Further to the announcement of the Fund for Gender Equality’s third Call for Proposals, UN Women is pleased to inform that the online grants application syst
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 59) has opened its 59th Session, which will review progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 20 years after its adoption.
“As we open this 59th session of the Commission on the
Kurdish politician Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman tells Sofia Barbarani how her family were murdered in a terrorist attack and why she's battling Isil.
A popular female politician in east Afghanistan, Angiza Shinwari, died in hospital on Monday following a bomb attack on her vehicle last week, Afghan officials said, underscoring the growing dangers for women in the government.
Nicola Sturgeon has been in the job only three months but already she is eyeing her legacy. “Being the first woman First Minister is a big responsibility and I feel the weight of that acutely.
With Kiran Bedi leading the Delhi election campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party and Sheila Dixit already having been chief minister for three terms, it might appear that women have a significant role to play in Saturday's elections.
There's strong hopes Myanmar (Burma) is on the cusp of electing more women to parliament when it goes to the polls later this year.
The first-ever Israeli political party dedicated to ultra-Orthodox women, was unveiled Monday.