Female politicians made history this week in Israel with a record of at least 11 women chosen to head cities and local councils across the country, five more than in the previous municipal elections.
By Susan Chira
Conventional wisdom on women and politics goes like this:
Sao Paulo - Joenia Wapichana never thought she would get into politics.
The 43-year-old indigenous lawyer also never imagined she'd make history, not just once but on three occasions.
A young Bosnian MP who denounced her uncle’s war crimes, a member of the Syrian opposition and a Gambian women’s rights campaigner are among the female parliamentarians who will sit in the House of Commons chamber this week.
Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday swore in the country’s first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to achieve gender parity in government.
Women are being shut out of Palestinian politics and excluded from peace talks, according to Randa Siniora, the first female Palestinian campaigner to address the UN security council.
The 1992 election is often referred to as "The Year of the Woman," as more women were elected to Congress than any year before.
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president.
KAMPOT, Cambodia — Chan Kanha is the deputy mayor for the Cambodian People’s Party in this small port town, which sits along Cambodia’s southern coast and still retains much of its French colonial architecture.