New party in South Africa fields women in all wards in local poll - sans any quotas, and other stories

#WomenLead (Issue 70): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 70!

In this edition, we bring you news from Czechia, Japan, Peru, and Afghanistan, while the spotlight is on South Africa, set to hold local polls in less than a month. (Don’t miss out on the photo of the week, by the way 🙂). And just in case you missed last week’s edition, you can read it here.

At #WomenLead, we strongly beli…