World News
July 25, 2012
Tajikistan: Tajik Women Hit Glass Ceiling
Despite legislation designed to secure gender equality, women rarely make it beyond deputy positions in the Tajik government, and instead remain stuck in the lower ranks or hit a glass ceiling after reaching middle management.
July 25, 2012
Sudan: N. Bahr el Ghazal elects first female speaker amid controversy
Northern Bahr el Ghazal’s Legislative Assembly held a parliamentary ceremony on Monday to swear in the state’s first female speaker, days after the house approved a new cabinet in controversial circumstances.
July 25, 2012
USA: Women in the war room
Across the country, female operatives are leading more campaigns, starting their own political consulting firms, taking the reins of Super PACs and controlling millions in independent expenditure dollars.
July 23, 2012
Papua New Guinea: Women win seats in PNG's Parliament
Delilah Gore and Loujaya Toni, who represent two different political parties, succeeded despite widespread opinions that no woman would win a seat in this year's election.
July 23, 2012
Pakistan: Men surpass women on new electoral rolls
Despite constituting 52% of the country’s population, the number of female registered voters is once again far less than men in the new computerised electoral rolls, according to a report provided by the acting chief election commissioner (CEC).
July 23, 2012
Zambia: Women’s movement welcomes Dlamini-Zuma election
THE women’s movement has welcomed the election of South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson, with a call on her to embark on conflict resolution and poverty eradication.