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.
There is a serious threat to Irish democracy as a result of the small number of female candidates being put forward by their parties. For example, Labour councillor Rebecca Moynihan failed to secure a nomination to run in Dublin South Central where three male candidates were selected.
The National Organization for Women Equality PAC and the Chicago NOW PAC have endorsed Carol Moseley Braun in perhaps the most important election of 2011 - mayor of Chicago.
Women should be included in political parties. We have been working in one district as a pilot program to take women who are active in politics at district levels.
“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories” said Michael de Montaigne.Indeed, the women candidates who contested in the AMU student union elections got more than victory could have given them.