Women have been asked to change their attitude and mindset so that they could play responsible leadership roles to bring about positive changes in their communities.
The effort to increase women’s representation was taken off the table after it ran into political opposition. It is due to be introduced next session, but scheduled repairs to parliament house mean sittings may be delayed .
The newly elected 45 women members of parliament from the reserved seats were sworn in on Sunday at the oath room of national parliament building in Dhaka. Speaker M Abdul Hamid administered the oath to the lawmakers this morning.
A cadre of 100 Jamaican women will be trained for leadership positions in a programme sponsored by the United Nations Democratic Fund under the theme, 'Strengthening Women's leadership in Jamaica'.
Voters in Switzerland's largest city elected Corine Mauch of the centre-left Social Democrats to replace Elmer Ledergerber of the same party.
Lured by the promise of the Women's Reservation Bill introduced in the 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House), a larger number of women are seeking party tickets this time.
Hamid Karzai has been accused of trying to win votes in Afghanistan's presidential election by backing a law the UN says legalises rape within marriage and bans wives from stepping outside their homes without their husbands' permission.
Wanita Umno has intensified its efforts to win the hearts of 28,214 women voters in Bukit Gantang with the women's touch, especially by being courteous and understanding women's issues.
King Juan Carlos awarded on Tuesday the King of Spain Human Rights Prize to the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women’s Rights, or Cladem, at a ceremony where he called for an end to violence against women and for education and employment accessible to all.