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Gender Equality

May 31, 2016
Reactions in Brazil after the horrendous raping of a 16-year old girl in Rio de Janeiro

After the brutal raping of a 16-year old girl by 30 men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, different women's groups have carried out actions of rejection, as

May 26, 2016
The reasons behind Temer's white men-only government in Brazil

New article published in The Atlantic explores the reasons behind Michel Temer’s decision to establish a white men only government in Brazil. Th

May 18, 2016
In Mexico, the President of the Federal Electoral Tribunal, assumes the Presidency and Technical Secretary of the Observatory of Political Participation of Women

During the biannual meeting of the Federal Electoral Tribunal, its president, Constancio Carrasco, has assumed the Presidency and the Technical Secreta

May 16, 2016
Impeachment process in Brazil led to new government made up only by wealthy white men

Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil, has been suspended since 12 May 2016 in the context of an impeachment process that led to former Vice President

May 16, 2016
Ghana started a process to establish a Women´s Situation Room

The process to establish a Women’s Situation Room has started in Ghana.

May 13, 2016
The state of Sinaloa, in Mexico, is a referent to achieve gender equality in politics

Lorena Cruz Sanchez, president of the Mexican National Women's Institute (INMUJERES), said that the state of Sinaloa is a pion

May 11, 2016
Work-life Balance for Mexican Women Politicians

"It is true that the way of life that we have make the time we share with our family shorter, frequently causing long absences that make negotiations with them more difficult, but I would say this is the experience of thousands of women who leave eve

March 30, 2016
Global efforts for the incorporation of the gender perspective to drug policies

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs adopted in Vienna, Austria, a resolution on the necessi

February 19, 2016
Rwanda Enacts Friendly Law for New Mothers

Rwanda, leader on women’s political empowerment, have recently passed a new law giving rights to new mothers.