Unsupportive regulations and culture have not prevented the increasing representation of women in local legislative councils, election results revealed Monday.
Sohaila Zain el-Abideen, a Saudi women's rights activist, said that whatever was behind the government's announcement she believes women will become participants in the country's politics.
A woman talks to journalists after registering as a candidate for President of Iran, despite a ban on such announcements by the Interior Ministry
Indian political parties are still not walking their talk. Judging by the statistics on the number of women candidates who contested this general election, the Indian Parliament will, yet again, continue as a male-dominated space.
A campaign has been launched in the Solomon Islands to reserve 10 seats in Parliament for women. Minister of Women, Youth and Children Affairs, Johnson Koli, launched the Special Temporary measures campaign on Tuesday night.
Why did voters turn a blind eye to the fatwas that were issued shortly before the elections that outlawed and sought to thwart the election of women based on the pretext that this goes against Sharia and that a woman cannot be part of public office and this includes having a seat in parliament, a
Any balanced attempt to describe the position of women in West Asia needs to take into account differences in geography, class and education.
AMMAN: Nancy Bakir, the Jordanian Minister of Public Sector Reform, said yesterday that the Arab World should follow the example of Kuwait and study the Gulf state's democratic accomplishments and parliamentary elections.
A record 61 women MPs have been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha - the highest since independence. A majority of these MPs - 23 – belong to Congress. The BJP has contributed 13 women to the House.