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By Akshi

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“Akshi Chawla's #WomenLead is always thoughtfully collated and gives me a weekly snapshot of women's political progress around the world. It's a smart, warm place and I love to visit. Also, I designed the logo, but I promise I'd say the same things about #WomenLead even if I hadn't.”

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#WomenLead

“Not one woman at the table”: What exclusion actually looks like in the rooms of global power

#WomenLead (Issue 174): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Jun 7•Akshi

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Some lessons from Netherlands, more women MPs in Bulgaria, and other important updates about women in politics from April

#WomenLead (Issue 173): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

May 3•Akshi

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Costa Rica joins the league of parliaments with gender parity, India looks to fast-track women’s quota, and other important updates about…

#WomenLead (Issue 172): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Apr 5•Akshi

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🏆 Presenting: The #WomenLead Awards

As we turn five, presenting our special awards with winners picked from all those eye-rolling, jaw-dropping, face-palm moments that we have chronicled…

May 24, 2025•Akshi

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“How do I get started?”: This Ireland-based initiative wants to fix politics’ gender information gap

In conversation with Michelle Maher, Programme Manager at See Her Elected (SHE), Ireland

Sep 21, 2025•Akshi

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Costa Rica’s new president, Australia’s liberal shakeup, Bangladesh’s next political chapter and other important updates about women in…

#WomenLead (Issue 171): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Mar 1•Akshi

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How the Meloni-Takaichi bonding won over the internet, and other important updates about women in politics from January

#WomenLead (Issue 170): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Feb 1•Akshi

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Key elections to watch out for in 2026, Japan’s women MPs demand more toilets, and other important updates about women in politics from…

#WomenLead (Issue 169): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Jan 4•Akshi

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Tonga’s lone woman MP, the NZ councillor mistaken for a secretary, and more: All the important updates about women in politics from November

#WomenLead (Issue 168): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Dec 7, 2025•Akshi

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An "iron plate" shattered in Japan, Ireland’s new President, and more: All the important updates about women in politics from October

#WomenLead (Issue 167): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Nov 2, 2025•Akshi

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Nepal gets a new interim PM, five councillors dead within weeks in Nigeria, and more: All the important updates about women in politics from…

#WomenLead (Issue 166): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Oct 5, 2025•Akshi

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Our new initiative, Samoa’s snap polls, Lithuania’s new PM and more: All the important updates about women in politics from August

#WomenLead (Issue 165): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Aug 31, 2025•Akshi

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Montenegro wants more women in politics, a grassroots group joins the fight in local polls in India, and more: All the important updates…

#WomenLead (Issue 164): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Aug 3, 2025•Akshi

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How parties can increase women in their ranks, a first in Guernsey and Suriname and more: All the important updates about women in politics…

#WomenLead (Issue 163): Your monthly round-up on women in politics

Jul 6, 2025•Akshi

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