Also in honor of International Women’s Day: A new study finds that Congressional representatives who are women outperform their male counterparts, perhaps because the bar is higher for them to get elected in the first place.
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Equal access to education, training and science and technology: pathway to decent work for women. Given that for us in Zambia this is an election year, we would add to this ‘Pathway to meaningful political participation.’
Egyptian women were a strong, defiant force in that country's revolt last month, making up a quarter of the million protestors who poured into Tahrir Square at the height of the upheaval.
Now those same women are fighting to keep their role in the building of a New Egypt.
Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in a victory celebration, after their revolution unseated president Hosni Mubarak. Tunisians have also been sampling new freedoms of speech and press. But even as the exultation lingers, women in both countries have launched new protests.
The British Guardian named prominent Egyptian feminist and secular writer, Dr. Nawal el-Saadawi, among its list of the 100 most important women in the world. The list is published as a celebration of International Women’s Day. El-Saadawi was listed in the category for activists and campaigners.
International Women's Day is normally an occasion for politicians to issue lukewarm statements about equality, while rights activists struggle to rally support around issues such as citizenship, child-custody law and domestic abuse.But this year, women across the Middle East and North Africa are
Women under the auspices of Women in the New Nigeria Empowerment and Positive Change (WINN) yesterday requested Nigerian politicians to change their attitude and seek people's mandate with the hope of rendering selfless service to the citizenry.
Afghan women, the reluctant cause celebre of post-9/11 international politics, marked this year's International Women's Day in an atmosphere of uncertainty. There is international pressure to negotiate with the Taliban and to altogether abandon the pursuit of women's rights in Afghanistan.
Rural women deserve their fair share in decision-making on climate change policies due to their higher vulnerability to it as compared to their male counterparts.