The 2024 Super Election Year for Women in Politics: Stagnation, Setbacks, and Surprising Wins
Despite varied political outcomes, the past year’s record number of elections brought no uptick in women’s political representation. Globally, women’s parliamentary representation and the number of countries led by women failed to increase
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