PDP presidential aspirant in the April elections, Mrs Sarah Jibril, yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint more women in his cabinet.
Saudi Arabian women ushered in a wave of new suffragettes when over 50 women risked arrest last Friday in defiance of the driving ban. Even riding a bicycle is forbidden to women in Saudi Arabia.
Oil helps, of course.
The jigsaw-solving women of Jeddah feel campaigning is on the rise, but a Saudi summer to follow the Arab spring seems far off.
Unidentified officials arrest documentary maker and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi at her home.
A prominent Iranian documentary film-maker and women's rights activist, whose work includes banned films about Iran's society, has been arrested by unidentified officials.
BANGKOK;Thailand is set to get its first female premier in Yingluck Shinawatra, but observers say her victory as her famous brother's political proxy cannot be seen as a milestone for women's rights.
Last year I went to an International Women's Day Celebration at an Irish diplomat’s house on invitation from a member of the Mano River Women's Peace Network (MARWOPNET). There were many middle class educated Sierra Leonean women present.
Hillary Clinton’s speech was met with silence from the male-dominated envoys at the African Union as she criticized the continents aging autocrats. The mood changed when the U.S. Secretary of State turned her attention to women.
BEIRUT, Jul 6, 2011 (IPS) - Following five months of bitter political wrangling, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati finally announced a new government in mid-June.