The achievement is part of a long trek toward gender equality in Mongolia’s foreign policy.

Last year, Mongolia celebrated its 110th anniversary as an independent country. Along with that, modern Mongolia has notched 110 years of national diplomacy. Amid the task of foreign policymaking, the foreign ministry has also made developments in diversifying its workforce. The current office of the foreign ministry appointed the highest number of female ambassadors in the history of modern Mongolia.

The Morrison Government has welcomed the latest Gender Balance on Government Boards figures, which show that for the first time, more than half of Australian Government board positions are held by women.

Women now hold a record 50.2 per cent of Australian Government board positions, the highest overall result since targets were announced in 2016. It is an 8.5 percentage point increase from 30 June 2013, when women held only 41.7 per cent of Australian Government board positions.

Exclusive: presiding officer Alison Johnstone says it will be disappointing if parliament cannot attract more female politicians.

It will be “really disappointing” if the Scottish parliament cannot attract more female politicians within the next five years, says Holyrood’s presiding officer, as she launches Holyrood’s first women’s audit to investigate barriers to representation and participation.

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) says it is collaborating with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre(PLAC), a Civil Society Organisation(CSO) towards increasing women and youths participation in politics.

Prof. Sam Egwu, the INEC Niger Resident Electoral Commissioner, said this at a Roundtable on Strengthening Internal Democracy with Special Focus on Gender and Social Inclusion in Abuja.