"When we women speak out, without showing fear, we pay a high price: living with that fear," says one peace activist in Colombia. "The threats will not stop us from working for peace and social justice," says another.
MANAMA: Hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis turned up at various polling stations throughout the day on Saturday to cast their votes in the country's third parliamentary elections since 2002.The overwhelming turnout, especially that of women, came as a pleasant surprise.
Democratic women are redoubling their efforts to preserve their numbers in the House and Senate as scores of their colleagues appear increasingly endangered.Of the 54 Democratic women who the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says are running for re-election to the House, at least a doz
Though their number is up from 6% in 2005 to 8% this time, still few women candidates are in the fray in 2010 Bihar polls.
Women will make up the majority of likely voters in this year’s election – about 51 percent to 49 percent, by most estimates - and Democratic contender Jerry Brown has the bulk of their support.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga wants 45% representation for women at local council and parliament.
Brazil has elected its first woman president: Dilma Rousseff took the top slot after yesterday’s runoff election. The former energy secretary and chief of staff to president Luiz Inácio da Silva declared in her victory speech that her “mission is to eradicate poverty,” CNN reports.
Gone are the days when women were forced to don boxy pantsuits and mask their femininity to make it onto the political main stage.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Papua New Guinea, promoting human rights and women's empowerment in a South Pacific nation suffering from an epidemic of rape and police brutality.