Women are largely under-represented in governments and at the top of big businesses around the world. Could the answer be as simple as a 'concrete floor' created by those with the power to change things?
House Republicans have doubled the number of female candidates they have recruited to run for congressional seats this year as they seek to hold their majority and counter accusations of a gender gap with Democrats.
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.