Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been sworn into office, making her the first woman elected to the post in the nation's history. She called an election after ousting former PM Kevin Rudd in an internal Labor party revolt in June.
On Oct. 3 Brazil could become the third country in the subregion to elect a woman president within the space of just a few years.
So the Swiss have joined an elite club by having more women than men in their government – no mean feat considering women only gained the vote in Switzerland in 1971.
In the mudslinging world of politics, women get sullied much more often than men, a group of advocates for female politicians says.
Latin America is no stranger to female leaders, but not many can match the radical political trajectory of , the 62-year-old onetime Marxist guerrilla leader who stands to become ’s first female president.
Afghanistan’s army got its first female officers in decades last week when 29 women graduated in a class of new recruits who hope to help take the lead role in national security from foreign forces by 2014.
WOMEN candidates dismissed fears last night that Bahrain's democracy is sidelining them during next month's elections due to their decreased number. They s
America's women, who typically are more likely to vote Democratic, have emerged as a key swing voting bloc that could sway this fall's midterm congressional elections.