Women's Leadership
Twitter chat on women in the Slovenian Elections
Twitter Chat with iKNOW Politics expert Sonia Lokar on women’s political participation during the electoral process and elections taking place July 13 in Slovenia.
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Host: @iKNOW_Politics
July 1, 2014
Turkish women establishing political party
Turkey's first women-only party was established on June 26 after a group of women has submitted a petition to the Interior Ministry, allowing it to participate in parliamentary elections held in 2015.
July 1, 2014
Alliance Party MLA calls for quotas to get women into politics, Ireland
Gender quotas in Slovenia: A short analysis of failures and hopes
Slovenia is a Central-East European state entering the European Union as a kind of "success story‟.
Women in Politics in Slovenia
Slovenia is one of the newer European states. This year we marked the 22nd anniversary of the independence declaration. It joined the European Union in 2004.
June 26, 2014
Libyan human rights activist Salwa Bughaighis killed
A prominent Libyan human rights lawyer and activist has been assassinated in her home in Benghazi.
Armed men fought their way into the house of Salwa Bughaighis before shooting her.
June 26, 2014
Afghanistan’s Success Will Be Measured By Women’s Progress