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.
While women are making strides in business leadership, they are facing challenges in another important sphere; politics. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) calls for at least 50% of women representation in government by 2015.
It is an indisputable fact that in Tanzania, as in most other developing countries, women are still largely absent from higher positions of leadership in the political arena.
Almost 50 percent of the country’s population is women, but their representation in the parliament is only 14 percent. In the local government, the figures are dismal.
Bahrein should adopt a women's quota in parliament to ensure equal representation in the country's legislative body during the upcoming elections, say activists.
The Personal Laws Amendment Bill, 2010 seeks to amend the Guardians and Wards Act (GWA), 1890 and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956. It seeks to allow the mother along with the father to be appointed as a guardian, making the process gender-neutral.