Political Parties

Women in Nigeria have called for more opportunities to encourage their active participation in policymaking and to support female candidates during elections.

Nigerian women across different social statuses have been urged to become more politically conscious and actively involved in partisan politics as the next g

The number of female candidates running for federal office has dropped in this election, a fresh analysis shows, raising fears that this will make gender parity in the House of Commons a more distant prospect.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party strongly disagreed with the Constitutional Reform Commission on its proposal for a quota of 10 per cent parliamentary seats for young candidates.

Sexism, harassment and violence against women are rife in parliaments across the Asia-Pacific region, according to a damning report published on Tuesday that lays bare the scale of abuse faced by women in politics.