8 March 2012 - Women in Latin America continue to make political gains but they are still far from reaching parity with men in terms of political representation, according to International IDEA.
At the moment there are three women heads of state in the region: Laura Chinchilla in Costa Rica, Cristina Fernández, the first woman president ever to be re-elected, in Argentina, and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.
For the full news story, see International IDEA.
8 March 2012 - Women in Latin America continue to make political gains but they are still far from reaching parity with men in terms of political representation, according to International IDEA.
At the moment there are three women heads of state in the region: Laura Chinchilla in Costa Rica, Cristina Fernández, the first woman president ever to be re-elected, in Argentina, and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.
For the full news story, see International IDEA.