BEIRUT — Earlier this month, Lebanon voted in parliamentary elections to fill seats based on a new system of proportional representation.
CAIRO — Egypt has yet to pass a law needed to hold local elections, but hundreds of women will not be wallflowers waiting for an invitation to run for office.
Just 35 women filed for one of the 125 Oklahoma legislative seats that were up for election in 2012.
By Amanda Clayton and Pär Zetterberg,
By Amanda Clayton and Pär Zetterberg,
The historic wave of women running for Congress and governor this year already has landed 78 women on November ballots in several states.
Is this the year of the woman in Georgia politics?
Based on the results of the May 22 primary election, including the local races, it may be.
In its highly anticipated parliamentary election in almost ten years, Lebanon saw a record number of women on the ballot. An unprecedented 113 women registered as candidates, and 86 of them made it to candidate lists.
2018 has seen the rise of women in politics. With more women running for and holding office than in years past.
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has won the country's 2018 General Elections claiming all 30 seats in the country's House of Assembly and unseating the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which has governed the country since 2008.