May 30, 2012
Global: Women as Environmental Change Agents
Today as we celebrate Earth Day, we would be wise to focus on the role of women as environmental leaders.
World News
May 30, 2012
Macedonia:Gender barriers eroding in business world
Most of Macedonia's top companies are managed by men, but women are increasingly making inroads in the world of what they term "elite" business. Macedonia passed a Law on Gender Equality and legal provisions for greater involvement of women in politics, yet there is not a single woman mayor
May 30, 2012
Global: Climate Conversations - Women must get their fair share of climate finance
At the end of April, a committee of countries chosen to work out the details of a U.N.-backed Green Climate Fund holds its first meeting in Mexico, to discuss how to get the fund up and running.
May 30, 2012
Bangladesh: Thwart smear campaign agaisnt women policy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to help the government implement National Women Development Policy for the welfare of women. She said that a certain quarter “trading on religion” has been trying to mislead people by misinterpreting the women development policy, although Islam as
May 30, 2012
Pakistan: PM urges women to actively participate in national development
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday urged the country’s women to actively participate in national development.Reiterating the government’s commitment to take measures for women’s empowerment and emancipation, the Prime Minister lauded the performance of
May 30, 2012
Nigeria: Post electoral violence: Women groups call for peace
InterFaith Council of Muslim and Christian women groups in Kaduna State, have called for an end to the post-election violence witnessed in some parts of the country.
May 30, 2012
Albania: Women candidates missing from Albanian elections
Though promising to respect gender equality and political representation, political parties in Albania have neglected calls to include women candidates in the May 8th local elections.
May 30, 2012
Singapore: People's Action Party Women's Wing calls for more women participation in Parliament
The PAP Women's Wing is calling for more women participation in Parliament - to make up at least 30 per cent. Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua said this at the launch of the Women's Wing's new vision, mission and logo on Saturday.
May 30, 2012
Viet Nam: Workshop Eyes Ways to Advance Women
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan yesterday asked local authorities to better women's participation in politics while reviewing a 10-year programme on gender equality and women's advancement.