Simone Veil's concentration camp number - 78651 - was displayed on giant screens along the crowd-thronged route her cortège took to the Panthéon on Sunday, where she is to be interred among iconic figures from French politics, culture, society, and h

The 2018 midterm elections are shaping up to be a watershed year for women and politics.

The study, published recently in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, was led by Sudipta Sarangi, professor and head of the Department of Economics, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science, and Chandan Kumar Jha, a

First Female Mayor of Tunis

The capital of Tunisia is likely to see its first female mayor, following the country's municipal elections this week.

As African countries push for respect and promotion of gender equality, political will is key to accelerate attainment of gender equality on the continent.

Whatever the outcome of Iraq's May 12 parliamentary elections, female candidates are guaranteed at least 25% of the seats, as per the country's constitution.