This year, over 2 million Afghans — including half a million children — have returned from Iran, Pakistan, and Central Asia; photo: UN News Center / IOM.
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — A growing body of research shows young men in the U.K. are moving toward conservative and anti-establishment politics, while young women are becoming more liberal and radical in their views.
A recent study has confirmed that women in politics are subjected to a higher degree of attacks and abuse on social media platforms compared to their male counterparts.
Thousands Join to Boost Women’s Participation in Politics
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah reaffirmed Namibia’s firm commitment to promoting gender equality across all sectors.
She emphasised that women’s emancipation is both a constitutional duty and a moral obligation.
A record number of 42 female candidates were elected in Sunday’s Upper House election, marking a step forward for gender representation in Japan’s political landscape.
Posters with the picture of a young woman wearing a faint smile, and her educational qualifications highlighted in bold red, are plastered across the village of Jheepa in Uttarakhand’s Almora district.
Support is mounting for a proposed legislation that would reserve parliamentary seats for women in Nigeria, as more lawmakers, the UN Development Programme, and activists push for the passage of the reserved seat bill.