Excessive military spending harms the cause of gender equality, argues new research, and other stories

#WomenLead (Issue 113): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 113!

In this week’s edition, we bring you findings from new research from UN Women on military spending and how it impacts women and the cause of gender equality. Instead of quick news updates, we have a longer list of some insightful readings focussed on Finland, Japan, Kenya, Papua New Guinea and the USA. Happy reading! 😊

In case you missed last week’s edition – which many readers seem to have found vital and relevant – you can read it here. 

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Spotlight: GLOBAL 🌐🌐🌐

This week, we wanted to take a step back from the din of everyday politics, to a larger political issue, and look at how it interacts and gets entangled with the question of gender equality.