The European Parliament on Wednesday (6 July) advised EU businesses to hire women in their executive boards by next year or face a mandatory quota of 40 percent modelled on the Norwegian experience.
In Azerbaijan, a transitional society shaped by vast oil and gas resources, UNDEF funds a new project to create the country's first women's parliament.
Caribbean women are calling for adequate maternity and paternity leave for parliamentarians and increases in women's representation in cabinets, parliaments and local governments
A congresswoman who would be the first woman to seek a major party nomination for Mexico's presidency is "absolutely certain" that her country is ready for a female leader, she said Monday.
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has made the very pertinent point that more women and youth need to be represented in the legislatures of this region and his statement should be a talking point in knowledgeable circles if we are serious about enhancing democratization and ushering in more people’s empo
Despite being an EU member since January 2007, Romania placed 67th out of 134 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2010 World Gender Gap report. The ranking marks a three-place improvement from last year but shows little substantiv
Ms Yingluck’s victory in Thailand’s general election on July 3rd is the latest example of an intriguing and, it seems, growing trend: for the sisters, daughters and widows of former leaders to take over the family political business on the death, retirement or—in Mr Thaksin’s case—exile of the f
Caribbean Regional Colloquium on Women Leaders as Agents of Change
Hilton Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
28-30 June 2011
Turkey’s prominent women NGO’s together published an ad in the country’s major dailies on Thursday, demanding more opportunities for women in vice-ministry positions and in bureaucry. A recent report by U.N. Women also shows how the rule of law in many countries still excludes women.