In stark contrast to the new restrictive legislation in Texas, Mexico — which has made huge strides in legislative gender parity — has decriminalized abortion. This and more in this weekend's reading on women's representation:
Until last week the United States and Afghanistan were tied for the percentage of women in parliament but women have been excluded from leadership positions announced this week and the anti-women ministry of ‘vice and virtue’ has returned, according to The last time the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, morality police roamed the streets, implementing the group’s austere interpretation of Islamic law — with harsh restrictions on women, strictly enforced prayer times and even bans on kite-flying and...
A body under the previous government, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, was not included at all, apparently having been disbanded. Protesters across major cities this week called on the militants to give women seats in government and to run the country with less repression than the last time around.
The Irish Corporate Governance Bill 2021, brought forward by Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins, will be submitted to the Dáil today.
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