When we look at heads of state around the world, it is clear that the number of women leaders remains relatively low. In a world that increasingly values parity and equality, several countries have ...

Still, a woman has never served as head of state or government in 115 UN member countries. The first continent with a UN member state to have a female leader after WWII was Asia. In 1960 ...

That status earned her and her coalition government (all five party leaders are women, and four are below the age of 35) global headlines. But for Marin, the focus on attributes out of her control ...

In December 1972, the same month the Whitlam government was first elected ... change – “the revolution in our heads” – whether in traditional women’s organisations, churches and unions ...

Of those, only four selected a woman to become head of state or government, according to CNN’s analysis of International Foundation for Electoral Systems data. While the US had the opportunity to ...