The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro announced in a speech that efforts to reach the UN's Millennium Development Goals must focus on empowering women.
The economic dimension is the next challenge towards global gender equity. More than half the women in the world live in countries that have made no progress towards gender equity in recent years.
The South African Women in Dialogue (SAWID) recently met with women of Namibia to discuss ways in which the local women can organise themselves in their diversity and act together for a better future.
Fifty-one-year-old Mirza, a medical graduate, is likely to win the contest for the post as the PPP, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Awami National Party (ANP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam have a majority in the National Assembly.
People in France think the absence of female representation in politics is not due to lack of interest on their part, according to a poll by CSA published in Le Parisien.
It has been a silent campaign, largely ignored by the media, apart from the advertisments that the organisation has published in the media. But the Women's Trust's "Women Can Do it" campaign could have a serious bearing on who controls the next government if women candidates pull through.
A regional seminar on "Gender and Local Governance" held on March 14 in the Tunisian capital highlighted the close link between "economic and domestic development and women’s participation in local politics".
Despite their active role in the political, social and economic life of the country, Ethiopian women and their contributions have not been acknowledged duly.
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Young and senior women in the Québec City area will have a chance to gain critical skills thanks to an investment by theGovernment of Canada in two projects.