May 30, 2013
Bachmann Showed Female Politicians the Wrong Way to Seem Tough, USA
For a while there in 2011, or at least for a few minutes that A
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May 29, 2013
Disenfranchising women in Pakistan
The gender divide is systematic in Pakistan’s electoral system.
May 29, 2013
United Nations calls for rules to ensure women to be elected to Constitutional Commission, Libya
The UN has called for rules to be put in place to ensure that a sufficient number of women are elected to the 60-
May 28, 2013
Asian Universities Offer Programs for Female Business & Political Leaders
Asian universities are beginning to do what has long been practiced in the West: offer short courses specifically for women who are leaders in business and politics.
May 28, 2013
Paris mayoral race to produce a female leader
One thing is certain in the race to lead France's cultural and political center: A woman will be mayor of Paris for the first time in the city's 2,000-year history.
May 28, 2013
Libya should seize unique opportunity to guarantee women’s rights - HRW
Libyan authorities should ensure women are well represented in the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published on Monday.
May 28, 2013
Can 'Women Deliver' improve the lives of women and girls?
Early and forced marriage, gender equality and the rights of girls are on the agenda at this week's conference in Malaysia. Thousands of women's rights advocates, policymakers and civil society groups are gathering in Malaysia this week for the third Women Deliver conference.
May 28, 2013
Malaysia meeting on women's rights attracts policymakers and princesses
Civil society, government leaders, healthcare professionals, policymakers, two former US presidents' daughters, two princesses and at least one supermodel will meet in Malaysia this week for a conference to share ideas and sharpen messages around the rights and empowerment of wo
May 28, 2013
Lebanese women to gain political ground?
After gaining the right to vote and participate in elections in 1952, one would assume that more female politicians would be taking part in Lebanon’s administrative scene.