In an unprecedented development, the main political parties in Kosovo have joined together and agreed on a new president.Their choice was the deputy director of the Kosovo police, General Major Atifete Jahjaga.
GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice on the Bangkok Intersessional Meeting 2011
A group of women has launched a website campaigning for the participation of women in municipal elections. The initiative, called "Baladi," has so far attracted over 2,000 members. Organizers say the campaign is independently run by women and has supporters from different parts of the Kingdom.
They are only four. But that's already a record in Qatar where women are slowly, but steadily moving up the political ladder after they asserted themselves in the business, media and social sectors.
The Government is currently exploring the adoption of a quota system to increase women's level of representation in the Senate, to at least 30 per cent.
Following the resignation of Mexico's attorney general Thursday, Marisela Morales was quickly nominated to fill the post. Michelle Obama recently lauded her 'unfailing drive.
Egyptian women played a critical role in the revolutionary protests that brought down former president Hosni Mubarak last month. But as Egypt transitions toward a new government, questions are being raised about whether women will gain a stronger role in politics.
The women movement is advocating for a female national vice-president this year. But the women movement was also doubtful that political parties would adopt females as presidential candidates in this years’ elections.
Zimbabwe's veteran women politicians fear there are no younger women coming up through the ranks to replace them. Measures to improve women's representation have achieved little and young women are absent from the traditional entry points into politics.