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Constitution and Legislative Reform

February 24, 2016
Demands of Greater Political Participation for Women on Paraguayan Women's Day

On the occasion of the Day of the Paraguayan Women, celebrated today, 24 February, a group of female workers have called for a greater participation of women in politics

February 16, 2016
Forum of the Arab Women Parliamentarians Network for Equality "Ra'edat" in Morocco

“Advocating women’s right to equal

February 11, 2016
The Power of Legislation for Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development

The

January 14, 2016
Upcoming National Gender Policy in Somalia

"The Government is committed to developing a framework for integrating a gender perspective in all policy and programmes" said Minister of Women and Human Rights Development of the Federal government, Mrs Sahra Mohamed Ali.

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Law as a first step to equal rights

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on

By Graziele Grilo I watched the movie “The Judge” and one quote of Billy Bob Thornton’s character got my attention. At a certain point in the movie, he says “The law is the only thing capable of making people equal”. I kept thinking about it because it reminded me of an article published during International Women’s Day stating how many laws still exist that prevent women from having equal rights.