Malta could have up to four female representatives in the European Parliament, if all four MEPs contesting the 9 March general election are successful in their bid to be elected in parliament.
Power and women are synonyms in a country where women are preached for strength, wealth and insight. Even then powerful women have to cope and deliver with the challenges that come with power. Today women in politics are constantly combating for equality in the political arena.
At the heart of Manila’s main thoroughfare, right at the People Power monument, a large group of Muslim women gathered one Sunday (Oct.
Film: Burundi has one of the highest allocations of seats in parliament for women, numbering 36% of all MPs. There is also a 30% quota policy for women's political participation at lower levels of the administration.
Politics for long has been a bastion of males and it’s not very easy for any woman to make her presence felt in Indian political arena.
In a country like India, it becomes even more difficult for a female politician as caste, creed and religion play decisive role in Indian politics.
Dawn Clark Netsch was a political pathfinder for generations of Illinois women, the first to hold statewide office and the first nomi
In The Gambia, the many and varied reports have over and over highlighted the low participation of women in politics. This is of great concern despite the fact that, here in The Gambia, women have over the years contributed, and continue to do so, in key decision-making processes.
This paper discusses Liberian women’s access to formal political influence and representation in the bicameral legislature.