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Navigating Setbacks: Women’s Political Representation in the 2024 Super Election Year

So far, elections in 2024 have brought more setbacks than gains for women’s political representation.

by Saskia Brechenmacher
published by
Colmena Fund for Women’s Political Power
 on October 1, 2024
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