The new Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands says he wants to see women leaders in parliament.
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Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Pampha Bhushal said Tuesday that active participation in the politics is the best way to empower women and they should be involved in the party politics.
This is a memorandum drafted and submitted by the Kenyan Women's Consultation Group on the Current Crisis in Kenya to the international mediation team.
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France for the first time has decided to bestow its top civilian award, the Legion of Honour, to as many women as men, in line with a request from President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The women behind the Million Signatures Campaign say that many of Iran's laws discriminate against women. An Iranian woman does not automatically confer citizenship on her children or spouse, and in some cases a woman who marries a foreigner can lose her Iranian citizenship.
Pressure the Sudanese government to resolve the Darfur conflict and monitor United Nations troops for sexual offences, a delegation of Sudanese women told leaders at the African Union (AU) Summit here.
A 35-member delegation of Women's Action Forum (WAF) Sunday held a reference in memoriam of Benazir Bhutto. The WAF members paid rich tributes to Benazir Bhutto and expressed deep grief over her assassination.
A forum of female lawmakers across the country who came together in a retreat on gender and constitutional reforms are seeking a review of the 1999 constitution that would provide for a gender based affirmative action to increase the participation of women in the socio-economic and political affa
Women heavily dominated the turnout in every state, accounting for between 55 percent and 62 percent of the electorate, according to a gender analysis by EMILY's List, the Washington, D.C.-based political action committee that backs pro-choice female Democrats.