There are just 4% more women in the 2010 parliament than in the one of 1997. The percentage of women in the UK parliament has slipped to number 73 in the International Parliamentary Union world league table, down 40 places in 10 years.
Fifty years ago, 17 African countries threw off the brutal and degrading yoke of colonialism.
Women have been urged to join the 62 political parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that they have equal access to leadership opportunities in the forth coming 2011 general elections.Secretary-General of the Women Rights Advancement and Protection
President Hamid Karzai gave assurances Sunday that the rights of Afghan women will not be sacrificed in pursuit of a peace deal with the Taliban.In an interview with ABC News’ “This Week with Christiane Amanpour,” Karzai also pledged to vigorously fight corruption and allow two Western-backed inv
Former Delhi mayor and BJP leader in charge of Goa, Ms Aarti Mehra has called upon women to come forward and take active part in politics as they could bring in about a sizeable transformation in the society.Ms Mehra, who is in Goa, was addressing a mahila melawa at Mapusa on Sunday evening.Spea
A record number of women are running in Afghanistan’s critical parliamentary elections next month despite many being inundated with threatening phone calls, including death threats from insurgents.
The Anthony Center created the First Women website provides personal accounts from the women and their surviving relatives, in addition to a searchable county-by-county database about the first women elected in New York State.According to Bredes, the site was created to "insure that the work of t
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has enjoined men to strongly support Nigerian women, who she has also called upon to offer themselves for elective and appointive positions.Speaking at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa while unveiling the 50 Women @ 50 Logo to celebrate Nigerian women