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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

Many women candidates feel short-changed with the decision by the Malawi Election Commission (MEC) to postpone the Nov. 23 elections. On Aug. 23 the MEC announced the elections will now be held on Apr. 20, 2011.

In a country where machismo is still the rule, Sandra Torres doesn't cut the demure figure of past first ladies. She doesn't host social events or boost charities.

Chairman of MANIDCO, MLA, N Mangi of CPI today urged the women to avail the benefits being provided by the government for them and expose their ability taking advantage of the reservation of seats for them.Speaking as chief guest at a local conference of the CPI held a Kumbi Sangit Communirty Hal

The bodies of five campaign volunteers for a female candidate on Saturday were found dead in western Afghanistan amid violence surrounding the upcoming elections in the war-torn country, the Guardian reported.

Feminists rejoiced when Julia Gillard became Australia's first female leader, but her failure to win national polls has raised questions about whether the country is ready to have a woman in charge.Australians delivered a hung parliament in August 21 polls, with neither centre-left Labor Prime Mi