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Gender Equality

January 8, 2016
Female British Politicians Discuss Gender Quotas

British UKIP Politician and Member of the European Parliament, Ms. Louise Bours (see image), made recently a statement against gender quotas benefiting the participation of women in politics.

December 8, 2015
Sweden Launches Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden has launched its ‘Swedish Foreign Service action plan for feminist foreign policy 2015-2018 including focus areas for 2016’.

November 17, 2015
Mexico opened in the cycle "Women and Politics: A pending subject"

Monday, November 16, has started in Mexico a new lecture series on Women and Politics "A pending issue".

November 11, 2015
BRIDGE Project Encourages Women's Voting in Haiti

Sixteen years ago the BRIDGE –Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections– project was initiated.

October 15, 2015
New LSE Study Recommends Gender Quotas to Fight Gender Inequality

The London School of Economics have launched a new study concluding that gender quotas to place women in positions of power are needed in order to guarantee gender equality.

October 9, 2015
Gender equality in the Supreme Court of Mexico

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October 7, 2015
Global Leader's Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

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August 13, 2015
From the kitchen to public life: In Tunisia,women's personal issues are political ones

By iKNOW Politics Expert

Women's political participation in Latin America
April 27, 2015
Webinar Series Helping Latinas to "Step Into the Political Power," Improve the Number of Women in Politics

The newly launched webinar series created by VoteRunLead and LatinasRepresent has taken on the brave and worthy task of helping Latinas to "step into the political power."