May 30, 2012
Pakistan: Scrap Polls if No Women Votes
A leading Pakistani daily has described as "perfectly legitimate" a demand that elections be scrapped in those polling stations where no woman votes.
World News
May 30, 2012
Maldives: Amnesty condemns violent MNDF attack on a group of “peaceful women protesters”
Amnesty International has condemned attacks on a group of women in Addu Atoll by the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), after obtaining testimonies from victims of a crackdown on demonstrators at a rally during the recent visit to the MDP stronghold by new President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan
May 30, 2012
India: All-Time High Voting in UP, Women Set New Record
Voters in Uttar Pradesh set an all-time record in polling percentage, with officials saying about 60 percent of its 127 million electorate exercised their franchise in the staggered polling that began Feb 8 and ended Saturday.
May 30, 2012
Afghanistan: President Backs Strict Guidelines for Women
Afghanistan's president on Tuesday endorsed a "code of conduct" issued by an influential council of clerics that activists say represents a giant step backward for women's rights in the country.
May 30, 2012
International women's day 2012: women's representation in politics
7 Mar 2012 - Thursday marks the 101st International Women's Day but how much progress has there been for women in politics? How do countries compare for representation in parliament?
May 30, 2012
International IDEA: Women in politics – is there progress in Latin America?
8 March 2012 - Women in Latin America continue to make political gains but they are still far from reaching parity with men in terms of political representation, according to Internation
May 30, 2012
Turkey: Women face discrimination, violence, illiteracy despite small gains
7 Mar 2012 - Discrimination, violence, unequal power relations, lack of education and child marriage are still problems that Turkish women face on this year's Marc
May 30, 2012
Egypt: Women Mark International Women's Day With Demands for Parliament
8 Mar 2012 - CAIRO, EGYPT - Engy Ghozlan will join other women's rights activists today in Cairo, Egypt's cap
May 30, 2012
Pakistan: Gilani urges renewed political commitment to implement pro-women reforms
8 Mar 2012 - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Thursday said the government will address the issue of gender equality in light of new political, legal and economic framework to empower women and to include them in national mainstream.