"Democracy is not only an end in itself; it contributes powerfully to economic and social progress, international peace and security and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms." - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Message on the International Day of Democracy, 15 September 2009.This year's comm
All stakeholders will have to struggle to ensure the rights of women in politics, participants of a regional conference on engendering democracies said on Wednesday.The senior rights activists and experts expressed these views on the first day of the two-day international conference under the tit
Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), the only officially registered Islamic party in Central Asia, wants to boost its two-seat presence in the Tajik parliament in the next elections, scheduled for February 2010.
Anyone looking for a model for the promotion of gender equality should look to Timor Leste.In this 10-year-old democracy, gender equality is not only written into the Constitution, but is also practiced in reality, even though most women still have much to learn about political ropes.
There was only one problem. Her Democratic Party had never been in power. In fact, only one party has really been in charge of Japan since the end of World War II. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) helped build the world's No.
The road to women’s participation in politics has indeed been rocky. Even in the United States, a country dedicated to equal rights and the dignity of its people, women had to fight to get the right to vote.
International, national, state and local female politicians can all feel the uncomfortable preference toward men in politics.
Chancellor Angela Merkel won a second term in office on Sunday, telling Germans: "I'm very happy tonight." Born Angela Kasner in Hamburg in 1954, she moved with her family to East Germany when she was only a toddler after her father, a Protestant pastor, was offered a job in the state of Brandenb
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Wednesday hailed Indian women peacekeepers' role in preventing violence against womenand girls in Liberia, saying they have set an example that must be emulated in UN peacekeeping missions across the world."I recently met with an all women police unit from