December 12, 2018
Kano Emir tasks women to vote for gender sensitive leaders
By Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano,
World News
December 10, 2018
India: Enable more women politics first nonpartisan women's convention held in B'luru
The Indian Women’s Caucus had activists and politicians weighing in on what’s stopping women from entering and succeeding in politics.
December 10, 2018
Women to have 50% representation in UAE Federal National Council
Abu Dhabi: As per the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Emirati women's representation in the Federal National Council, FNC, will be increased to 50 per cent in the coming parliamentary term.
December 7, 2018
Attacks on women's ministries are a threat to democracy
By Gillian Kane,
December 7, 2018
First Afghan woman appointed to high Interior Ministry post
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan has appointed its first woman to a senior post at the Interior Ministry, naming Hosna Jalil as deputy for policy and strategic affairs.
December 4, 2018
Iceland scandal over MPs' crude and sexist bar talk
There are calls for several Icelandic MPs to resign after they were recorded using crude language to describe female colleagues and a disabled activist.
December 4, 2018
Where are the women? Fewest female leaders in G20 photo
Friday’s “family photo” at the G20 summit in Argentina marked an inauspicious moment: there were fewer female heads-of-government posing than in any of the previous gatherings of the group.
December 4, 2018
America’s sexist obsession with what women politicians wear, explained
Ever since women started holding political office, American men have been fixated on their clothes.
When she was in the Senate, Carol Moseley Braun got used to having her clothing scrutinized.
December 3, 2018
Record number of Bahraini women elected to parliament
A record number of women have been elected in Bahrain's elections in what officials say is an historic achievement that has broken the glass ceiling of representation in the country's parliament.