Oklahomans head to the polls today for the first of three potential votes to choose a new governor. And for the second time this year, we could have a historic outcome -- two female nominees representing the two major parties.
Promoting women into leadership does not mean women are taking over men's role.This was the response of Ms.
Reforms in the electoral process and within political parties are needed to ensure effective role of women in policy making, the participants urged at a policy dialogue organised by National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) on political participation of women under the Political Parties O
The Manu River Women Peace Network, a West Africa-wide association that works to improve living conditions for women, is launching a program in Mali's extreme north, where conflict, hunger and drought are affecting hundreds of thousands.The desert region of Northern Mali is blighted by conflict,
Speaking to a group of women earlier this month about the government’s democratic initiative, Erdoğan said: “I don’t believe in the equality of men and women; women and men are different, complementary.”That different perspective is what main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu invited into the
The Maharashtra Election Commission has launched an ambitious project using a special training module to prepare women members of village panchayats in the state for their challenging job.
The National Coordinator of the Women in Law and Development in Africa(WILDAF), Ms Bernice Sam, has appealed to women to be courageous and get involved in politics, and also contest the district assembly and parliamentary elections.Ms Sam made the appeal at a five-day governance workshop on ‘awar
In Madagascar, the political world is still dominated by men. Of the 32 cabinet members, only five are women. The transition's High Authority, the advisory body set up following Andry Rajoelina's takeover in March 2009, has only three women out of 41 members.
Despite a number of high-profile female candidates this year, women have yet to break through in politics the way they have in the rest of the workforce. Only 17 percent of members of Congress are women, and women make up just 24 percent of state lawmakers.