Kuwaiti women have proven they are able leaders in political, civil and social arenas although there are strong indications the number of women in parliament will decrease in the next National Assembly, say women politic
Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepe Sailele is set to push constitutional amendments through Parliament to create special seats for women.
Under the changes, at least five seats - or ten percent - of the members of parliament will be female.
The Election Commission on Monday ordered special arrangements for women voters in upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections on February 11.
If none of the eight women candidates in the second round of the local government election on December 26 gets elected, Trashigang will have only one woman candidate from the 209 posts available in the dzongkhag.
In a traditionally male-dominated society, the 55-year-old leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has sought to turn her gender into an advantage in the campaign for this Saturday's election.
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has registered her candidacy for an April by-election, as her opposition party comes full circle after being politically ostracized for two decades.
Reservation for women in leadership positions in Indian villages is having a positive role model effect and has changed the way young girls and their parents think about female leadership, a new research has said.
A group of men gathered around Amira El Bakry in Tahrir Square as she brandished a newspaper photo that shocked many Egyptians. It showed troops dragging a female protester along the street, her robe ripped open to reveal a blue bra and bare midriff.
Brazil's new president, Dilma Rousseff, has quickly stepped out of the shadow of her charismatic predecessor Lula. After one year in office, she is more popular than any former president was at this stage.