The forum which will be held under the theme: "Enhancing Political Participation and Electoral Representation of Women in Liberia" will bring together 65 women from the Women Legislative Caucus, Leadership of Women organizations in Liberia and women NGOs.
A newly formed alliance of women’s organizations on Wednesday added its voice to growing calls for the President Arroyo’s resignation amid the corruption scandals plaguing her administration.
The European Union has awarded a 61,000 euro fund to the Association for Researching and Examining Women's Social Life project, titled "The First Step: Women in local government."
Nazari, an Afghan parliamentarian, is the driving force behind the country's first political party dedicated to women's rights and issues.
When the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) holds a two-week session beginning next Monday, one of the lingering issues high on the agenda will be the continued under-funding of women’s activities at the United Nations.
The struggle for women to participate in government on par with their male counterparts has again come to the fore as more than 60 Liberian women gathered at the Ministry of Gender and Development yesterday to discuss their participation in political dispensation.
As the local government election across the country draws closer, a non-governmental organisation, Women of Substance Media Resources in collaboration with Nigerian Women Solidarity, has called on women to actively participate in politics to increase the number of female leaders in the country.
Emirati women occupy more than 50 per cent of the jobs in the ministries and federal organisations, according to the 2006 Dubai Statistics Centre report that was released on Sunday.
Women generally get less support from the a local area chief and face barriers in getting equal access to voters as men do, because they won’t campaign alone.