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November 14, 2018
Kuwaiti women trained in campaign management and leadership skills

A group of Kuwaiti women including government officials, members of the private sector, civil society representatives and entrepreneurs joined a workshop on political campaign management and leadership skills held within the framework of the 8th&nbsp

November 14, 2018
Training on public speaking to empower Kuwaiti Women

A practical workshop on public speaking was conducted within the framework of the 8th Annual Conference on Women and Leadership convened between October 22 and 25 in Kuwait City.\

November 12, 2018
In the words of Justice Anisa Rasooli: “Not all women in Afghanistan are women in blue burqas begging…we can be the best engineers, doctors, judges, teachers”

Justice Anisa Rasooli was recently appointed as the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan.

November 12, 2018
Take five: “Legal reform did not change patriarchal systems or machismo culture overnight”

Katia Uriona is the former President of the Electoral Tribunal of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

November 9, 2018
Women in Thailand poorly represented as lawmakers

Thailand has one of the poorest rates of gender equality in politics globally, and international agencies say more women are needed in key decision-making processes.

November 6, 2018
Trailblazers of local democracy and gender equality in Rakhine

Daw Saw Yee and Daw Ohn Shwe have many things in common, but until recently their paths had not crossed.

November 5, 2018
Coverage: Young women peacebuilders call for inclusion and representation

“We young people, individually and collectively are a piece of peace”, said Lynrose Jane Dumandan Genon, a representative of the Young Women for Peace and Leadership programme of the Global Network for Women Peacebuilders in the Philippines, speaking

November 5, 2018
In the words of Halima Askari: “Our victory is our unity”

Halima Askari became the first woman head of the Provincial Council in Afghanistan’s conservative Wardak province in 2017. She is part of a new generation of women leaders who, little by little, are pushing for the transformation of governance.

October 22, 2018
In the words of Tanya Gilly Khailany: “When it comes to women’s rights, there’s no room for diplomacy”

Tanya Gilly Khailany, from Iraqi-Kurdistan, is a former member of the Iraqi Parliament (2006 – 2010) and a co-founder of the SEED Foundation, an organization that works with survivors of violence and trafficking in Iraq.