Close to 200 women are set to contest this year's Federal National Council elections — more than double the number who took part when the country last went to the polls.
The new batch of MPs to take their seats in Spain’s Congress will include more women than ever before – almost but not quite as many as men.
Glynda C. Carr and Kimberly Peeler-Allen are cofounders of Higher Heights for America, a New York–based national organization that works to build political power for Black women.
The just-ended harmonised elections in Zimbabwe have revealed that very few women triumphed in their quest to represent the people in both the National Assembly and in local authorities.
In recent months, the developing nation of Somaliland has made a number of steps towards encouraging the active participation of women throughout its institutions. As the writer of the article below notes, newly-elected President Hon.
In a year that has broken records for the number of women running for office, the primaries in eight states this week might be considered Super Tuesday for female candidates.
The Congress of Deputies of Spain has chosen a woman, Ana Pastor, as president for the 12th Legislature last July 19.