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May 20, 2013
Women cannot contest Iran presidential election

 

May 20, 2013
Elections 2013: ‘Dir women disenfranchised for security reasons’ , Pakistan

 

May 20, 2013
Record number of women elected to B.C. legislature may be highest percentage in Canada

 

May 17, 2013
Building Women’s Political Participation in Haiti

Thriving and revitalized, the city of Port-au-Prince hosted its first ever BRIDGE courses for members of the Haitian electoral management body.52 participants experienced BRIDGE for the first time during

May 17, 2013
Yemen's women make their voices heard from revolution to constitution

Yemeni women are some of the fiercest women I have ever met.

May 17, 2013
Top Women Lobbyists Make $600,000 Less Than Their Male Counterparts: Report, USA

WASHINGTON -- Gender inequality is alive and well on K Street, Washington's notorious lobbying boulevard, according to a 

May 17, 2013
Nation Elects 16 Women Representatives out of 463 Candidates that Entered Political Ring for 324 National & Provincial General Seats, Pakistan

The Researchers (TR) under its initiatives - Pakistan Governance Forum (PGF) and Women & Politics in Asia Forum (WPAF) - undertook observation of Election 2013 with a gender lens.

May 16, 2013
Only six women reach NA on general seats, Pakistan

Out of 272 general seats, only six women reached in the National Assembly and eight women got hold of general seats in the Punjab assembly, out of 297 general seats.  Although the manifestos of all mainstream political parties claimed greater political participation by wome

May 16, 2013
Only six women reach NA on general seats, Pakistan

Out of 272 general seats, only six women reached in the National Assembly and eight women got hold of general seats in the Punjab assembly, out of 297 general seats.  Although the manifestos of all mainstream political parties claimed greater political participation by wome