With hope in their eyes, 54% of Bihar's 2.5 crore female voters — 10% more than in the 2005 election — cast their votes in the recently-concluded assembly elections. This, by all accounts, was a watershed event for a state that has been known for its lawlessness.
Women hold just 17 percent of the seats in Congress and 24 percent of the seats in state legislatures. Northern Illinois University has been picked to encourage and train young women to run for elected office.
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, has called on women in the country to stand up against the abuse of womanhood in the media just because women wanted to indulge in politics.
In 2004, Massouda Jalal created history in Afghanistan as the first woman to contest for the post of President as an independent candidate.
Representatives of the four main political parties have called for constitutional, legislative and policy interventions to ensure that women are given equal representation in political and other public spheres.In that respect, they called for a constitutional provision for the state funding of po
The First lady who made the call on Monday in Abakaliki when she launched the Ebonyi State chapter of the Women for change and development initiative, however enjoined the women to contest every other position in the 2011 elections, noting that her appeal was based on Governor Martin Elechi's exc
To increase active participation of women corporators in politics, the Maharashtra State Election Commission has tied up with UNICEF to provide training to them.
Sana’a launched a million signature petition campaign to support the nomination of women to the Parliament in 2011.
Women aspiring to become Assembly members at the various electoral areas from Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions are calling for a new constitution that will make provisions for the nomination, election and appointment of 50% men and 50% women to all nominated, appointed and elected positions to th