A Zimbabwean woman, Ms Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda (40, landed a top post with the World Young Women's Christian Association at a recent meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, after she was elected secretary general of the organisation.
The Cabinet yesterday targeted women's votes by proposing to create 50 special seats for them in a new 300-member House.The seats which are part of the 90 new ones to be created ahead of the December General Election, will be reserved for nominated women MPs.
The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia has launched an endowment fund under the Danish Project for victims of gender based violence.
In a study on “Understanding Leadership in Muslim Countries,” the American School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont examined Yemen and five other Muslim countries to evaluate how Islamic communities understand leadership for both males and females, with a focus on the latter.
Keith Ellison comes from most diverse district in Minnesota, and he advised the Muslim women to be inclusive in their pursuit of public office. "Do not go to the Muslim community and tell them I am Muslim, vote for me. Do not do that.
Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU), a Zimbabwean non-governmental organisation, is leading a campaign for the achievement of gender parity in choosing candidates for office, while a new report by human rights advocacy organisation Amnesty International shows women are increasingly becoming vi
Political leaders in Papua New Guinea are looking at measures to get more women elected to Parliament. In the latest election just one woman, Dame Carol Kidu, who has been a member for the previous two terms, got in.
Rising fundamentalisms around the world are challenging human rights, and particularly women's rights, feminist groups say. But this is not an Islam-related problem only, and isolating Muslim fundamentalism does not help Muslim women.
When the United Nations concluded a two-day debate Thursday on the potential devastation from climate change, it covered a lot of territory: deforestation, desertification, greenhouse gases, renewable energy sources, biofuels and sustainable development.But one thing the debate lacked, June Zeitl