Ahead of the 2015 general election, the first female minister in Nigeria, Ambassador Ebunoluwa Oyagbola, on Saturday in Abuja called for the election of a female president, saying it would bring positive developments in the country.
More than 75% of assisted Syrian refugees are women and children. The targeting of civilians is well documented. But sexual violence against women and girls receives little attention. Cultural norms often prevent survivors from reporting sexual assault.
Tunisian women are rising up against a proposed article in the new constitution seen by many as an Islamist ploy to reverse the principle of gender equality that made Tunisia a beacon of modernity in the Arab world when it was introduced six decades ago.
Speakers at a forum have underlined the need to set up separate polling stations for females, launch voter education programme and stop using financial resources ungrudgingly by candidates to ensure holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country. The event was arranged by Streng
Women attending a political workshop in Vanuatu have agreed to pursue a quota system for the 2016 election.
18 women have shown their interest to run as candidates in Vanuatu's general elections in two months time.
Since independence in 1980, only five women have been elected as members of Vanuatu's parliament.
South Africa’s gender parity laws have seen women rise to positions of power in the state, the private sector and civil society.
A civil society group criticized the Cabinet’s approval of a new electoral law Wednesday, calling the draft legislation a “show” and warning of protests if the proposal moves forward in its current form.