May 30, 2012
Sierra Leone: Legislative Quotas - a Solution to Voter Sexism?
16 Mar 2012 - Women constitute 51% of Sierra Leone's population, yet only 16 out of 112 elected parliamentarians are women.
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May 30, 2012
Arab States: Women After the Arab Spring
16 Mar 2012 - The Arab Spring continues to blow winds of change in the Middle East. There is no doubt the direction these countries are heading in will affect Arab societies and personal rights. But recently, the focus has been on women in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
May 30, 2012
Cameroon: Men ‘walk a mile in her shoes’ wearing women’s high-heels in protest
21 Mar 2012 - In a striking show of solidarity, a group of men from Cameroon who have named themselves ‘A Common Future,’ are showing the world they mean business when it comes to equality of the sexes in West Africa.
May 30, 2012
Angola: MP urges political parties to increase female representation quota
20 Mar 2012 - Luanda - The MP of National Assembly (Parliament) Emilia Carlota Dias urged the political parties to increase the number of women in the lists they submit to the legislative elections, aimed at greater gender representation in decision-making organs.
May 30, 2012
Korea: Women’s rise reshaping Korean society
20 Mar 2012 - Experts say the country will see more women making it to the top in a variety of professions in the years to come as a growing number of women rise up the ladder, elbowing out their male competitors.
May 30, 2012
Isreal: Tackling gender segregation in Israel
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.
May 30, 2012
Ghana: Konadu demands Affirmative Action Law
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.
May 30, 2012
Malta: Bring out the women
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?
May 30, 2012
Namibia: Strategies for Increasing Women’s Participation in Decision-Making
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