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Promoting Women: Transforming Women into Leaders

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April 24, 2014

Promoting Women: Transforming Women into Leaders

This edition of 'The Parliamentarian' by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association focuses on women in parliaments.

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This edition of 'The Parliamentarian' by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association focuses on women in parliaments.

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April 24, 2014
Beyond numbers: women and political leadership in Uganda
Isis Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE), an international feminist organization based in Uganda,conducted a study on Making a Difference: Towards Women’s Substantive Engagement in
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April 23, 2014
Depoliticisation, fiscal autonomy can improve police

What’s the role of the police in a community? Is it to serve the citizens by ensuring their security or to maintain public order by coercive power?

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April 22, 2014
Is India on the cusp of a gender revolution?

In late March, Raveela Gangula rallied a dozen women to stop a drunken man from savagely beating his wife in Muthangi, a village in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Although they restrained him and called the police, he was released that evening without charges.

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April 22, 2014
Khamenei, Rouhani clash on women’s role in society

On the occasion of Women’s Day in Iran, Iran’s president and supreme leader presented contrasting roles in society for women.

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April 21, 2014
Women’s empowerment and corruption prevention can go hand-in-hand

A recent discussion at the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women initiated by UNDP and partners highlighted what an asset grass-roots women’s organisations can be in the fight against corruption in their commun

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Building Digital Bridges MoST's Vision of the Information Society

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April 21, 2014

Building Digital Bridges MoST's Vision of the Information Society

The past decade has demonstrated in countless ways the transforming effects that information and communication technologies (ICT) can have on the way we live, learn, work, play, and interact with the people and institutions around us.  The ICT revolution has had an impact perhaps even more p

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The past decade has demonstrated in countless ways the transforming effects that information and communication technologies (ICT) can have on the way we live, learn, work, play, and interact with the people and institutions around us.  The ICT revolution has had an impact perhaps even more p

April 17, 2014
Beyond the Street Protests: Youth, Women and Democracy in Latin America

Women’s empowerment and political participation are not only crucial for women: they are essential for effective democratic governance, one which promotes human rights and equity.  The same can be said about the importance of boosting youth political participation.

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