When leading prominent Iraqi women leaders from all across the country gathered in Baghdad in June 28, 2010 they had only one question on their mind: Ela Mata? Until when?
It’s almost forty years since Australian women were officially granted equal pay for equal work by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. But pay equity is still a problem, with women working full time earning only 83 cents in the dollar earned by men.
More women are needed to make up for a shortfall in diplomats, according to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Anwar Gargash.Speaking yesterday at an annual gathering of Emirati ambassadors and heads of mission, Dr Gargash said the UAE was planning new embassies in East Africa and Sout
Ninety years after the 19th Amendment enshrined women’s right to political participation in the US Constitution, women may be having one of their most influential years yet in American politics, analysts say.The first 50 years of American women’s suffrage was “votes without leverage,” according t
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