Azerbaijani State Family, Women and Children Affairs Committee Chairperson Hijran Huseynova said the fact that women received more votes in the 2010 parliamentary elections than in previous years demonstrates the success of Azerbaijan's policy.
The house, with a strong showing by tribal-linked candidates, will have 13 women MPs. Reem Badran, an economist and daughter of a former premier, won a seat in Amman outside a quota system which reserves 12 seats for women.
The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR) issued on Thursday a short report on the campaign for November 28′s Egyptian Parliamentary elections, saying women have a number of complaints that must be looked into for a better election.
Tonga’s historic election is now less than a week away and spokesperson for the Tonga Women’s and Children’s Crisis Centre, Ofa ki-levuka Guttenbeil Likiliki, says their monitoring of campaigning shows a lot of ignorance of issues affecting women.
Women represent more than 60 percent of the registered voters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's largest city. They are increasingly a force to be reckoned with in the country's politics.
For years many women in Bihar did not vote, fearing violence. Also, rampant proxy voting by men on their cards meant their mandate remained largely silent.This time 54 per cent of the state's 2.5 crore female voters have cast their votes - nearly 10% more than the last election.
Carol Moseley Braun was a star — the first black woman to win a seat in the U.S. Senate, where she quickly made a name for herself by standing up to and defeating a powerful senator in a fight over the Confederate flag.But that was long ago.
The national's target to reach a 50-50 representation and gender parity in the decision making bodies by 2015 is a day-light dream if unfriendly environment and poor electoral systems are not changed, the Tanzania Gender and Networking Programme (TGNP) has observed.