The ECOWAS Parliament's Joint Committee on Gender, Employment and Social Welfare and the Committee on Health and Social Service on Tuesday commenced a five-day sitting at the Senegambia Beach Hotel in Banjul where they will dilate on the "Validation of the Ecowas Parliament Gender Strategy".
On Monday, Tempo Semanal newspaper leaked the proposed cabinet of the new coalition government in East Timor, which included Maria Domingas Alves (known as Mikato) as Minister of Defense and Security, the highest civilian position presiding over the armed forces.
The End Violence Against Women & Girls (EVAW/G) Alliance August 6 put forth a charter of demand (COD) to the Pakistani government to protect, promote and sustain the rights of women and girls, with particular focus on woman NGO workers and women’s rights activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and th
Tanzanian National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda has urged women to look beyond their allotted 30% quota in the National Assembly and seek full 50% representation by participating in elections in constituencies, Tanzania's Daily News reported Monday (August 6th).
HANEEN ZOABI is that rarest of beings, an Arab-Israeli woman who is a member of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
The Cabinet reshuffle last week saw more female appointment holders take on greater responsibilities.
Papua New Guinea has three female MPs after Julie Soso won the Eastern Highlands Regional seat in the general election.
Ms Soso becomes PNG’s first woman MP from the Highlands Region and the second ever female governor.
Gender and Development Minister, Julia Duncan Cassell has called on Liberian women to be more proactive and ready for the 2014 midterm legislative election.