When Mary Fallin won the governor’s race in November with 60 percent of the vote, she became the first female governor in Oklahoma’s history. The election itself was an extraordinary one, with two exceptional women — Fallin and Lt. Gov.
It may be the country's 14th by-election since 2008, but the Tenang contest on Jan 30 is likely to be the first between two women.No political party has announced its candidate yet, but there are already signs that both Barisan Nasional and PAS could field a woman candidate.
Ahead of 2011 elections, an aspirant of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Olayinka Babalola has called on women to participate actively in politics at all levels in order to deliver the dividends of democracy.
Not only did New Democrat gender equity provisions rule out some winnable male candidates in the last election, now they're causing heartburn at party HQ, where the rules dictate either the sitting male president or treasurer must vacate his place for a woman, if the next leader is a guy.
Tennessee’s 107th General Assembly convened shortly after noon Tuesday, and the House elected Rep. Beth Harwell of Nashville as its new speaker, the first woman to serve as speaker of either of the two legislative chambers.
The Widows Association of Nigeria (WAN) Kaduna State chapter has called on all women, especially widows, to come out en-masse to participate in the forthcoming voter registration exercise scheduled to commence January 15th.
A group of Saudi activists have launched a campaign to push the oil-rich kingdom to allow women to run in upcoming municipal election, scheduled this spring.Organizers say the campaign, named My Country, started Sunday with letters sent to local governments and then posted on social networking we
PAS may have more in mind than just a possible upset at the Tenang by-election when it announced a female candidate, political analysts say.Gender equality isn’t exactly the Islamist party’s forte.
A total of 75 women, out of 198, who stood for the District Assembly Elections in the Eastern Region were elected into the various assemblies The figure compared to the 2006 results, showed a reduction of five women, as 80 women secured seats in that year's elections.