The National Commission on Violence against Women has reported that more than 85 bylaws in the country discriminate against women to this date with the figure tending to increase each year.Advocates, representatives and NGO officials on women’s issues, electoral watchdogs, a political party and t
Forty-four men have been elected President in the nation’s 234-year history. That’s a very small club of leaders that has represented hundreds of millions of Americans and many generations since the American Revolution.
Even with 50% seats reserved for them in the coming taluk and zilla panchayat elections, women are not willing to take the political plunge. Political parties which are desperately trying to find women candidates are stunned by this strong resistance.
A move of the state election commission empower women in local self government bodies to function with more confidence and remove their “rubber stamp” tag, kicked off in Pune on Tuesday.It’s part of the training module designed for 76,585 women from the total 2.29 lakh representatives in local se
Research has shown that women account for more than half of the population of any country. This is reflected in the 2010 Census results, where there are slightly more women than men in Kenya.
Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA), a Non Governmental Organisation, involved in the development of rural communities in the Northern Region, on Wednesday held a day's workshop for journalists to solicit their support towards increasing women's representation in politics.
The Registrar of Political Parties, John Tendwa, has said that the low turnout during the October election was contributed to by lack of civic education among women and youths.Tendwa made the remarks in Dar es Salaam recently at a ceremony to award students who won in an essay competition on the
Women in Zimbabwe have come out strongly against the idea of holding elections in 2011, saying that a full implementation of the Global Political Agreement is necessary, before any polls.
Minister for local government and rural development is urging electorates to vote massively for female candidates in the forthcoming district level elections. Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh said this will help prop up women to decision-making positions.