Women must be fairly represented in the newly-formed government and be given at least one key position in the cabinet, an Iraqi women’s group said at a recent conference.
The year 2010 began with a political showdown on the side of women, especially those in the opposition. On January 18, the Police arrested 33 women from the Inter-party cooperation (IPC) who had stormed the Electoral Commission (EC) offices demanding the resignation of commission chairman Eng.
In 2010 Namibia reformed its national gender policy in line with the United Nation’s millennium development goals (MDGs) and its own Vision 2030, a national development policy dissected into five-yearly development plans.
Thirty nine women in the Ampara district have come forward to contest the forthcoming Local Government election, Ceido Sri Lanka Ampara District Coordinator S. Ravichandran said.Ceido Sri Lanka is striving to increase female representation in Local Government Institutions.
From torture in a dictatorship-era jail cell to the helm of Latin America's largest nation, it's been an unlikely political rise for President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel turned career technocrat who claimed Brazil's seat of power Saturday.In becoming the country's 36th president, Rous
Republican women, once a dying breed at the state Capitol, are makinga comeback. With the appointment of Jean White of Hayden to the Senate this week, there will be three Republican women in the Senate GOP caucus this year — triple the number in recent years.
It's a win-win situation for the fairer sex in Himachal Pradesh at the end of polls to Panchayati Raj Institutions. With 50% seats for women reserved in PRIs for the first time, roughly 58-60% women have wonseats in the state, marginalizing the men significantly.