Dame Sandra Mason was the first woman admitted to the bar in Barbados -- and her place in the nation's history was cemented when she was elected as the country's first president.
The Permanent Missions of the United Arab Emirates and Germany to the United Nations and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security invite
Close to 200 women are set to contest this year's Federal National Council elections — more than double the number who took part when the country last went to the polls.
The new batch of MPs to take their seats in Spain’s Congress will include more women than ever before – almost but not quite as many as men.
Women Political Leaders (WPL) will be hosting the WPL Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting in Bogotá, Colombia on May 14th 2019
Over 2.5 billion women and girls around the world are affected by discriminatory laws—law
By Gabriela Cuevas, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Currently, Latin America is leading globally in local and parliamentary positions held by women. But the journey to political participation is fraught with rising violence and intimidation against women in politics.