They were a real political loss, as female candidates who many were former activists failed to win the elections, she said. "It turns out what we called the women movement is really fragile.
Bochra Bel Haj Hmida is a lawyer, women's rights activist, and former president of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women. She has been one of the fiercest opponents of she regards as the oppression of Tunisian women regarding inheritance.
Amongst the explicit and subtle contradictions of a social fabric which remains conservative and extremely cautious to maintain the separation of the sexes, women in Kuwait have won their latest battle in the war for professional equality: the first 16 female cadets from the Saad Abdullah Police
Ana Marian de Oliveira, an MP from the ruling MPLA, said that the group of women MPs is trying to address gender concerns in social and family stability and in the security of the physical integrity of women.
Members of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Social Affairs focused their discussions on how to enhance gender equality at the NA plenary session from April 23-25.
With 30% of the vote for the 63-seat Althingi or parliament, the Social Democrats emerged as comfortable winners under Johanna Sigurdardottir, the 66-year-old lesbian caretaker prime minister.
In an effort to promote female empowerment through politics, the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWIL) held a regional networking workshop.
Addressing participants at a four-day workshop organized by Women In Politics Support Unit in Nyanga, the Senate President emphasized the need for women parliamentarians to unite so that women's issues are articulated and incorporated in the new constitution.
Experts from several nations are debating on Monday in Caracas subjects related to equality between men and women and actions to end domestic violence.