Until relatively recently, female world leaders have been few and far between. But, as VOA's Stephanie Ho reports, their ranks are growing, with a number of prominent women in different countries stepping up to the world stage.
Women activists in Ekiti State protesting against the April election, which was characterised by massive rigging and fraud, have alleged threats to their lives.
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Despite an increase in the number of female election candidates, women's rights advocates are still unhappy with the relatively small proportion of women running in the general election.
In a message marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Sunday, Mr Ban hailed progress in addressing the issue, but said there was much left to do to "tear down the veil of tolerance which still sometimes surrounds it."
The Mozambican trade union movement must fight to increase the number of women involved in making employment and training policies, so that women can gain self- confidence and defend their labour rights, declared Amelia Bibiana, secretary of the Working Women's Committee (COMUTRA) on Monday
The Federation of Latin American Rural Women (FLAMUR) in Cuba delivered over 10,000 signatures to the Cuban National Assembly petitioning for a referendum on the right to pay with national currency at the nation’s stores.
Although there have been great strides in equality among men and women in Canada since Agnes MacPhail became the first woman elected in the House of Commons in 1921, we have a long way to go before we achieve equality in political expression.
The Women's Right Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) in Nigeria is to work in conjunction with the Club of Madrid's Africa Women Leaders Project (AWLP) to harness resources and canvass for women's active participation in politics and decision making through increase in number and stre
China has to improve women's education to make them a real force in society because empowerment of women in the country still lags behind the UN Millennium Development Goal.