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Britannica Insights: Women's Suffrage Movement
Learn more about the women's suffrage movement in this interview with Dr. Colleen Shogan, vice chair of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission and senior vice president at the White House Historical Association, on the occasion of...
Wonderscape
Kamala Harris’s Journey to the U.S. Senate: Fighting for Justice and Equality
This video follows Kamala Harris’s transition from Attorney General to U.S. Senator, where she championed immigration reform, criminal justice policy, and women’s rights. Known for her prosecutorial questioning and dedication to justice,...
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First Ladies
The role of the First Lady of the United States has changed over the years. These women have shaped the White House as well as the nation.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women Compete for Federal Offices in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 1994, 100 years after women gained the right to run for office,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mothers of Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Until reletively recently, childcare and parental leave were not a...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia's First Female Prime Minister
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 2010, Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women's Suffrage in South Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 1894, South Australian women gained the right to vote. They...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Women in Politics
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What roadblocks did present and past women run into on their way...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Affirmative Action for Women in the Labor Party
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Liberal and Labor party politicians debate whether instituting an...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women of Parliament Unite on Abortion
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Ten years after access to the drug RU486 was severly limited in...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Gender Quotas for the Liberal Party
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Both the Liberal and Labor parties recognized the gender disparity...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
What Does it Take for a Woman to Qualify for Office in Australia?
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Women running for office today still get criticised for their...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Future of Australian Gender Politics
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What do Australia's current and past female politicians hope the...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
What a Woman in Office Means for Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In the mid 1990s, Bronwyn Bishop, Carmen Lawrence, and Cheryl...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
RU486 Abortion Ban in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What does Telstra have to do with abortion access? Episode 3, part 5
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Women Raise Their Voices in Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Parliament is a noisy place. How have some female MPs navigated...
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Elisabeth Domitien
Elisabeth Domitien was born in 1925 and became the first woman woman to serve as prime minister of the Central African Republic in 1975. She was the head of the women's group in the independence movement, the Movement for the Social...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Bill to End Sex Discrimination in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Senator Susan Ryan's Sex Discrimination Act turned out to be quite...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Battle for Reproductive Rights in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 1979, the Australian House of Representatives moved to restrict...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Rise to Power, Fall From Grace
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. After a bit of time in national politics, both Cheryl Kernot and...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Opposing Agendas - and Each Other - in Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. As more women were elected to parliament, they found themselves in...
Curated Video
Catherine McKenna calls for more action against online trolling | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
Catherine McKenna has been pushing back against online trolls for years. Vilified when she was minister of environment and climate change, she is calling on social media companies to take more responsibility for online attacks.
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EMILY's List is Giving a Final Push to the 'Pink Wave'
EMILY's List, the PAC dedicated to getting pro-choice women into office, is giving a final push to its slate of female candidates before Election Day. EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock told Cheddar she's optimistic that women are...
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EMILY's List President Is Encouraged by Strong Early Voter Turnouts
With just a day remaining until Election Day, the president of EMILY's List is feeling confident that the millions of dollars her organization spent on pro-choice Democratic women running for office will pay off, thanks to a strong early...