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AGORA E-discussion on 'The Challenges and Needs of First-Time Parliamentarians'

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AGORA E-discussion on 'The Challenges and Needs of First-Time Parliamentarians'

To mark the launch of Arabic Portal, AGORA will be organising an E-discussion on 'The Challenges and Needs of First-Time Parliamentarians'launching March 1st till Apri

The Elephant of Patriarchy in Political Parties

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April 2, 2013

The Elephant of Patriarchy in Political Parties

One of the major issues that persist throughout the world is that women’s physical presence and voices in positions of power and decision making within political parties remains weak and almost non-existent.

One of the major issues that persist throughout the world is that women’s physical presence and voices in positions of power and decision making within political parties remains weak and almost non-existent.

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April 1, 2013
UNDP tasks stakeholders on gender-balanced election in 2015, Nigeria

Ahead of the 2015 polls in Nigeria the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Democratic Governance for Development (DGD) held a five-day training of not fewer than 40 civil society organisations across the country, on the BRIDGE (Building Resources in Governance and Elec

April 1, 2013
Chile ex-president Bachelet to run for re-election

The former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has said she will run for a second mandate in the November poll. Mrs Bachelet became the first female president of Chile in 2006, serving out her term in 2010.

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March 28, 2013
Record Number of Women MPs Attend 128th IPU Assembly

A record number of women MPs attended the 128th IPU Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, breaking the 200 mark for the first time ever. The 210 women MPs at the Assembly represented 33 per cent of all MPs attending.

March 28, 2013
IPU Assembly a Huge Learning Experience For First Saudi Women in Shura Council

For the very first time, two women members of the Shura Council formed part of a Saudi Arabian delegation to an IPU Assembly. Dr Lubna Al-Ansary and Dr. Hanan Al-ahmadi attended the IPU’s 128th Assembly in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito this week.