In Japan, study finds more evidence of women’s marginalisation in politics, and other stories
In Japan, study finds more evidence of women’s marginalisation in politics, and other stories
#WomenLead (Issue 132): Your weekly round-up on women in politics
Hello, and welcome to Issue 132!
In this week’s edition, we bring you updates from India and Nicaragua, and the spotlight is on Japan. In case you missed last week’s edition, you can read it here.
Quick Updates
✨A PLEASANT SURPRISE: In a surprising move, Nicaragua freed 222 political prisoners last week, and sent them to the USA. All the freed prisoners have been stripped off their Nicaraguan citizenship, NPR reported.
Among those freed is Cristiana Chamorro, a former journalist and daughter of former President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. In the run-up to the 2021 Presidential elections in the country, Chamorro was widely seen as the opposition’s best hope to defeat incumbent Daniel Ortega. Ortega’s government opened up money laundering investigations against her days before she announced her candidature in June 2021. Her house was raided, and she was put under house-arrest and barred from contesting polls.