A call has gone to the government to review and implement existing affirmative action measures for women.Gender advocates have asked that government and its agencies, political parties and relevant public and private institutions should take actions that ensure and assure their active commitment
Japan's new government boasts a record number of women, including two cabinet ministers, slightly shifting the gender balance in a country with historically low female representation in politics.The election victory of the centre-left Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) altered the demographic map of
When Kusum Lata, 40, decided to run for election in her village, she felt frightened. "I was extremely nervous as everything was new to me," says the mother of four.
To most Afghans, the face of Farida Tarana, 27, evokes her tumultuous 2006 ascent to the No. 8 position on the widely watched local version of American Idol.
Globally, women are poorer than men. As the main caregivers of children, poverty hits them the hardest of all. For women living in extreme poverty, every day is a struggle to survive.
The government of the south-eastern Kuando Kubango province will hold next Friday in Menongue city, a colloquium under the theme "The domestic violence, its causes and consequences", in the framework of the accomplishment of its social agenda.
The Magna Carta of Women (MCW) is the end product of two separate bills introduced in Congress in 2002. After years of debate and opposition, it was finally signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Aug. 14.
Women trail men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a World Economic Forum survey.The four Nordic countries have topped the Global Gender Gap Index since it was first released in 2006 by the Geneva-based group.
Ireland’s record on women’s political representation at local, national and European level is very poor and disimproving, a report compiled by Senator Ivana Bacik has found.Ms Bacik, who produced the report on behalf of the Oireachtas committe on justice, said legislation requiring political part