Record 102 women now serve as mayors in the Netherlands

1 month, 1 week ago

A record number of 13 women set to serve as US governors, still an ‘underrepresentation’

With Kelly Ayotte’s win in New Hampshire, a record number of 13 women are now set to serve as governors in the US next year. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte, who faces Democrat Joyce Craig in the November 2024 election, listens to a question during a visit to a local concrete coating business, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

A record 13 women will be governors next year after New Hampshire elected Kelly Ayotte

Associated Press

The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections. “Thirteen out of 50 is still underrepresentation.” With two women vying for governor in New Hampshire, a new record for female governors was inevitable. “We would also fail …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

A record 13 women will be governors next year — ‘still underrepresentation’

LA Times

Republican Kelly Ayotte, who won the governor’s race in New Hampshire, will be one of 13 women serving as a state’s chief executive next year. The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections. “We would also …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Proponents call for more women to seek higher office in the US

China Daily

Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage to deliver remarks, at Howard University in Washington, US, November 6, 2024. “Vice-President Harris’ run for office highlights that women can serve at all levels of government and serve well,” Deidre Malone, president of the National Women’s Political Caucus, told China Daily. “I think it’s perfectly clear what Harris’s …

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2 months ago

Two Women Running in New Hampshire Race, a First in State History

Associated Press

The New Hampshire gubernatorial race between Kelly Ayotte and Joyce Craig has become intensely personal due to the candidates' focus on abortion and reproductive rights. Ayotte's support for a federal abortion ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and her role in protecting Justice Neil Gorsuch's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court have drawn criticism from Craig, who emphasizes her personal …

Politics Law Reproductive Rights Women in Politics Concord

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nagaland elects 102 women in civic body polls held after two decades

Hindustan Times

Kohima: Nagaland scripted history on Saturday by electing 102 women out of 278 seats to its civic bodies in the recently held urban local body polls, which was conducted after two decades of issues and litigation surrounding quota for women and property taxation. 22-year-old Nzanrhoni I Mozhui was the youngest elected member The civic polls held on June 26 were …

Women Nagaland Polls Held

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Nagaland holds civic polls after 20 years

The Hindu

A majority of more than 2.23 lakh voters in Nagaland exercised their franchise in the elections to the urban local bodies held on June 26 after a 20-year gap. Boycott in 6 districts The elections, however, were not held in 14 town councils across six districts where the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation boycotted the polls, claiming their region has faced …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Nagaland to hold first civic polls in 2 decades on Wednesday; 198 women in fray

Hindustan Times

Nagaland will hold the state’s urban local body polls in two decades on Wednesday with first-ever allocation of 33% quota of seats for women. A total of 523 candidates are in the fray across 25 ULBs, including three municipal and 21 town councils. Initially, 238 women had filed nominations but 23 of them from the eastern region withdrew in view …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Number of women parliamentary candidates sinks to 30 per cent

The Independent

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of female parliamentary candidates vying to become MPs at the …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir set to become Iceland’s next president

Al Jazeera

Tomasdottir wins 34.6 percent of the votes to become the Nordic country’s second female president. Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland’s presidential election, topping a crowded field of candidates in which the top three finishers were women, the country’s national broadcast service reports. Tomasdottir, 55, was elected to the largely ceremonial post with 34.3 percent of the …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent

Dutch News

Some 70% of women in the Netherlands are now able to support themselves financially, compared with just 20% when the survey was first carried out in 1977, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. In the 1980s, 90s and 00s there was still a dip in women’s economic independence around the age of 25 but this has now …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent

Dutch News

Some 70% of women in the Netherlands are now able to support themselves financially, compared with just 20% when the survey was first carried out in 1977, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. In the 1980s, 90s and 00s there was still a dip in women’s economic independence around the age of 25 but this has now …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Tens of thousands of young women stalked in Netherlands last year

NL Times

Tens of thousands of teenage girls and young women were stalked in the Netherlands last year. Last year, 225,000 Netherlands residents were victims of stalkers, 137,000 women and 90,000 men. Teenage girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 25 were most often the victims of stalking at 3 percent of this age group. Last year, 74 percent …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Despite Indiana’s strong record of second-in-command women, they’ve never held its highest office

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Women have never held Indiana’s top office, but their streak as the state’s second-in-command appears to be going strong heading into the fall elections. Indiana is one of 18 states to never elect a woman as governor, according to the Rutgers Center for American Women in Politics, even as four of the state’s past five lieutenant governors have …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Himachal: Only three women elected to LS polls till date, just two in fray this time

New Indian Express

SHIMLA: Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. "Women from humble background rising high in politics and carving a niche for themselves is still a big challenge in the country and Himachal Pradesh is no exception. At present, women constitute …

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8 months ago

Very few women in the race as some of the world’s biggest democracies go to the polls in 2024

The Hindu

This is the year of elections, with more than 60 countries, including some of the world’s most prominent democracies — India, U.S., Indonesia, U.K., South Africa — and others like Russia and Iran, all seeing polls in 2024. Tackling double standards When she stood up to make her famous “misogyny speech” in parliament in 2012, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Women's Quota in listed companies having an effect: CPB

NL Times

The women’s quota for supervisory boards of listed companies in the Netherlands is having an effect. It states that at least one-third of the members of listed companies’ supervisory boards must be women, and companies must make appointments aimed at achieving this quota. Before the law was announced, less than 35 percent of listed companies had 33 percent women on …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Municipal housing costs up 6% this year; 94 municipalities charging over €1,000

NL Times

Residents of 94 municipalities in the Netherlands will spend more than 1,000 euros on municipal housing costs this year. The municipal housing costs bill will increase by an average of 5.9 percent this year. A multi-person household will spend an average of 951 euros in municipal housing costs this year, an increase of 53 euros compared to a year earlier. …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

More women in high positions at Dutch companies; Boards of Directors lagging behind

NL Times

The share of women in top positions of large Dutch companies increased between 2020 and 2022, but the number of women on Boards of Directors is not growing fast enough, according to the Social and Economic Council. In 2022, Dutch companies’ Boards of Directors - the executives handling the day-to-day management of a business - consisted of 14.7 percent women, …

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1 year ago

Stagnating growth of female professors in Dutch universities, report finds

NL Times

The number of female professors in the Netherlands is rising very slowly, according to a new report by the Dutch Network of Women Professors released on Thursday. Four universities have surpassed the threshold of 30 percent women professors. The Dutch Network of Women Professors is urging the government to increase funding for female professors, similar to the successful Westerdijk Talent …

Women Dutch Netherlands Female Professors Universities Report Shows

1 year ago

Rural Women Show The Way to Their Urban Counterparts

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Women in Telangana, especially in the rural areas, apparently take their responsibility of voting more seriously than men, if the numbers from the just-concluded Telangana state Assembly elections are any indication. In all, there are 1,62,98,482 male voters and 1,63,01,634 female voters in the state, of whom 1,15,84,728 men and 1,16,73,722 women voted. The six constituencies that elected women …

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1 year, 6 months ago

A ‘new generation’ of women set to shake up politics in Thailand

Al Jazeera

Incoming MPs see their gender as a strength and say they are determined to push through the reforms Thai people voted for. “It’s a new generation, a new paradigm shift,” Ruengrawee said, adding that the more Thailand democratises, the more women will get involved in politics. “I realised I needed to make a better society for my children.” Now that …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours

Dutch News

The Dutch government has launched a new campaign to encourage women between the ages of 30 and 60 to work more hours a week. ‘You can be free by working more, by having a career and by being more financially independent, and women are often not aware of this.’ The wage gap between men and women has shrunk slightly in …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours

Dutch News

The Dutch government has launched a new campaign to encourage women between the ages of 30 and 60 to work more hours a week. ‘You can be free by working more, by having a career and by being more financially independent, and women are often not aware of this.’ The wage gap between men and women has shrunk slightly in …

Hours Men Work Work Women More Hours Tielen

1 year, 9 months ago

Pope bolsters women at Vatican but resistance remains

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has significantly increased the Vatican’s female workforce, including in high-ranking positions, but women face continued resistance from the all-male Catholic hierarchy to access leadership positions in the church, according to Vatican statistics and independent surveys released Wednesday. The data was released as Francis marked International Women’s Day by thanking women “for their commitment to building …

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1 year, 9 months ago

More women than men in higher education for decades, but still more men in top jobs

NL Times

For 23 academic years, Dutch higher education institutions have counted more female than male students, Statistics Netherlands reported on Wednesday - International Women’s Day. Despite this, the Netherlands is still struggling to close its gender wage gap, and Dutch businesses still have more men than women in leadership positions. In the 2021/22 academic year, 54 percent of students at a …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Women “strongly underrepresented” in provincial political roles

NL Times

Women are “strongly underrepresented” in the country’s water boards and provincial councils, the executive branches of the Dutch provinces. Women do not make up a majority of members of any of the 12 provincial councils, or the 21 regional water boards, according to the Stem op een Vrouw foundation. Currently, 67 percent of all members of provincial councils are men …

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2 years, 1 month ago

New EU quota for women in top positions more ambitions than Dutch one

NL Times

The European Parliament approved a new quota for women in top positions on Tuesday that is somewhat more ambitious than the pre-existing quota in the Netherlands. From 2026, 40 percent of large European companies’ supervisory boards must consist of women. The Dutch quota, which took effect at the start of this year, states that one-third of large companies’ supervisory boards …

Women Board Netherlands Quota

2 years, 2 months ago

Young women feel ignored in politics globally; Just 21% satisfied in the Netherlands

NL Times

Girls and young women feel underrepresented in politics worldwide, believe they are generally excluded from discussions, and think that politicians hardly represent their interests. Young women and girls consider participation in politics important. For example, in many societies politics is seen as unsuitable for women, especially young women. To rectify this, the development agency says more needs to be done …

Politics Netherlands Girls Young Young Women Women Feel

2 years, 3 months ago

More women than men appointed to supervisory boards for the first time

NL Times

Dutch listed companies have for the first time appointed more women than men as supervisory directors. At the 89 listed Dutch companies, the percentage of female supervisory directors rose this year from 33 percent to 38 percent. Since Jan. 1, 2022, the legal quota of at least one third woman and at least one third men on the supervisory board …

Women Dutch Board Men Companies Directors Supervisory

2 years, 4 months ago

Why women are the game-changers in local governments

The Hindu

After the tremendous surge of participation by Indian women in the freedom movement, it was after the 73rd Constitution Amendment in 1992 that women returned into the local political sphere in large numbers. On a wider spectrum During the training for newly elected panchayat members last year, one woman who was a three-term panchayat member from a north Karnataka district …

India Training Karnataka Women States Local Governance Leaders

2 years, 6 months ago

Municipalities say it's difficult to find new aldermen

NL Times

With around 40 percent of aldermen facing threats and intimidation, municipalities are finding it hard to fill the position once someone leaves. And aldermen are leaving municipal councils –– last year alone, 199 of them resigned, according to AD. People perceive the job as "annoying," said Marcelle Hendrickx, chair of the Aldermen's Association and an alderman in Tilburg. I've experienced …

2 years, 8 months ago

More women on municipal councils, partly thanks to preference votes

NL Times

Over 36 percent of the newly elected municipal councilors are women. In the 70 largest municipalities, the proportion of women in the municipal council is even higher, the Stichting Stem op een Vrouw reported. The foundation calculated that 459 female councilors who were in an "unelectable" position nevertheless entered the municipal council thanks to preferential votes. Across the political spectrum, …

Women Council Municipal

2 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands counts 62% more female entrepreneurs in a decade

NL Times

The number of female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands increased by over 60 percent in the past decade, though the share of female-owned businesses increased only marginally. "The difference with men has narrowed, and the proportion of women in top positions has slowly increased, according to the latest Emancipation Monitor from 2020," said Dr. Josette Dijkhuizen. "On the other hand, the …

Women Netherlands Men Kvk Female Entrepreneurs

2 years, 11 months ago

Netherlands Sets Record as 50% Women Make Up Newly Formed Government

News 18

A record number of women are due to make up the next Dutch government after the incoming coalition published its list of ministers and secretaries of state on Sunday. The four-party coalition will be sworn in on January 10 after reaching a deal in December — a record 271 days after elections in March — handing Prime Minister Mark Rutte …

Minister Sets Record Newly Formed

2 years, 11 months ago

What happens when you have an all-women city council? New Mexico is about to find out.

Raw Story

Originally published by The 19th At city hall in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a wall of photographs displays the faces of elected city council members. “That there will be all women on the wall on the other side — it’s going to be really exciting.” Las Cruces, a city of roughly 100,000 people in the southern part of the state, …

Women Local Power Democratic City New Mexico Mexico

3 years, 1 month ago

Voters go to polls as 11 municipalities merge into four

Dutch News

Local elections are taking place this week in 11 municipalities that are being reduced to four under government restructuring. The biggest merger will take place in north-east Brabant, where five existing municipalities, including Cuijk and Boxmeer, will be replaced by the Land van Cuijk, with a population of 90,000 people. It’s not surprising that a local party was the largest …

3 years, 1 month ago

Voters go to polls as 11 municipalities merge into four

Dutch News

Local elections are taking place this week in 11 municipalities that are being reduced to four under government restructuring. The biggest merger will take place in north-east Brabant, where five existing municipalities, including Cuijk and Boxmeer, will be replaced by the Land van Cuijk, with a population of 90,000 people. It’s not surprising that a local party was the largest …

3 years, 1 month ago

Council of Europe raises concerns about unelected Dutch mayors

NL Times

The Council of Europe is concerned about how Dutch mayors and King's Commissioners are appointed. The mayors and commissioners also sometimes openly question national policy, for example, concerning the local reception of asylum seekers. To "ensure citizens' rights to participate in the conduct of local public affairs and to comply with the fundamental principles of democracy," the report said. The …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Several women accuse Amsterdam alderman of inappropriate conduct

NL Times

Not only women from the official organization in Amsterdam but also outside said they experienced all kinds of inappropriate conduct from Alderman for building and housing Laurens Ivens, Het Parool reported. In an email he wrote to her: “I will gladly take a walk with you around the neighborhood.” One woman who had been a speaker in a council meeting …

Ivens Behavior

3 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands has second largest gender pension gap in EU

NL Times

On average, men in the Netherlands receive over 40 percent more pension than their female peers. In 2018, men in the Netherlands received an average pension of 34 thousand euros, while women received almost 20 thousand euros on average. But the current generation of working women also work part-time relatively often and therefore build up less pension than their male …

Women Netherlands Pension Working Gap Men Work

3 years, 5 months ago

Record women Governors appointed in Narendra Modi-led NDA government since 2014

India TV News

In what could be seen as the Prime Minister’s push to empower India’s Nari Shakti mission, a record of women governors have been appointed in the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. Since 2014, as many as eight women governors and Lieutenant Governors have been appointed by the Modi government. Women leaders like Mridula Sinha, Draupadi Murmu, Najma Heptulla, Anandiben Patel, Baby …

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4 years ago

Sharon Dijksma sworn in as 332nd Mayor of Utrecht

NL Times

Labour politician Sharon Dijksma was sworn in on Wednesday as the 332nd person to serve as Utrecht's mayor. The Labour party member took the helm of the country's fourth largest city not in front of a huge audience at the Tivoli Vredenburg music center as would be the case under normal circumstances, but rather in a small ceremony at City …

City Utrecht Dijksma

4 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam politician Sharon Dijksma named new Utrecht mayor

NL Times

The Utrecht municipal council nominated Sharon Dijksma to be the city's new mayor. "We are confident that Sharon Dijksma will act with practical wisdom, self-awareness, and that she knows what she does in the service of others," GroenLinks city councilor Heleen de Boer said when announcing the nomination, according to the broadcaster. "With Sharon Dijksma, Utrecht will have an experienced …

City State State Secretary Dijksma Sharon Dijksma Utrecht Mayor

4 years, 2 months ago

First ever female council executive chosen by Dutch orthodox Protestants

Dutch News

The fundamentalist Protestant party SGP has its first female council executive, nine years after it was ordered to change its position on women by the European Court of Human Rights. The party believes the country should be governed ‘entirely on the basis of the ordinances of God as revealed in the Holy Scriptures’ and does not think women should play …

Women Party Sgp

4 years, 2 months ago

First ever female council executive chosen by Dutch orthodox Protestants

Dutch News

The fundamentalist Protestant party SGP has its first female council executive, nine years after it was ordered to change its position on women by the European Court of Human Rights. The party believes the country should be governed ‘entirely on the basis of the ordinances of God as revealed in the Holy Scriptures’ and does not think women should play …

Women Party Sgp

4 years, 3 months ago

Why women leaders like Kamala Harris and Chrystia Freeland are so important right now

The Independent

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the United States, Senator Kamala Harris, former California attorney general, was nominated on 11 August …

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