The survey of over 33 countries also found over half of women parliamentarians have been targeted by hate speech, ...

Pacific are experiencing significant levels of abuse, violence and harassment, a new report has found, with online abuse a key issue.The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) interviewed 150 female MPs and ...

UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS We sat down with Zeina Hilal, IPU’s Manager for Gender and Youth Programmes, on the eve of the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women in New ...

The Pacific has some of the lowest rates of women’s political representation in the world. In Fiji, for example, women’s representation in parliament dropped from almost 20 percent to just ...

International Women's Day, 8 March, is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. Closer to home ...