May 30, 2012
Uganda: Kadaga wants 45% representation for women in politics
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga wants 45% representation for women at local council and parliament.
World News
May 30, 2012
Brazl: Elects First Woman President
Brazil has elected its first woman president: Dilma Rousseff took the top slot after yesterday’s runoff election. The former energy secretary and chief of staff to president Luiz Inácio da Silva declared in her victory speech that her “mission is to eradicate poverty,” CNN reports.
May 30, 2012
USA: Why did so many women run in 2010?
Gone are the days when women were forced to don boxy pantsuits and mask their femininity to make it onto the political main stage.
May 30, 2012
Papua New Guinea: Hillary Clinton promotes women's empowerment in violence-plagued Papua New Guinea
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Papua New Guinea, promoting human rights and women's empowerment in a South Pacific nation suffering from an epidemic of rape and police brutality.
May 30, 2012
Papua New Guinea: Hillary Clinton's visit a fillip for Papua New Guinea women
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit Wednesday to Papua New Guinea will "stress the importance of empowering women," the US embassy in Port Moresby said in a statement.Clinton, on a two-week tour of the Asia-Pacific region,
May 30, 2012
USA: Elections Put First Women of Color in Governor Posts
South Carolina's Nikki Haley and New Mexico's Susana Martinez won a paired precedent on election night as the first two women of color elected governor. The two Republicans were part of a strong night, overall, for GOP women.
May 30, 2012
USA: It was no 'Year of the Woman'
Over the past few months, newspapers, websites and cable news programs have implied 2010 would be a year of remarkable progress for women in politics.
May 30, 2012
Brazil: Gender Gap Persists in Brazil Despite Election of Female President
Despite having elected a woman as president, Brazil still offers fewer opportunities to its female population, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said Thursday.Brazil ranked 80th among the 138 countries in the UNDP's gender equality list, with a Gender Inequality Index (GII) of 0.631.
May 30, 2012
Myanmar: Women poorly represented in Myanmar polls
Less than 4 per cent of the 3,071 candidates contesting Myanmar's general election this weekend are female, the Myanmar Times reported Friday.Myanmar's best-known female politician, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been excluded from the polls.