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Tunisia's ruling that men and women must feature in equal numbers as candidates in July polls is an Arab world first that builds on this year's revolt and allays fears of conservative influence, observers say.

National Women’s Lobby Group (NWLG) has embarked on a training programme to make political women candidate’s credible leaders as they go into campaigns.

During the course of this election campaign, women's rights have been left out of the debate, but not off the front page.

Two weeks ago, a national audience watched four men debate the issues that they thought were important to the public -and women's issues weren't among them.

Ever greater numbers of Taiwanese and Chinese female politicians are making names for themselves in the political realm.

Since the emergence of the MDC as a credible challenger to Zanu PF domination in 2000, violence has been a consistent feature, and often it is women who have been the greatest victims. Some have totally withdrawn from participating in politics altogether.

The Liberal Democrats face the prospect of having no female MPs after the next election if their current poll ratings continue, the Fabian Society says.

Republicans have insisted they were short-changed in the latest round of legislative redistricting. So were women, according to a Rutgers University report released on Monday.

This week could and should have marked a transformation in the politics of the United Kingdom. The elections to English councils, to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies, and above all the AV vote, taken together, add up to a Super Thursday.