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July 27, 2018
Meet Mexico city's first elected female mayor

Mexico's hard swing to the left in this month's national elections also swept in some other historic firsts. Women won key positions across the country, including, for the first time ever, the mayor of Mexico City.

July 27, 2018
US: Meet the women candidates taking #MeToo to the ballot box

First Donald Trump inspired Katie Muth to tell her husband about her rape, then he galvanized her into running for office.

July 27, 2018
Ghana president nominates another woman to head elections body

Ghana is set to have a new head for its elections body, the Electoral Commission (EC). The nomination of Mrs. Jean Mensa as the new EC boss was announced by the presidency on Monday.

July 24, 2018
Change in Pakistan as women seize right to vote

Hameeda Shahid is making history. She is standing for parliament in a conservative tribal area of Pakistan which borders Afghanistan.

July 24, 2018
Canada to host first women foreign ministers meeting

Canada is set to host the first meeting of women foreign ministers in September, officials said Wednesday.

July 20, 2018
Only three women want to contest in 2019 polls in Chiradzulu, Malawi

The National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice Trust) in Chiradzulu has called on political parties to create space for women to compete in various positions as only three women have shown interest to contest in the forthcoming tripartite election

July 20, 2018
Malawi: Pay nomination fees for women aspirants, parties urged

Barely few days after MEC announced an upward revision of nomination fees for 2019 tripartite elections, Women Legal Resource Centre (WOLREC) has asked political parties in the country to mobilize resources that will help them pay nomination fees for

July 20, 2018
Zimbabwe: Parties undermining women's quota system

There is a real risk by political parties to undermine the spirit behind the women's quota system which is provided for in the Constitution aimed at empowering women by reserving 60 National Assembly seats for them.

July 20, 2018
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerian women are more reliable in politics than their men counterparts

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerian Women are more reliable in politics than their men counterparts, saying it is high time political leaders got them involved in the country’s politics.