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July 24, 2018
Canada to host first women foreign ministers meeting

Canada is set to host the first meeting of women foreign ministers in September, officials said Wednesday.

July 20, 2018
Only three women want to contest in 2019 polls in Chiradzulu, Malawi

The National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice Trust) in Chiradzulu has called on political parties to create space for women to compete in various positions as only three women have shown interest to contest in the forthcoming tripartite election

July 20, 2018
Malawi: Pay nomination fees for women aspirants, parties urged

Barely few days after MEC announced an upward revision of nomination fees for 2019 tripartite elections, Women Legal Resource Centre (WOLREC) has asked political parties in the country to mobilize resources that will help them pay nomination fees for

July 20, 2018
Zimbabwe: Parties undermining women's quota system

There is a real risk by political parties to undermine the spirit behind the women's quota system which is provided for in the Constitution aimed at empowering women by reserving 60 National Assembly seats for them.

July 20, 2018
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerian women are more reliable in politics than their men counterparts

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerian Women are more reliable in politics than their men counterparts, saying it is high time political leaders got them involved in the country’s politics.

July 20, 2018
Nigeria: Profiling 2019 female aspirants - why political space dwindles for Nigerian women

During the precolonial era, women, traditionally, were allo

July 20, 2018
India: Please support passage of bill on women's reservation in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi writes to PM Modi

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging his support for the passage of the bill on women's reservation in Parliament, in the upcoming Monsoon Session, reported news agency ANI on Monday.

July 20, 2018
'No going back' how 2018 has drawn a line in the ground for gender progress in leadership

2018 has demonstrated significant progress in improving gender diversity but more needs to be done to promote more women into leadership.

July 20, 2018
Pakistan: 3.8m more women added to electoral rolls due to registration drive, says ECP representative

An election commission representative has informed that the ECP’s aggressive registration drive in collaboration with Nadra and civil society had registered as many as 3.8 million women voters in recent months, compared to the initially identified 12

July 20, 2018
Why the Croatian president’s appearance at the World Cup mattered so much

Croatia’s second-place finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup brought global attention to the Balkan nation and its president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.