A former minister of aviation and the founder/chairperson of Women Leadership Institute (WLI), Dr. Kema Chikwe, has underscored the need to remove institutional, economic, cultural and political impediments to women participation in politics.

A group, under the auspices of the Women Leadership Institute (WLI), has designed a curriculum to help neutralise African society’s perception about women’s participation in leadership. 

Barely eight months to the 2019 general election, stakeholders have expressed dismay at the declining rate of women participation in public service.

The UK Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria Laure Beaufils, facilitated a brainstorming conversation with a diverse array of Nigeria stakeholders on barriers to women’s participation in politics.

Simone Veil's concentration camp number - 78651 - was displayed on giant screens along the crowd-thronged route her cortège took to the Panthéon on Sunday, where she is to be interred among iconic figures from French politics, culture, society, and h

The 2018 midterm elections are shaping up to be a watershed year for women and politics.

Souad Abderrahim is from Tunisia's moderate Islamic party, which advocates for separating politics from religion.

Political parties should be required to publish details of their election candidates by gender to highlight the "shameful" gap in numbers between men and women, campaigners are arguing.

The 56-year-old had served as environmental secretary under Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador when he was mayor.