Addressing the second International Women's Conference in Bangalore, India last Friday, Madam Shiranthi Rajapaksa said, "women, especially in the developing world face much hardship as a result of terrorism, poverty, lack of education, lack of resources in childcare and healthcare and the spread
The wife of the Vice President Hajia Alima Ramatu says politics is not a reserved venture for men in Ghana and Africa, and has therefore urged her colleague women in the country especially those in the three Northern Regions to prepare adequately to wrestle with their male counterparts in the for
Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has lauded the emergence of Hon. Patricia Ette as speaker of the House of Representatives saying it will have positive impact on women in politics.
Liberia’s women should not be looked on only as victims of war but as “vanguards of peace”, the UN envoy in the country, Mr.
Azerbaijan’s first women’s bar association was officially launched in mid-May with the backing of the Rule of Law Initiative and USAID. Azerbaijan has one of the lowest rates of female legal professionals in the NIS, and support to women lawyers is greatly needed.
President Yoweri Museveni said 'education for all' was crucial in eliminating gender inequality in the Commonwealth countries.
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Women control 51 percent of the nation's wealth, but account for just 27 percent of federal political donations, according to a report released yesterday by the Women's Campaign Forum Foundation.
Almost three-quarters of Czechs are of the view that there are few women in Czech politics, according to a poll conducted by the polling agency CVVM and released today.
Several of Turkey's NGO's gathered to discuss strategies for penetrating ‘the old boys network' of Turkey's parliament yesterday, just a month before Turkey's general elections.