Theresa May
- Rhona Scullion
- • February 20, 2019
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NOTTINGHAM, England — It has been more than two and a half years since Britain voted to leave the European Union. As the rest of the world knows, nothing since then has gone smoothly. It’s not even clear where…
- Categories: Women
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 1, 2018
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Welcome to our new column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the president every month. The column began in July, when Sweden was president, led by the…
- Categories: Security Council, Security Council Presidency
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- Torild Skard
- • April 23, 2017
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Hillary Clinton did not make it to the top, but Theresa May, the British prime minister, and Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, did. Since Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first female prime minister, in Sri Lanka in 1960, one-hundred…
- Categories: Governance, Women
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- Joanne Myers
- • April 1, 2017
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From Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas, women remain important forces of change as government leaders in the modern era. Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister after its independence, was one of the…
- Categories: BOOKS
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- Rhona Scullion
- • March 20, 2017
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NOTTINGHAM, England — Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May once famously wore a “This is what a feminist looks like” T-shirt and has been vocal in her support for women — much more than her only female predecessor and fellow…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Poverty, US Foreign Relations, Women
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- Dr. Catherine Mullaly and Lori Silberman Brauner
- • September 19, 2016
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At the inaugural United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants in New York City on Sept. 19, dozens upon dozens of speakers said their piece on the contentious subject of migratory flows concerning the world. But few offered specific…