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October 30, 2014
Why Women Are the Supervoters in This Year's Midterm Elections, USA

Women across the country do amazing and powerful things

October 30, 2014
Workshop Tasks Media On Support for Women in Politics, Nigeria

Indonesia 8, Australia 1
October 26, 2014
Women in high office: Indonesia 8, Australia 1

Indonesia’s new president Joko Widodo has appointed eight women to his cabinet, vastly outdoing the Australian government when it comes to female representation.

Dilma Roussef is re-elected.
October 26, 2014
Brazil elections: Dilma Rousseff promises reform after poll win

President Dilma Rousseff has promised to re-unite Brazil after narrowly winning re-election to a second term in office with 51.6% of the vote.

October 23, 2014
Few women on Tunisian parliamentary poll lists

Tunisia, despite being the most advanced Arab nation in terms of women's rights, is still fare from adhering fully to the principles enshrined in the January 2014 Constitution and f

October 23, 2014
Do women voters favor women candidates? Not really, Iowa shows

This November, Iowans have the opportunity to break the glass ceiling and send their first female to Congress.

October 23, 2014
From barrier to enabler: how politics can help girls live up to their potential

Malala Yousefzai is the 

Elections in Tunisia 2014 Women
October 22, 2014
Few women on Tunisian parliamentary poll lists

Tunisia, despite being the most advanced Arab nation in terms of women's rights, is still fare from adhering fully to the principles enshrined in the January 2014 Constitution and from abiding by the ratification of international treaties in daily life.

October 20, 2014
Syrian Women Know How To Defeat ISIS

To the Islamic State, Syrian women are slaves. To much of the rest of the world, they are victims.