US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit Wednesday to Papua New Guinea will "stress the importance of empowering women," the US embassy in Port Moresby said in a statement.Clinton, on a two-week tour of the Asia-Pacific region,
South Carolina's Nikki Haley and New Mexico's Susana Martinez won a paired precedent on election night as the first two women of color elected governor. The two Republicans were part of a strong night, overall, for GOP women.
Over the past few months, newspapers, websites and cable news programs have implied 2010 would be a year of remarkable progress for women in politics.
Despite having elected a woman as president, Brazil still offers fewer opportunities to its female population, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said Thursday.Brazil ranked 80th among the 138 countries in the UNDP's gender equality list, with a Gender Inequality Index (GII) of 0.631.
Less than 4 per cent of the 3,071 candidates contesting Myanmar's general election this weekend are female, the Myanmar Times reported Friday.Myanmar's best-known female politician, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been excluded from the polls.
A project which will empower people, particularly women, at the District Assembly elections has been launched at Akosombo in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region.The project, which is the initiative of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) and sponsored by the European Union, wa
Jordan may be viewed in the West as a moderate U.S. ally with a telegenic queen who, for many, epitomizes the modern, progressive Arab woman.
Egyptian women are getting their names heard this month ahead of a November 28 parliamentary vote, albeit in small numbers. Over 100 women are running in this year’s election. It comes as women’s rights in Egypt continue to flounder, but candidates are hopeful they can make a difference.
PU retired professor of political science Bachoo Sinha attributes the reservation of seats for women in panchayat raj institutions as the single most important factor for increase in voting percentage in the current assembly elections. He says the women have become politically more conscious.