UN Women (formerly UNIFEM) has expressed dismay at the abysmally low number of women who emerged candidates at the various party primaries held in the country.
Polish President Bronisław Komorowski signed a bill into law on Monday that sets a mandatory minimum quota for the number of women that must stand in political elections.
Last week, Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi and other members of the Islamic al-Nahda Party returned to Tunisia after more than two decades in exile.
A major new study to be published in the American Journal of Political Science shows female politicians in the United States are more successful than their male counterparts in raising money, winning projects for their districts, and pushing bills through Congress.
As the state's major political party committees prepare to vote on which candidates they'll endorse for statewide judicial office this year, the list of names being circulated has -- as usual -- more men on it than women.That might be a surprise to some, given the success women have had in the la
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano called on President Aquino over the weekend to appoint a female commissioner at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in compliance with the Magna Carta for Women which bats for greater participation of women in government affairs.“I’m urging the Preside
More than 59,000 female voters were not allowed to vote in PK-87 Shangla-l by-elections January 29, the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) reported February 9.
Aggrieved female aspirants who failed to clinch the party's ticket in the last Peoples Democratic Party's primaries have been advised not to leave the party.Wife of the Governor of Rivers State, Dame Judith Amaechi, who gave the advise on Wednesday during separate meetings with Rivers State Femal
In the middle of January, people in southern Sudan stayed in line for as long as three days to vote in their election.