How the world uses violence to resist women’s growing role in politics, and other stories

#WomenLead (Issue 24): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 24!

I’ll start this issue with a small, fun story before we get to this week’s updates.

Not too long ago, the mayor of a small Russian village was confronted with a difficult problem. The mayoral election was due soon, and he wanted to run again and win. But nobody was willing to contest against him.

At least two candidates wer…