May 30, 2012
Egypt: women missing from formal politics
The remarkable revelation of the Egyptian revolution concerns women. It turns out that the women of Egypt are at the heart of our politics.
World News
May 30, 2012
Tunisia: Facing up to tyranny: how a girl and her blog helped change the world
'I have heard many descriptions for this revolution. Like Facebook Revolution. It was not a Facebook revolution, it started on the ground, when Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to his body, and the people in Sidi Bouzid started to demonstrate and were attacked by police.
May 30, 2012
Michelle Bachelet Statement at 2012 First Regular Session of UN Women Executive Board
Statement of Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary- General and UN Women Executive Director at First Regular Session of UN Women Executive Board 2
May 30, 2012
Japan: Youngest Ever Female Mayor-Elect Wants to Change Women's Lives
Naomi Koshi, the 36-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer who won the recent mayoral election here has vowed to change the lives of women in Japan.
Her drive to join the political world originates from seeing so many women being forced to choose between family and work.
May 30, 2012
South Korea: Women Take Center Stage in Korean Politics
Women have been kicking through the glass ceiling in many areas of Korean society over the past decades. But, it was only recently that the phenomenon spread to politics, long regarded as a male domain.
May 30, 2012
India: "Dalit Queen" Faces Polls
Mayawati is far from a sure bet to win another term as chief minister of the northern state whose population of 200 million would rank as the fifth-most populous in the world if it were a country.
May 30, 2012
Arab States: No Arab Spring without women
Under the banner of “No Spring without Women,” a Lebanese feminist organisation has organized a march in Beirut, as part of the 5th New Arab Woman Forum.
May 30, 2012
Pakistan: Women participation in parliamentary affairs must to make progress
Dr Marilyn Wyatt, wife of US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron P.Munter Saturday appreciated the legislation done by Pakistan’s parliament especially related to women for their empowerment and to give them due rights and for their protection.
May 30, 2012
Malaysia: Woman of the House
A Miri senator, Doris Sophia Brodie, makes history as the first Sarawakian and Iban woman to be appointed Senate deputy president. She speaks passionately about empowering more women to enter the male-dominated field of politics in Malaysia.