Justice Paula-Mae Weekes has been elected president of island nation Trinidad and Tobago. This makes her the first woman to lead the twin sovereign island in the southernmost part of the Caribbean.

Young women are being given the chance to shadow an assembly member for the day in an effort to boost female participation in politics.

Campaigners warn it could be months before proposals are finalised, which could leave party whips with too much power.

It has been a year of reckoning for women in the United States. It began with hundreds of thousands of women across the country and the rest of the 

EAST LANSING, Mich. — At a time when nearly every aspect of politics feels suffused by issues involving gender, the leading Democratic contender for Michigan governor makes a point of rarely mentioning hers.

BLANTYRE, MALAWI — In Malawi, the push for more women members of parliament was dealt a blow when the government said it would not consider a proposal to create 28 automatic seats for women.

'Women are discouraged from seeking leadership roles because of that kind of attention'