Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday named the first-ever female prime minister to head the government in the West African nation.
Victoire Tomegah Dogbe, 60, replaces Komi Selom Klassou, who resigned on Friday.
Kenya faces a historic decision to close parliament for failing to enact rules on fair gender representation in public bodies.
A total of 26 women stood as candidates at the 2019 Solomon Islands national general election and, for the first time since independence, two women won seats in the national parliament.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state in the United States Capitol on Friday, an unusual honor for a Supreme Court justice and one that has never before been granted to a woman.
The first woman to formally declare herself a candidate for president of the United States did not build a national campaign or make a splash in debates. In fact, when Victoria Woodhull ran for office in 1872, she could not even vote for herself.
UN Women Zimbabwe is supporting the AWLN Zimbabwe Youth Caucus to convene a young women leaders’ roundtable discussion on ‘Young Women’s Leadership for the Realization of the Beijing Declaration’.
It is necessary to get rid of inherent biases and perceptions about the effectiveness of women in roles of authorityWhat do Germany, Taiwan and New Zealand have in common? These are all countries that have women heading their governments.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has been selected for TIME’s 100 most influential people of 2020, primarily because of her administration’s effective measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan.