Latest items for GP-DATA-1
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Mexico will almost certainly have its first female president in 2024, after the governing Morena party and the opposition coalition both chose women as their candidates. Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum was named Morena’s candidate on Wednesday, despite runner-up Marcelo Ebrard’s last-minute denouncement of the process and demand for it to be redone" (para 1-2). "With the two candidacies confirmed, it now seems all but certain that Mexico’s next president will be a woman for the first time in its history, withSheinbaum remaining the favourite to win, despite Gálvez’s popularity" (para 14). "As the candidate of Mexico’s traditional parties, Gálvez is vulnerable to the charge that she is backed...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Mexico will almost certainly have its first female president in 2024, after the governing Morena party and the opposition coalition both chose women as their candidates. Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum was named Morena’s candidate on Wednesday, despite runner-up Marcelo Ebrard’s last-minute denouncement of the process and demand for it to be redone" (para 1-2). "With the two candidacies confirmed, it now seems all but certain that Mexico’s next president will be a woman for the first time in its history, withSheinbaum remaining the favourite to win, despite Gálvez’s popularity" (para 14). "As the candidate of Mexico’s traditional parties, Gálvez is vulnerable to the charge that she is backed...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Presenting the government’s 2024 budget, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made clear her desire to increase the birth rate, announced measures for families with children" (para 30).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Presenting the government’s 2024 budget, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made clear her desire to increase the birth rate, announced measures for families with children" (para 30).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:18 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"This June, there is hope that solving gender-based violence will be a priority for the next president, who for the first time in the country's history will be a woman. In a race between Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and a former mayor of Mexico City, and Xóchitl Gálvez, an Indigenous, pro-business tech entrepreneur, Sheinbaum was overwhelmingly elected Mexico's first female president. Many women are hopeful that she will add momentum to the women's rights movement" (para 6-7).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"This June, there is hope that solving gender-based violence will be a priority for the next president, who for the first time in the country's history will be a woman. In a race between Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and a former mayor of Mexico City, and Xóchitl Gálvez, an Indigenous, pro-business tech entrepreneur, Sheinbaum was overwhelmingly elected Mexico's first female president. Many women are hopeful that she will add momentum to the women's rights movement" (para 6-7).
Dec. 12, 2024, 6:06 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Yuriko Koike, the first woman to be elected governor in Tokyo, won a third term in July. An increasing number of women have captured seats in local assemblies" (para 15).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Yuriko Koike, the first woman to be elected governor in Tokyo, won a third term in July. An increasing number of women have captured seats in local assemblies" (para 15).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"It is, therefore, remarkable that in these elections the proportion of locally elected women has almost tripled. Today, with female mayors ruling over 11 out of 81 cities there is still a long way to gender equality, but it is a positive step forward. significant example of this is Gulistan Sonuk, of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) party. Only 31, she was elected in Batman, a deeply patriarchal and conservative city that in the past has been known for its alarmingly high suicide rates among young women. Batman is a stronghold of Hüda-Par, an Islamist party that is accused of having links to the banned militant group Kurdish...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"It is, therefore, remarkable that in these elections the proportion of locally elected women has almost tripled. Today, with female mayors ruling over 11 out of 81 cities there is still a long way to gender equality, but it is a positive step forward. significant example of this is Gulistan Sonuk, of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) party. Only 31, she was elected in Batman, a deeply patriarchal and conservative city that in the past has been known for its alarmingly high suicide rates among young women. Batman is a stronghold of Hüda-Par, an Islamist party that is accused of having links to the banned militant group Kurdish...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 4:07 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"From the moment former Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum threw her hat in the ring for the presidency, the result was rarely in doubt. Throughout the long and often gruelling campaign, as she criss-crossed the nation on commercial flights, her double-digit lead in the polls would have reassured her that she was on track to make history. She has now done so, becoming Mexico’s first woman president by a huge margin. It is a watershed moment both for Mexico and her personally. She has already served as Mexico City’s first female mayor. Now, in a few months, she will occupy the National Palace, succeeding her mentor, outgoing President Andrés...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"From the moment former Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum threw her hat in the ring for the presidency, the result was rarely in doubt. Throughout the long and often gruelling campaign, as she criss-crossed the nation on commercial flights, her double-digit lead in the polls would have reassured her that she was on track to make history. She has now done so, becoming Mexico’s first woman president by a huge margin. It is a watershed moment both for Mexico and her personally. She has already served as Mexico City’s first female mayor. Now, in a few months, she will occupy the National Palace, succeeding her mentor, outgoing President Andrés...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Director Cortellesi appealed to the two most powerful women in Italian politics today — far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein, who heads the Democratic Party, Parliament’s largest force on the left" (para 22).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Director Cortellesi appealed to the two most powerful women in Italian politics today — far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein, who heads the Democratic Party, Parliament’s largest force on the left" (para 22).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Last year, for the first time since 1997, not a single woman was among the 24 members appointed to the party’s new Politburo" (para 11).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Last year, for the first time since 1997, not a single woman was among the 24 members appointed to the party’s new Politburo" (para 11).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female prime minister, has expressed outrage at the country's long history of violence against women by partners and ex-partners" (para 30).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female prime minister, has expressed outrage at the country's long history of violence against women by partners and ex-partners" (para 30).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"'Take for instance, in several states, we are witnessing a positive shift in providing more leadership opportunities for women. A notable example is in Kaduna state where, for the first time in history, the former commissioner for local government was a woman,' she says. 'The previous commissioner of planning and budget, as well as the commissioner of education, were both women'" (para 22). "In the 2023 general elections... only one woman emerged as a presidential candidate" (para 23).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"'Take for instance, in several states, we are witnessing a positive shift in providing more leadership opportunities for women. A notable example is in Kaduna state where, for the first time in history, the former commissioner for local government was a woman,' she says. 'The previous commissioner of planning and budget, as well as the commissioner of education, were both women'" (para 22). "In the 2023 general elections... only one woman emerged as a presidential candidate" (para 23).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:28 a.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GP-DATA-1
"Roza Otunbayeva, former president of Kyrgyzstan and a founder of the country’s women’s movement, noted that today we, the women of Kyrgyzstan, hold our heads proudly and talk about women’s issues and leadership" (para 14).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GP-DATA-1
"Roza Otunbayeva, former president of Kyrgyzstan and a founder of the country’s women’s movement, noted that today we, the women of Kyrgyzstan, hold our heads proudly and talk about women’s issues and leadership" (para 14).
Dec. 6, 2024, 9:34 a.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The last time New Zealanders voted in a general election, they were choosing between two women who were self-professed feminists. Three years later, in a sign of how sharply the pendulum has swung, they will pick between two men named Chris. Ahead of next month’s polls, and 130 years after New Zealand became the first country to grant women the vote, the political landscape is in many ways unrecognizable from the era of former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose pursuit of women’s rights and gun control transformed her country’s image abroad" (para 1-2). "It is a daunting legacy for Ms. Ardern, who became a global liberal icon but whose government...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The last time New Zealanders voted in a general election, they were choosing between two women who were self-professed feminists. Three years later, in a sign of how sharply the pendulum has swung, they will pick between two men named Chris. Ahead of next month’s polls, and 130 years after New Zealand became the first country to grant women the vote, the political landscape is in many ways unrecognizable from the era of former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose pursuit of women’s rights and gun control transformed her country’s image abroad" (para 1-2). "It is a daunting legacy for Ms. Ardern, who became a global liberal icon but whose government...more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:11 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: GP-DATA-1
“New polls indicating that Sanae Takaichi, the economic security minister, is among the three candidates expected to be in the running in a 27 September vote for leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP), has raised the prospect that Japan could soon have its first female prime minister” (para 11).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
“New polls indicating that Sanae Takaichi, the economic security minister, is among the three candidates expected to be in the running in a 27 September vote for leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP), has raised the prospect that Japan could soon have its first female prime minister” (para 11).
Nov. 16, 2024, 9:46 p.m.
Countries: Taiwan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-4, ATFPA-PRACTICE-1, DMW-PRACTICE-1, GP-DATA-1
"We [Taiwan] elected an unmarried, childless woman as president and legalized same-sex marriage" (para 2).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-4, ATFPA-PRACTICE-1, DMW-PRACTICE-1, GP-DATA-1
"We [Taiwan] elected an unmarried, childless woman as president and legalized same-sex marriage" (para 2).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-2
"After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-2
"After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:55 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The percentage of women elected to the Danish Parliament is higher than ever. First time over 40 percent. 79 of the new members of the Parliament are women. This corresponds to 44.13 percent, and it is the largest share ever according to Ritzau's [the author's] count" (para 1). "The highest percentage so far was in the elections in 2011 and 2019. In both those elections, 39.1 percent of those elected to the Parliament were women. It is the first time that more than 40 percent of the members of the Danish Parliament are women" (para 2). "The woman who received the most personal votes in the general election this year...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The percentage of women elected to the Danish Parliament is higher than ever. First time over 40 percent. 79 of the new members of the Parliament are women. This corresponds to 44.13 percent, and it is the largest share ever according to Ritzau's [the author's] count" (para 1). "The highest percentage so far was in the elections in 2011 and 2019. In both those elections, 39.1 percent of those elected to the Parliament were women. It is the first time that more than 40 percent of the members of the Danish Parliament are women" (para 2). "The woman who received the most personal votes in the general election this year...more
Nov. 12, 2024, 6:08 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: GP-DATA-1
“New polls indicating that Sanae Takaichi, the economic security minister, is among the three candidates expected to be in the running in a 27 September vote for leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP), has raised the prospect that Japan could soon have its first female prime minister” (para 11).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
“New polls indicating that Sanae Takaichi, the economic security minister, is among the three candidates expected to be in the running in a 27 September vote for leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP), has raised the prospect that Japan could soon have its first female prime minister” (para 11).
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1
"The Committee recommends that the State party...[a]dopt and apply temporary special measures to promote the substantive equality of women and men in all areas in which women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, such as participation in political and public life" (6).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1
"The Committee recommends that the State party...[a]dopt and apply temporary special measures to promote the substantive equality of women and men in all areas in which women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, such as participation in political and public life" (6).
Nov. 7, 2024, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: GP-DATA-1
" The party [Congress Party] gave India its first female prime minister - Indira Gandhi who served until her assassination in 1984 - while Sonia Gandhi was the party's longest-serving president before she retired last year" (para 37).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
" The party [Congress Party] gave India its first female prime minister - Indira Gandhi who served until her assassination in 1984 - while Sonia Gandhi was the party's longest-serving president before she retired last year" (para 37).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:08 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-2
"After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-2
"After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, says that she is starting a movement to allow women to be in places where they make big decisions for the country. Before the movement began, of 56 leadership positions in the government, only 7 were held by women. After the movement, 17 positions are held by women. As of a report in April, 27% of positions with decision-making power are held by women.
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, says that she is starting a movement to allow women to be in places where they make big decisions for the country. Before the movement began, of 56 leadership positions in the government, only 7 were held by women. After the movement, 17 positions are held by women. As of a report in April, 27% of positions with decision-making power are held by women.
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The 2021 election saw highest gains...During this time span, four women have held Mayoral seats. In Belize City, the female mayor served two terms. In San Pedro, the female Mayor served three" (23).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"The 2021 election saw highest gains...During this time span, four women have held Mayoral seats. In Belize City, the female mayor served two terms. In San Pedro, the female Mayor served three" (23).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Among elected officials, women accounted for 19.4 per cent of the 160 deputies (31 elected women deputies), 2.9 per cent of the 340 mayors (10 elected women mayors) and 11.6 per cent of 3,774 positions in municipal corporations. These results constitute a relative improvement over the previous elections in 2015, in which women obtained 13.9 per cent of seats, 3 per cent of mayoral positions and 12 per cent of positions in municipal corporations. Concerning appointed Cabinet positions, as at 30 September 2021, out of 14 ministries, one woman is head of the Ministry of Education, accounting for 7.1 per cent of the leadership" (16).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Among elected officials, women accounted for 19.4 per cent of the 160 deputies (31 elected women deputies), 2.9 per cent of the 340 mayors (10 elected women mayors) and 11.6 per cent of 3,774 positions in municipal corporations. These results constitute a relative improvement over the previous elections in 2015, in which women obtained 13.9 per cent of seats, 3 per cent of mayoral positions and 12 per cent of positions in municipal corporations. Concerning appointed Cabinet positions, as at 30 September 2021, out of 14 ministries, one woman is head of the Ministry of Education, accounting for 7.1 per cent of the leadership" (16).
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[T]he State party’s first woman Prime Minister, [was appointed] in 2017" (10). "Women are severely underrepresented in local administration, with only 9 of 169 municipalities having women as mayors, as well as in the foreign service, in the armed forces and in decision-making positions across all sectors" (10).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[T]he State party’s first woman Prime Minister, [was appointed] in 2017" (10). "Women are severely underrepresented in local administration, with only 9 of 169 municipalities having women as mayors, as well as in the foreign service, in the armed forces and in decision-making positions across all sectors" (10).
April 9, 2024, 7:36 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Her rival, Rishi Sunak, is not expected to be offered a job in her cabinet, a break from the tradition whereby most unsuccessful leadership contenders have been offered posts. The former chancellor told the BBC that the cabinet was “not something I’m thinking about”, and some allies suggested he would prefer to remain on the backbenches in case Truss’s leadership implodes"(para 17).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Her rival, Rishi Sunak, is not expected to be offered a job in her cabinet, a break from the tradition whereby most unsuccessful leadership contenders have been offered posts. The former chancellor told the BBC that the cabinet was “not something I’m thinking about”, and some allies suggested he would prefer to remain on the backbenches in case Truss’s leadership implodes"(para 17).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[There is a] high level of representation of women in the civil service of the State party… [A]t the deputy minister level, the percentage of women stood at 42 per cent" (9). "[O]nly 1 in 14 ministers is a woman" (9).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"[There is a] high level of representation of women in the civil service of the State party… [A]t the deputy minister level, the percentage of women stood at 42 per cent" (9). "[O]nly 1 in 14 ministers is a woman" (9).
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table titled “Distribution of local elected officials by sex and position”, shows how many mayors were position-men or women, and the percentage of each gender in each province. The provinces listed were Estuaire, Haut-Ogooué, Moyen-Ogooué, Ngounié, Nyanga, Ogooué-Invido, Ogooué-Lolo, Ogooué-Maritime and Woleu-Ntem. The position-men Mayor showed 15, 16, 3, 8, 2, 5, 3, 4, and 7 for each province respectively. The position-women Mayor listed 8, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4 and 0 for each province respectively. The %men Mayor for each province showed 21.43%, 30.18%, 21.42%, 21.05%, 11.11%, 25%, 14.9%, 16.66%, and 29.16% respectively. The %women Mayor gave 11.43%, 5.67%, 7.14%, 7.90%, 16.77%, 5%, 14.29%, 16.66%, and 0%...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table titled “Distribution of local elected officials by sex and position”, shows how many mayors were position-men or women, and the percentage of each gender in each province. The provinces listed were Estuaire, Haut-Ogooué, Moyen-Ogooué, Ngounié, Nyanga, Ogooué-Invido, Ogooué-Lolo, Ogooué-Maritime and Woleu-Ntem. The position-men Mayor showed 15, 16, 3, 8, 2, 5, 3, 4, and 7 for each province respectively. The position-women Mayor listed 8, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4 and 0 for each province respectively. The %men Mayor for each province showed 21.43%, 30.18%, 21.42%, 21.05%, 11.11%, 25%, 14.9%, 16.66%, and 29.16% respectively. The %women Mayor gave 11.43%, 5.67%, 7.14%, 7.90%, 16.77%, 5%, 14.29%, 16.66%, and 0%...more
March 14, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table sourced “Directorate General for Territorial Administration” presented the total territories, and the number of heads aggregated by gender. There are 146 cantons, 806 associations, and 2304 villages. The Heads of cantons consist of 138 M and 8 W. The Heads of associations comprise of 709 M and 97 W. The Village chiefs are 1855 M and 449 W (22).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table sourced “Directorate General for Territorial Administration” presented the total territories, and the number of heads aggregated by gender. There are 146 cantons, 806 associations, and 2304 villages. The Heads of cantons consist of 138 M and 8 W. The Heads of associations comprise of 709 M and 97 W. The Village chiefs are 1855 M and 449 W (22).
March 14, 2024, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table titled “Economic and Social Council-distribution by sex” provided four positions, the number of men and women and their respective percentages. The President position had 0 across the board for men, women and their percentages. The Vice-President position had 1 man and 1 woman, giving the percentages at 50% for both men and women. The Quaestos position comprised of 2 men, 0 women, 100% men, and 0% women. The position held by Bureau secretaries had 2 men and 1 woman which showed 66% men and 34% women respectively. The diagram total was 5 men, 2 women, 71% men and 29% women (8).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table titled “Economic and Social Council-distribution by sex” provided four positions, the number of men and women and their respective percentages. The President position had 0 across the board for men, women and their percentages. The Vice-President position had 1 man and 1 woman, giving the percentages at 50% for both men and women. The Quaestos position comprised of 2 men, 0 women, 100% men, and 0% women. The position held by Bureau secretaries had 2 men and 1 woman which showed 66% men and 34% women respectively. The diagram total was 5 men, 2 women, 71% men and 29% women (8).
March 14, 2024, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table titled “National Council of Communication-distribution by sex” provided three positions, the number of men and women and their respective percentages. The President position had 1 man and 0 women which produced 100% men and 0% women. The Vice-President position showed a composition of 0 men, 1 woman, 0% men and 100% women. The Councillors position had 8 men and 1 woman which recorded 88.89% men and 11.11% women. The diagram total was 9 men, 2 women, 82% men, and 18% women (8).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Table titled “National Council of Communication-distribution by sex” provided three positions, the number of men and women and their respective percentages. The President position had 1 man and 0 women which produced 100% men and 0% women. The Vice-President position showed a composition of 0 men, 1 woman, 0% men and 100% women. The Councillors position had 8 men and 1 woman which recorded 88.89% men and 11.11% women. The diagram total was 9 men, 2 women, 82% men, and 18% women (8).