A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant Mrs. Sarah Jubril has faulted the Nigerian Women Trust Fund to be launched by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, saying it should have come earlier than now.
The National Women’s Organizer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Afisah-Djaba is proposing that some funds in the national kitty be allocated for women participation in politics.
Jane Martinson reports from the Women in the World summit, where campaigners are drawing attention to the internet as a tool to aid women in the Middle East.
Egypt’s initial efforts to revamp its constitution are in danger of excluding protections for women who helped lead the country’s 18-day revolution, according to activists at the Women in the World conference in New York.“Legal guarantees are absolutely critical,” said Sussan Tahmasebi, who cofou
Women are being shut out of political life in the aftermath of democracy revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.
"We women of Bahrain are different and we protest in different ways, but we all want one thing: the end of sectarianism and corruption, and active participation in politics," said Mariam al-Ruayhi, a leading women's rights activist.
Despite their noticeable participation in pro-democracy protests that toppled the former regime and paved the way for a new era in Egypt, Egyptian women are still finding themselves relatively excluded from the current political scene.
Iraqi women hoped that last year’s election would cement a larger role for them in the government. But they have less political influence today than at any time since the American invasion.
"Turkey can recover its gender equality performance. In this respect, the CHP, as Turkey's social democratic party proposes the following: