Obligatory quotas for the number of women put forward for selection as a parliamentary candidate by each political party have been proposed. The conference on diversity issues was commissioned by the prime minister.
Women' associations are ready with a 'national strategy' for increased participation of Burundian women in the second post-conflict general elections that will start in May with the local elections, according to human rights activists in Bujumbura.
The Globe and Mail held an online discussion on the topic "Where are the female politicians?". Janet McFarland took questions during a live online discussion, which is posted on the newspaper's website.
On Friday, Jan. 8, about 100 women assembled at Brooklyn College for a daylong political training event designed by the White House Project. The Go Lead training day was the culminating event of a partnership between The White House Project and Brooklyn College.
The French version of the glass ceiling has just been cracked open by parliamentary vote.
"The media tend to interview those people of high-ranking ministers and chief of departments, but most of them are men.
President Pratibha Patil, who inaugurated the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Election Commission, said the impediments, lacunae and malpractices in the electoral process would have to be removed with determination to make Indian democracy “cleaner, healthier and stronger.”Making a strong pl
The significance of the voting on Tuesday was that the active participation of women in voting.