World News
May 30, 2012
Serbia: In Belgrade, a new hand at the helm of the government
16 April 2012 - When Serbian President Boris Tadic resigned on April 5th, Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic took the reins as acting president.
May 30, 2012
Tanzania: Women Urged to Give Views On New Constitution
16 April 2012 - Dodoma — WOMEN have been urged to unite and speak with one voice so that their agenda and wishes are incorporated in the new constitution.
May 30, 2012
Africa: Some African Constitutions Give Voice to Grass Roots, Disenfranchised
16 April 2012 - Constitutional reforms in many African countries aim to provide more social and political inclusion. In some cases, that means giving greater powers to lower levels of government. They’re getting a greater say in how national funds are allocated and spent.
May 30, 2012
Zimbabwe: Women MPs threaten disowning new draft
16 April 2012 - Women Parliamentarians have threatened to disown a draft constitution that does not enshrine womens rights.
May 30, 2012
Tanzania: Women`s cross-party platform pushes for equal representation
16 April 2012 - Political party members have been advised not to discriminate against women vying for top leadership posts in the country.
May 30, 2012
United Kingdom: The Importance of Inclusion and Equality in Female Leadership
18 April 2012 - I recently attended a Pierhead Sessions lecture at the National Assembly for Wales, where former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and current Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme, Helen Clark spoke on the topic of inclusion and equality in female leadership.
May 30, 2012
Zimbabwe: Gender activists head for SA
17 April 2012 - Fourteen local councils across Zimbabwe have elected to join the Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming in Local Government that devise and implement local level action plans for attaining the SADC Gender Protocol targets.
May 30, 2012
Sierra Leone: Women’s Forum on confidence building
19 April 2012 - The Women’s Forum in collaboration with UN Women has started a sensitization and mapping out initiative of women aspirants in Sierra Leone as a means of building their confidence and putting them in the spot light in decision making in the country, at a conference held yesterday,