Just 13 UN member countries are currently led by women; in 9 of those 13, the current leader is the country’s first woman head of government.

As the Taliban regime cracked down on women's rights in Afghanistan, women who had served in parliament faced an ...

Claudia Sheinbaum’s election as the first female president of Mexico marks a historic milestone for the nation and North ...

Claudia Sheinbaum has been sworn in as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor’s social ...

Claudia Sheinbaum is a 62-year-old environmental scientist who left academia on a political trajectory that took her from a ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in at a joint session of the country’s Congress on Tuesday, becoming North ...

Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday amid deep challenges, including spiraling organized violence and a slowing economy.

When Japan’s ruling political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), votes on Friday for its next leader, it will effectively be choosing the country’s next Prime Minister. A slew of ...

The three front-runners are Sanae Takaichi, a security hawk who would be Japan’s first female leader; Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of a former prime minister who would be Japan’s youngest leader ...

Takaichi and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa are seeking to become Japan’s first female leader. That, however, is largely in the hands of senior male veterans like former Prime Ministers Taro Aso ...