Chileans will vote for their next president on November 17. Ten candidates will compete in the election  - three of them are women (30%). Miranda Roxana Meneses is the candidate of the Igualdad…

Argentina will hold legislative elections on October 27. One third of the members of the Chamber of Deputies will be renewed (127) as well as third of the members of the Senate (24). Currently, the…

Women represent 25% of the parliament with 37 seats out of 150 and while there is no legal quota system, there are voluntary political party quotas in place. Australia has had just one woman leader…

Thirty percent of all indirectly elected Senators must be female. Party-lists can contain no more than 80 candidates. Twenty-seven members are indirectly elected. Twenty-four seats are reserved for…

Mme Haidara Aissata Cisse dite Chato was the only one woman candidate for the first round of the presidential elections. If you'd like to read an interview with her, please visit our news section. (…

Presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in Madagascar next August 23 after several changes in the date due to political instability and lack of consensus among different political…

A total of 1644 women candidates (40.28%) will compete for a seat in the Parliament of Norway in the upcoming elections on September 9. The percentage of women candidates has fallen by 2% compared…

In summary Nicosia has 84 candidates, Famagusta 67, Kyrenia 51, Guzelyurt 35 and Iskele 25. The actual numbers of MPs to be elected are Nicosia 16, Famagusta 13, Kyrenia 10, Guzelyurt 6 and…

A total of 159 women candidates will compete for a seat in the parliament of Togo in the upcoming elections that will be held next July 25. There are 1174 candidates, of which 13.5% are women. Togo’s…