WN – Public policy for women

From period pain to heart disease, the gender health gap is real – here’s how to close it

For decades, women’s health has been chronically underfunded and under-researched. The consequences of this neglect are widespread and deeply damaging. Millions of women live with avoidable pain, delayed diagnoses, inadequate […]

France launches international strategy for feminist foreign policy

The French government has adopted a new strategy that places the rights of women and girls and gender equality at the centre of its foreign policy. Its latest ‘International strategy […]

A seat at the table: women’s role in the fight against climate change

Women are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, yet rarely enjoy equal representation in climate decision-making, leading to policies that do not adequately address their needs. On International […]

Is gender equality under threat? An International Women’s Day conversation with Julia Gillard and Bridget Phillipson  

Those involved in the women’s liberation movements in the US and Europe in the 1960s would be dismayed to learn the results of a new report, which shows that young […]

US agencies urged to do more on gender pay equity, female civil servants can forge new leadership models, and more

Welcome to this month’s Global Government Women’s Network newsletter following a break in August. In this edition, we look at efforts to encourage US federal agencies to ‘probe deeper’ to […]

Baltic states tackle gender bias in AI, the world’s most gender-equal country, and more

Welcome to the latest edition of the Global Government Women’s Network newsletter. This month, we hear from Elise Legendre, chief data officer at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, who told GGF: […]

Better data needed to address gender inequality in education, global experts say  

Education leaders from around the world have called for better data to advance gender equality in learning. During a session at UNESCO’s inaugural Conference on Education Data and Statistics – […]

‘I was a newborn when Bahamian women voted for the first time’: Five minutes with Brenda Dorsett, under secretary of The Bahamas’ Ministry of National Security

In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from women civil and public servants as part of our Global Government Women’s Network coverage. In this […]

UN introduces feminist climate justice framework for policymaking

A new UN report has set out a framework for enabling women’s contribution towards climate justice and how it can be applied to policy in practice. The report shows how […]

Number of women and girls in conflict-affected countries doubles, UN report finds

More than 600 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected countries in 2022, a 50% increase since 2017, according to the UN’s latest report on women, peace and security. One […]