Women play peripheral roles in the local parties and Parliament in Kenya. Whereas the Political Parties Bill to be debated by MPs is not making any steps to encourage the participation of women in the national politics.
As Morocco prepares to create candidate lists for September's legislative elections, women are stepping up efforts to increase their representation both on party lists and in parliament itself.
Women are 52 per cent of the population in Canada and yet make up only 21 per cent of the House of Commons.
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The Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE)-Liberia in collaboration with the British NGO OXFAM, has intensified awareness campaign against Gender Based Violence in several parts of the country.
Thirteen Saudi women are looking to get married in a hurry so that they can qualify for a university scholarship to study outside the conservative Muslim kingdom.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria stirred praise and skepticism from a variety of female political leaders in the Middle East.
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Botswana representative, Barbara Reynolds, launched the "Women and Children: Double Dividend of Gender Equality" global report at the UN Place in Gaborone.
Despite 50 per cent reservation in panchayat bodies, most of the elected woman representatives still get a raw deal, whether it is at the hands of their 'powerful' colleagues, or government officials.