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March 28, 2014
California's 'Close The Gap' Tour Is Demanding Gender Equality In Politics

California boasts two female senators.

We are the only state to advance women's reproductive rights in the last few years.

March 28, 2014
Parties Debate Role Of Hungarian Women In Politics, Life

Women make up just 9 per cent of Hungarian members of parliament. In this regard Hungary ranks 122nd out of 140 countries. Upcoming parliamentary elections have sparked public discussion of the role of women in politics, family life, and in the country as a whole.

March 28, 2014
Sex symbols, a poor proxy in Sri Lanka

A movie star, a beauty queen and a popular model are among candidates running in Sri Lankan's provincial elections on March 29, leading some Sri Lankans to accuse political parties of pushing "sex symbols" in the name of female political representation. 

March 28, 2014
Ghana needs Legislative Quota Seat system

Mrs Freda Prempeh, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North, at the weekend emphasised that a “Legislative Quota Seat” system is urgently required in Ghana’s electoral laws to consolidate the country’s fledging democracy.

March 28, 2014
Afghanistan's 69 women legislators reflect changing times, fight for rights

When they did venture beyond their four walls, they wafted through crowded markets covered from head to toe in the all-encompassing burqa.

March 28, 2014
We Need an Act of Congress to Get More Women In Congress, USA

One of the big headlines for the 2012 elections was the historic number of women elected to state and national offices. New Hampshire became the first state to elect an all women congressional delegation and a woman governor. The U.S.

March 28, 2014
NWCI puts 6 important questions to local and EP election candidates, Ireland

As the May 23 local and European elections draw nearer, the National Woman's Council of Ireland (NWCI) has formulated six key questions to tease out the ways in which potential candidates are committed to promoting gender equality in political arenas and across all aspects of Irish life.

March 27, 2014
Indonesian Women Marginalized at the Polls Too

“Men are from Mars and women are from Venus” may have been the title of a best-selling book, but it also emphasizes how women have always been depicted differently to men.

March 27, 2014
Impossible under the Taliban, there are now 69 female MPs in parliament

When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, women rarely left their homes.