7 April 2012 - Joyce Banda, who rose to prominence as a relentless women's rights advocate, navigated Malawi's turbulent political waters to become its first female head of state on Saturd
10 April 2012 - A draft constitution prepared by the Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) – due to be published this week – is so organically flawed and so unZimbabwean that it has no chance of surviving critical scrutiny.
10 April 2012 - The spokesperson of Women Development Department, Punjab, in response to a report published in Dawn on April 9, has clarified that the WDD has been created after amending the Punjab Government Rules of Business, 2012.
10 April 2012 - Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today announced the name of the second international member of the five-member constitutional commission: human rights and constitutional expert Professor Christina Murray.
10 April 2012 - To groom aspiring women politicians by helping them develop necessary skills, IIM Bangalore today launched a certificate course in political leadership for them.
4 April 2012 - Myanmar’s Election Commission announced last week the landslide victory of the opposition National League of Democracy (NLD) party, winning 43 out of 44 parliamentary seats (97 percent) in the by-elections of April 1.
10 April 2012 - Dr Naana Agyemang-Mensah, Country Director of the Hunger Project-Ghana, a civil society organization, has urged women elected to political positions to work hard to make a difference and let their impact be felt.
8 April 2012 - END OF AN ERA: As she ends her tenure as senator today and with that, her term as women, family and community development minister, Datuk Seri Shahr
11 April 2012 - Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has been voted the likeliest candidate to be the next female prime minister.