Secretary General of Algeria's Workers' Party Louisa Hanoune, who was the only woman in this year's presidential race, said that her staff has appealed to the Constitutional Council over what she called a case of election "fraud." Her remarks came a day after the official announcement of the prel
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister will today introduce a paper to Cabinet, outlining suggestions for special measures for women. The Minister for Women’s Affairs, Peter Tom, says the paper includes a suggestion for ten reserved seats in Parliament for women.
The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) on Monday launched the third phase of a project aimed at legally empowering Jordanian women and their children.The project, “Women and Children's Rights through Access to Information” (WARCATI), uses computer programmes and technology to educate
The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) started its assembly in the Ethiopian capital on April 5 with a debate called by women parliamentarians. The MPs (members of parliament) expected their male colleagues to participate in the discussions ranging from climate change to gender partnership.
Afghan women protesting against a law said to legalise marital rape have been pelted with stones by conservative opponents in Kabul. The group of up to 300 women faced a barrage of abuse and small stones from a counter demonstration up to twice the size of their protest.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s first women’s division, the Muslim Sisters Group, was created in 1932.
To curb impersonation, bogus voting and to avoid inconvenience to burqa-clad women going to vote on Thursday, the election authorities and political parties in Muslim dominated areas have deployed woman polling agents.
To mainstream gender dimension into all stages of the budget cycle, a pre-budget seminar on ‘Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB)’ was organised at the Planning Commission auditorium.
The Reset DoC Doha Conference 2009 “East and West: Women in the Media’s Eye”?, jointly organized by the Northwestern University in Qatar and Rome-based Reset Dialogues on Civilizations (DoC) Foundation, was attended by media researchers and professionals who presented examples of portrayal of wo