The multiple barriers faced by most female politicians across the globe are still standing tall

It’s July in the United Kingdom. One of the country’s biggest political parties is holding a leadership election. Policy ideas are flipped through and tossed aside; the competitors themselves make a juicier subject. Scanned by the media for eccentricities and weaknesses, a divide between them emerges. One of them is a mother; the other is not.…

It’s an interesting time for feminists following politics. The post-Brexit political landscape in the U.K. looks a bit different to the norm. With Theresa May set to become the next prime minister, and MP Angela Eagle challenging Jeremy Corbyn to be leader of the Labour Party, you might be forgiven for thinking that this generation of…