Indonesia's women legislators are aiming to get more involved in international forums in their bid to become the best female parliamentarians in Asia.
President Ernest Bai Koroma has made it his government’s priority to empower women in the political, economic and social driven agenda of Sierra Leone.
“The caucus will continue fighting for the proposed 30 percent quota for legislative candidates for women in the next legislative elections,” said GKR Hemas, DPD Deputy Speaker, citing an example.
On February 22, Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council overruled a February 15 decision barring women from judicial positions by the country’s administrative court known as the Council of State.
Spain's senate Wednesday approved controversial legislation easing women's access to abortion, giving a final stamp of approval to the law which will now enter into force within four months.
National Network for Beijing review Nepal (NNBN) today said it had prepared an NGO Report on Beijing+15 Review revolving around the prevalence of the problem, key gains, existing gaps, emerging issues, and key recommendations in the 12 critical areas of concern of Beijing Platform for Action (BPF
According to Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends survey of 2,250 American adults conducted from June 16 to July 16, 2008, "What the public does not say is that women inherently lack what it takes to be leaders," Live Science quoted Pew analysts, as stating.
Councillors Jan Harder and Marianne Wilkinson are teaming up to offer encouragement and advice by hosting a Women in Politics Campaign School on Feb.
In military-ruled Burma’s Karen state, tradition and a male-dominated social order have long guaranteed men the role of village chiefs. But this order is crumbling in the country’s eastern region, giving rise to the new phenomenon of women village chiefs.