credit: Patrick Burnett/IPS by...
[ad_1] Mercy Erhi Makpor. Credit: UNU-EGOV / Cristina Braga Opinion by Mercy Erhi Makpor (guimarães, portugal) Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Inter Press Service Guimarães, Portugal, Mar 07...
[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to position himself on Tuesday as a champion of conservative causes during a State of the State...
[ad_1] Pakistani women peacekeepers in the audience at the National University of Science and Technology in Islamabad, where Secretary-General António Guterres delivered an address on the...
[ad_1] Opinion by Magdalena Sepulveda (geneva, switzerland) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar 06 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of...
[ad_1] Thelma Cabrera and Jordán Rodas launch their candidacy for the presidency and vice presidency of Guatemala in December 2022, which has been vetoed by the...
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Republican lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation that would prevent transgender people from changing their driver’s licenses and birth certificates, a move...
[ad_1] BERLIN — Germany’s foreign and development ministers on Wednesday presented new feminist foreign policy guidelines that are supposed to ensure that all people “have the...
[ad_1] Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, March 01, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 01 (IPS) – The writer is Under-Secretary-General of the...
[ad_1] SEATTLE (AP) — You can change your name, but in many states you can’t completely shed your old one — something that’s of particular concern...
[ad_1] LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — It was pharmacist Gwendolyn Herzig’s first time testifying before a legislative committee when she spoke to several Arkansas lawmakers in a...
[ad_1] Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 24 (IPS) – Over the year since the start of Russia’s war...
[ad_1] Opinion by Roomi Aziz (islamabad, pakistan) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 24 (IPS) – While its origins may be rooted in...
[ad_1] A transgender woman has for the first time been selected to participate in the Puerto Rico Miss Universe contest held in the largely conservative U.S....
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Transgender youth in Tennessee would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care under legislation currently headed to the desk of Republican Gov. Bill...
[ad_1] Cooperative members in southern Lebanon make a rare, traditional bread called Mallet El Smid to be sold at the MENNA shop in Beirut. Women are...
[ad_1] A girl reads a story book with lessons on life skills at an ELA club in Uganda. Credit: Uganda/BRAC by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Wednesday, February...
[ad_1] Opinion by Mariz Tadros (brighton, uk) Friday, February 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BRIGHTON, UK, Feb 17 (IPS) – Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination...