June 6, 2013
Congo: Pygmy Women Leader And Environmental Activist Appointed Minister In South Kivu
Minorities and Indigenous Women
Indigenous women and other minorities suffer from a lack of political representation, economic marginalization and poverty, lack of access to social services and discrimination. This section highlights news, resources and stories on minorities and indigenous women's struggle for political inclusion.
May 10, 2013
In Pakistan, women work to strengthen democracy
Zameer Akhtar, 28, is participating in the electoral process for the very first time. Being a woman and living in a joint family in Pakistan, getting consent from her elders for her decision wasn’t simple at first.
May 8, 2013
2015: It’s time for women governors, speakers, senate president, says Nwaogu, Nigeria
Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, who represents Abia Central senatorial districts in the 7th Senate, is a strong voice, especially among the eight women in the chamber, and one of the aspirants said to be lining up for the Abia governorship race in 2015.
May 8, 2013
2015: It’s time for women governors, speakers, senate president, says Nwaogu, Nigeria
Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, who represents Abia Central senatorial districts in the 7th Senate, is a strong voice, especially among the eight women in the chamber, and one of the aspirants said to be lining up for the Abia governorship race in 2015.
May 8, 2013
Women’s issues: Who will be fair to the fairer sex?, Pakistan
According to a 2012 survey by the World Economic Forum, Pakistan is still considered to be one of the worst places in the world to be a woman.
May 7, 2013
In election season, Pakistani women struggle to be heard, as voters or candidates
For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren't likely to in next week's parliamentary election either. The village's men have spoken.
April 22, 2013
Few black women work as senior counsel, South Africa
African women make less than one percent of the senior counsel in the legal profession in South Africa, the Sunday Times reported.
April 17, 2013
Speech by Lakshmi Puri at the High-level Conference on Women’s Leadership in the Sahel
Speech by Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women, at the High-level Conference on Women’s Leadership in the Sahel, 9 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium
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Watch the live webcast of the high-level segment of the Sahel Conference, April 11
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