When women lead, nations rise: Campaigners fault Nigeria’s gender gap in power Circles

In a study published on Tuesday, 29 April, Oxfam notes that in 2025, only 28% of key positions are held by women. The NGO therefore proposes the adoption of "leading measures", for example the introduction of "gender rules in the allocation of regal positions". - Fewer than three out of ten key positions of power are held by women, according to Oxfam (Policy).

The feminization of positions of power in France is still far from parity (28%), according to the new index of Oxfam France published this Tuesday. With nuances in the delay: women are even less present at the head of communes or local authorities, than in Parliament or in the national executive. Let's disappoint the figures.

Women have long been formally excluded from power. After more than a century of feminist struggles, it was only on 29 April 1945 that French women were able to exercise the right to vote for the first time. What is 80 years later? If women have gradually made a place in the spheres of power and laws have been adopted to make parity a principle of French political life, the account is still not there. Oxfam France launches its first index of the …

"They're natural leaders": Campaigners reveal why more Nigerian women should be allowed in politics

Nigerian women are fighting for greater political representation with support from civil society groups like CODE & NWTF. Activists call for 35% affirmative action.

When women lead, nations rise: Campaigners fault Nigeria’s gender gap in power Circles

Nigerian women are fighting for greater political representation with support from civil society groups like CODE & NWTF. Activists call for 35% affirmative action.