A compelling case from Jamaica for more women in Parliament, and other stories

#WomenLead (Issue 7): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 7 of our #WomenLead wrap! If you missed last week’s issue, you can read it here.

It’s been a quarter of a century since the landmark World Conference of Women, Beijing and even now women don’t make up 25% of all elected politicians in the world. At this rate, it will take us a century more to close the gender gap in politics, …