Samoa is set to get its first female prime minister, marking the end of unprecedented political drama in the small Pacific island nation of 200,000 people.
Chilean women made such a strong showing in elections to pick candidates to draft the country's new constitution that adjustments to ensure the body was equally split between genders had to be made in favor of more men, elections b
Chileans to elect 155-strong assembly made up of equivalent men and women to set out new framework and enshrine equal rights
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There are few women in political and leadership spaces in Nigeria.
There are few women in political and leadership spaces in Nigeria.
The rape of Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman was one of thousands during Kosovo's 1990s war, but she is still the only victim to have spoken out publicly and now is pushing for a radical shake-up of a society long dominated by men.
Some 60 percent of protesters against the military coup are women who fear their hard-won rights hang in the balance.
When a president addresses Congress flanked by the vice president and speaker of the House, it's tradition. But when both of those seats are filled by women, it's history in the making.
European Commission president blames sexism for second-rank treatment in Ankara