The results of the March 29 harmonised elections show a that 28 women were elected to the Lower House of Parliament, the House of Assembly. This represents just 13 percent of the total 210 seats, with 17 women elected on a Zanu-PF ticket and 11 for the opposition MDC Tsvangirai.
Dissaproving of gender discrimination in the society, women activists have asserted that their issues need to be looked into with a `wholistic' approach to understand their strength and weaknesses.
Placing women in high-profile posts is one part of the solution, Hall Findlay said, but the newly minted member of the House of Commons said getting more women involved in public life will take more than that. "We need to start losing labels."
She's been called "the bravest woman in Afghanistan" for her criticism of warlords, and even compared to Aung Sun Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's democracy movement. Now, Malalai Joya's courage is again being put to the test.
A woman watches over tortillas cooking in her home in Santa Maria Quiegolani, Mexico. Being a woman isn’t easy in this poor rural village where Zapotec is the native language and most girls are lucky to complete grade school. In some of the country's rural towns, women have no voice and no vote.
Picture the moment. It is Dec. 2, 1988. A beautiful woman, 35 years old, walks into the presidential palace in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, flanked by liveried and turbaned honor guards.
Within the framework of the Project “Strengthening governance with a gender perspective and the political participation of women at the local level in Latin America” of UN-INSTRAW, the workshop entitled “Challenges and Opportunities for a Greater Participation of Women in Local Governments in Lat
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced today that Inés Alberdi of Spain has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
The limited number of women in political structures is a cause for concern, says the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Mr Peter Siele.