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
Despite the flurry of media coverage on women in politics during the 2009 elections, Namibia may witness a decline in women’s representation in parliament from 30.8% to 25% in the 27-28 November polls, according to an election forecast by Gender Links and the Gender and Media Southern African Net
Low female literacy rate, gender gap, low life expectancy and a range of other women-centric issues which are facing India can only be addressed if more women enter politics, said an NGO here Monday.Ranjana Kumari, chairperson of the NGO, said: ‘Major discrepancies in the sex ratio, literacy rate
"While on one side the conflict created havoc in Sri Lanka, on the other hand it—to some extent—helped to advance the rights of women, particularly in strongly male-dominated societies where the women’s place—to use a common phrase—is ‘at home’," noted Dharmadasa, whose own son disappeared during
Little of that has silenced Mu Sochua, a female parliamentarian belonging to the opposition Sam Rainsy Party. She has fired verbal salvos at the Hun Sen administration in her quest for justice.
Brazil was one of the first countries in Latin America to grant women the right to vote, but it has one of the lowest levels of female representation in public office, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the international organisation of parliaments.