More than 50 women are planning to run for the upcoming parliamentary polls, as activists are still campaigning for quota in both the Parliament and Cabinet.
May 14th, some of the most inspiring female politicians and activists from around the world gathered at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill to recognize remarkable female leadership and fund raise for girl's empowerment programs.
Kenya’s nominees for cabinet secretary positions, who include an unprecedented number of women – six out of 18 – will undergo a gruelling public vetting process by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments Thursday.
The first female candidate was registered for the upcoming presidential election in Iran, the Fars News Agency reported.
Quotas are one way to ensure that women are given a fair proportion of what is available, meaning equal spaces to influence and effect posit
“No Justice? No Peace!” Never has this chant, which I have heard so often at anti-war rallies, felt so real to me as during the last few months observing the ongoing peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas.
On May 7, 2013, USAID/Armenia, Yerevan State University (YSU) and Arizona State University (ASU) marked the official op
As Cambodia's most visible female politician, Mu Sochua is a leader in the fight for democratic reform and women's rights, although both issues are looked at with skepticism in this male-dominated society.