Anju Dubey, head of the gender training wing of CSR, which has been engaged in training 1,000 women as a part of UNDF initiative to enhance women participation in politics, said the programme has been designed to give basic information and what they should do.
Politics is essentially led by women in Bangladesh, said Kamal. Bangladesh's current head of government is Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while the heads of opposition were women as well for the past two decades.
Under a draft Bill submitted to the French parliament this week, all companies listed on the Paris stock exchange would have to ensure female employees made up 50pc of their board members "within five years".If passed, the new law would phase in a 20pc female quota in boardrooms within 18 months,
Expressing his pride in enfranchisement of the Turkish women before many others in the world, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that women have undertaken very important tasks in development of Turkey since the proclamation of the Republic.
The Iraqi lawmakers unanimously agreed on Sunday on new version of the electoral law that would govern the country's parliamentary polls early next year.The parliament held an extra-ordinary session late on Sunday night after a long day of haggling among the political blocs about the amendments n
Women legislative candidates added life to the Kartini Day celebrations in West Kalimantan on Tuesday with a possible unprecedented clean sweep of Regional Representative Council (DPD) seats.Maria Goreti, Sri Kadarwati Aswin, Erma Suryani Ranik and Hairiah took unassailable leads in the 26-candid
The lack of implementation of CEDAW is exacerbated by countries’ reservations to the treaty.
Sri Lanka displays positive aspects regarding its population, other than in one area:the number of women in politics. According to 2009 data, women hold 13 out of the 255 seats in Parliament, that is five percent of all seats.