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June 26, 2013
Samoa parliament reserves seats for women

Samoa’s Parliament has decided to unanimously endorse an amendment to the constitution which will allow five parliamentary seats to be allotted to women cand

June 24, 2013
New dawn for Samoan women: Seats reserved for them next Parliament

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June 19, 2013
Trinamool Congress women's wing rallies against state election commission, India
June 18, 2013
Afghan women lose political power as fears grow for the future

June 10, 2013
Kenyatta Nominations Fall Short of Gender Threshold, Kenya

May 30, 2013
Women, minority seats allotted, Pakistan

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Tuesday the names of candidates selected on seats reserved for women and minorities in the National Assembly after making some unexplained changes in the draft notification earlier prepared by it.

 

May 24, 2013
Somalia: Puntland Leaders Set Quotas for Women in July Local Elections

Puntland regional leaders met Tuesday (May 21st) to encourage women's participation in the upcoming local council elections in July, s

May 17, 2013
Nation Elects 16 Women Representatives out of 463 Candidates that Entered Political Ring for 324 National & Provincial General Seats, Pakistan

The Researchers (TR) under its initiatives - Pakistan Governance Forum (PGF) and Women & Politics in Asia Forum (WPAF) - undertook observation of Election 2013 with a gender lens.

May 15, 2013
Joyce Banda at WEF: Sisters, stick together, Malawi

At a small discussion at Thursday’s World Economic Forum on Africa, the issue of gender equality in African politics took centre stage.