Miren Gutiérrez

Miren Gutierrez interviews SAADIA ZAHIDI, co-author of Global Gender Gap report ROME, Dec 3 (IPS) – “It is clear that there are huge discrepancies within Sub-Saharan Africa, but overall the region is doing extremely well in terms of political empowerment,” says Saadia Zahidi, head of the Women Leaders and Gender Parity Programme at the World [...]

By Miren Gutierrez* and Oriana Boselli ROME, Nov 26 (IPS) – “You don’t need to go far, it is all around us,” said Robert Dijksterhuis, head of the gender division in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to a room mostly full of women. “Up to one in three women around the world has been [...]

There Is A Sense Of Vindication – Gender-South Africa Miren Gutierrez* interviews THENJIWE MTINTSO, Ambassador of South Africa to Italy ROME, Nov 26 (IPS) – Born in a squatter camp in Orlando East and raised by a single mother; working in a factory while completing secondary school by correspondence; arrested and banned by the apartheid [...]

By Miren Gutierrez* and Oriana Boselli A farmer harvests sorghum seeds in Sudan. The price of the seeds has doubled over the last two years. Credit:U.N. ROME, Oct 3 (IPS) – It was once true that all roads led to this ancient capital. Today it is the furrows of maize, wheat and rice fields that [...]

By Miren Gutierrez* and Oriana Boselli The prevailing machismo in politics discourages women’s involvement Credit:Italian government ROME, Sep 22 (IPS) – Angelica Mucchi-Faina, psychology professor at the Perugia University, thinks that “in Italy you cannot even talk about equal opportunities for women in politics.” However, Italy signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms [...]

By Miren Gutierrez* and Oriana Boselli Luisa Capelli: Italian feminism “has been marginalised” Credit:Oriana Boselli/IPS ROME, Sep 22 (IPS) – Four ministers out of 21; 193 parliamentarians out of 952 (upper and lower houses); no party leaders. Why are there so few women in Italian politics?“The feminist movement in Italy has been strong… But in [...]