19 Mar 2012 - With security issues still taking centre stage in news headlines in Israel, the country’s long-ignored gender-segregation crisis continues to fester.
19 Mar 2012 - The former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has impressed upon Parliament to fast track the passage of the Affirmative Bill into law.
19 Mar 2012 - It’s still raining men in Maltese political life, as under-representation of women in the recent local council elections overshadowed International Women’s Day. Why are fewer women interested in seeking a political career?
20 Mar 2012 - NAMIBIA’S quest for democratic governance in the past 21 years has borne witness to significant progress in the area of gender equality through Government policies and programmes, which include the domestication of international conventions and national policies, as well as ge
21 Mar 2012 - On Friday, I joined PBS's To the Contrary to talk about the shortage of women in elected office. The segment revolved around She Should Run (SSR), a bipartisan, non-profit dedicated to "dramatically increasing" the number of women in elected office.
21 Mar 2012 - As the 2014 elections are just around the corner, the need for women to engage within political parties cannot be over-emphasized, nor its importance underestimated. Political parties play a crucial role in a modern representative democracy.
Congress state president Chandrabhan, of the ruling party, on Tuesday said the party lacked enough women leaders who could win elections in proportion to the 33% quota being sought for them through the women reservation bill pending before the Parliament.
22 Mar 2012 - The late Professor Wangari Maathai once said "Throughout Africa, women are the primary caretakers, holding significant responsibility for tilling the l
23 Mar 2012 - The negligence of women in Pakistan can be judged with the fact that around 10 million women are not registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) due to the fact that