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The eruption of protests, violence and civil disobedience in Egypt this month is a replay of the scene in 2011 before the status quo was ruptured, but the Muslim Brotherhood regime’s attacks on women and religious minorities in order to quell opposition is more pervasive than anything seen before, argues Mariz Tadros in this article for Open Democracy. …

Women everywhere are making a positive difference to the communities, countries and world they live in. But too often they are having to make these changes from the sidelines and fight to get their voices heard. …

What if Women Ruled the World? was the provocative question posed to an expert panel of women from Brighton and beyond at a lively Brighton Fringe Festival Event in May. The session was kicked off by the Real World film 30%: Women and Politics in Sierra Leone. The panel included IDS Director Melissa Leach, Head of the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex Andrea Cornwall, Caroline Lucas MP, Chief Executive of Brighton and Hove Council Penny Thompson and activists from Outreach Bristol Muna Hassan and Ifrah Hassan. …

Women in Politics, edited by Mariz Tadros, is a new book in the Pathways/Zed Feminisms and Development series.  …

On 19-20 June 2007, NEIM co-hosted an international seminar on ‘Women’s Pathways into Power: International Experiences of Affirmative Action’ at the Brazilian National Congress, in collaboration with AGENDE (Actions in Gender, Citizenship and Development), Casa da Mulher do Nordeste’s Mulher e Democracia (Women and Democracy) project, the network of women representatives in the National Congress, the Commission on Participatory Legislation (CLP), the Commission on Social Security and the Family (CSSF), the Commission on Human and Minority Rights (CDHM) and the Commission on the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies. The seminar, which took place within the Chamber of the National Congress, discussed and analysed experiences of the use of affirmative measures to enhance women’s political participation in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Speakers included Julie Ballington of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Rwandan MP Juliana Katengwa, IDS researcher Naila Kabeer and Palestinian women’s rights activist, Suha Barghouti.  …