{
  "id": 17997134,
  "title": "Africa: Women Still Shut Out of Power As Gender Bias Undermines Africa's Democracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/africa-women-still-shut-out-of-power-as-gender-bias-undermines",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T15:25:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202611030648.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[263Chat] Discriminatory social norms, unequal power relations and growing gender-based violence continue to undermine women's participation in political leadership across Africa, despite progress in representation and the adoption of laws promoting gender equality, United Nations and European Union officials have warned.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}