Ministry of Women’s Development (MoWD) is planning to hold a two-day national convention on ‘Role of women in politics’ after the general elections to increase women participation in the political system of the country.
The interim report found that "WOZA members have suffered extreme abuse perpetrated by state actors", with 75 percent subjected to humiliating and degrading treatment, 50 percent suffering assaults and psychological torture, and 40 percent subjected to physical torture.
A check with the Elections and Boundaries Commission’s (EBC) Research Officer Neisha Ali, on Friday, indicated that close to 5000 more women than men are likely to cast their vote on November 5.
More than a hundred Latin American leading women will meet October 26 in Honduras, to boost political resources and commitments headed to the fight against Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Ugandan political activist Winnie Byanyima said social stereotypes, lack of resources and time all play a role in women not reaching their full potential in politics.
There will be four major tribunals this week presenting testimony on the worsening conditions of women worldwide, and discussing strategies to tackle the root causes at the political and economic level.
The Dandora civic aspirant in the coming General Election, was recently beaten by three men and warned against carrying on with her campaigns.
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Hundreds of people are streaming off buses and into a dingy sports hall on the edge of town to cheer the woman everyone expects to be Argentina’s next president.
The much bruited ‘deal’ between Pakistan’s twice-elected, twice-deposed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has cast a shadow over her triumphal homecoming on Thursday, after nine long years of self-imposed exile.