Female aspiring parliamentary candidates, aspiring assemblywomen and their campaign managers have attended a two day capacity building workshop at Pusug-Namongo, near Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.
The sisters in the brotherhood demand change. Women in Egypt’s largest Islamic political movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, want to reshape an organization that is heavily patriarchal. The brotherhood often overlooks or does not reward the accomplishment of its "sisters."
The Beninese government plans to establish a National Institute for Women, aimed at improving the welfare for women who account for more than 52 per cent of the country's population, according to a cabinet meeting statement issued here Monday.
In an address given during the second Arab Women’s Conference, held in Abu Dhabi on November 11 and 12, 2008, Tunisia’s First Lady said that “improving women’s condition in Arab societies, endowing them with the means of exerting their rights and duties, while guaranteeing their dignity is part a
In the House, 10 new congresswomen will join the 64 incumbents who were re-elected, according to Rutgers University's Center for American Women and Politics, bringing the number of women in the 435-seat body to a record 74. The 100-member U.S.
Norway boasts the highest proportion of women on boards anywhere in the world, up from 6% in 2001. By comparison, in the UK 11.5% of FTSE 100 directors were female in 2007 and the proportion among the US's Fortune 500 firms is 14.8%.
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be on two sides of the political spectrum but are uncannily alike when it comes to giving women representation — 71 to be precise.
A traditional chief in Manicaland with strong ZANU PF links, has instituted civil proceedings to ban women from holding political posts in his chiefdom.
After 20 years as an activist, in which she campaigned to shape social and economic policy in Indonesia, Binny Buchori is setting her sights on a new career -- as a politician.It is a natural progression, she says, in a quest to improve the lives of this South-east Asian archipelago’s marginalize