A new blog post on the state of women’s leaders published by the Pew Research Center – a fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world – compliments the statistics captured in the

“We will never be a successful society in which all are able to achieve their potential until we have equality for women”.

Taiwan’s top two political parties have each nominated a woman to run in the 2016 presidential election. With Tsai Ing-Wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Hung Hsiu-chu of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), Taiwan is poised to have its first democratically elected female head of state. The country would become the latest in a series of Asian nations to elect a female leader, following Thailand, the Philippines and South Korea.

International IDEA's Global Programmes Division has opened a position 'Head of Democracy Assessment' to lead the new Democracy Assessment, Analysis and Advisory Unit (DAAA). The Unit will bring together the current State of Democracy programme and the three cross-cutting themes i.e.

We are hiring two consultants to act as Language Facilitators for the iKNOW Politics platform! The two individuals will support the iKNOW Politics Coordinator to keep the Arabic, French and Spanish versions of the platform up-to-date and expand the iKNOW Politics online Community. The consultants will be based in New York.

Throughout her impressive career, Barbara Mikulski, the senior U.S. senator from Maryland, has been one of the fiercest advocates in Congress for the advancement of women and girls. So much so that, over her 30 years representing Maryland in the Senate, Mikulski has assumed the unofficial title of “Dean of Women,” acting as a mentor to newly elected female senators, Democrats and Republicans alike. On May 12, Mikulski will give special remarks at NDI’s annualMadeleine K.