A political lobby group is pushing for a female candidate to replace long-term Labor MP Martin Ferguson when he steps down from politics in September.
When she announced her new ministry last Monday, Julia Gillard made history. For the first time, women make up one-third of the Australian government.
That much-publicised milestone of political gender equality in the US? 20 per cent. Yes. Being outnumbered four to one is a milestone for women in the US Senate.
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Julie Ballington is the Policy Advisor on Political Participation in the Leadership and Governance Section at UN-Women.
A new political party promising to give women a voice in Australian politics has introduced its ACT Senate candidate. Emma Davidson was involved in the Save Melrose Primary campaign after the ACT Government announced plans to close the school.
Dozens of women from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and East Timor are in Cairns in far north Queensland, learning how to become politicians. The Australian Political Parties for Democracy program aims to increase the number of women in politics in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Australian Defence Force needs to embrace a new era of cultural change that will allow greater prospects for the recruitment and promotion of women within its depleted ranks.
Australia will work with Pacific Governments and the UN to strengthen women's leadership in the region. Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, said women are significantly under-represented in decision-making positions in the Pacific.