As part of its campaign Parliaments Take Action on Violence against Women, the IPU is organizing, with the Parliament of India, a seminar for Asian Parliaments on preventing and responding to…

Thailand will be holding parliamentary elections on July 3rd.   At stake in this election: 500 seats in the House of Representatives (Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon) Description of government…

On June 12th Turkey will be holding parliamentary elections.   At stake in this election: 550 seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi) Description of…

Dear friends and colleagues, Are you a young researcher from the MENA region? Do you work on Gender or the position of women in the public space? Do you want to connect with young scholars in the…

The Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWIL) announces its second Advancing Transformational Leadership for Gender Justice in the Caribbean training programme. This highly interactive and…

AGORA, the Portal for Parliamentary Development and iKNOW Politics, the International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics, are co-hosting a Virtual Discussion on Women's Caucuses that will run…

In June 5 Macedonia will be holding Parliamentary elections. At stake in this election: 120 seats in the Assembly (Sobranie)Description of government structure: Chief of State: President Gjorge…

Albania holds local elections on 8 May 2011. The voters will be electing mayors and local councils in 384 municipalities. The mayors are elected by majority system and the members of the council will…

Update: The event was webcast on iKNOW Politics and we will be posting shortly the recordings of the webcast and follow up reports from the meeting. Please feel free to leave a comment below. About…