There are many advocates for gender quotas to help women advance in politics - including front-bench politicians like Frances Fitzgerald.
Being a civil servant in this country is a unique challenge.
China has unexpectedly released five women activists on bail, two lawyers said on Monday, after a vocal campaign against their detention by the West and Chinese rights campaigners.
Alianza por la Solidaridad is looking for a consultant to generate evidence on response to gender based violence in the context of the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon and Jordan.
It is symptomatic of the low profile kept by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that even what might be regarded as a landmark even
Narayanganj, Bangladesh — This Muslim-majority nation may have a female prime minister, but at the local level it remains difficult for women to gain and hold political power.
Being a woman in many professional fields can be challenging, but being a woman in politics seems like it could be pure, unadulterated hell.
When the 2010 parliament comes to an end on 30 March, 10 of the Labour party’s most high-achieving female MPs and former ministers will be standing down. Some of them began their parliamentary careers in 1987, and together they have clocked up 200 years in parliament.