February 3, 2014
Afghan Youth Debates: Women's Limited Role in Politics Under Threat
Efforts to boost the participation of women in Afghan politics are in serious jeopardy, an IWPR debate has heard.
East Asia and the Pacific
January 28, 2014
NGOs push for boost in female candidates, Cambodia
More than 50 per cent of candidates nominated by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in the upcoming provincial and district council elections should be women, a coalition of 12 civil society groups said in a letter on Thursday.
January 27, 2014
In Nepal, Women Fight to Maintain Seats in Parliament
Nepali women had much to be proud of as 172 of them were seated in the country’s newest Constituent Assembly on Jan. 22.
January 20, 2014
Rahul Gandhi pushes for Women’s Reservation Bill, India
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday vigorously pushed for early passage of Women’s Reservation Bill as he vowed to work towards having “maximum possible” women in
January 17, 2014
First Afghan Women Police Chief Appointed in Kabul
Colonel Jamila Bayaz, a 50-year-old mother of five, this week became the first women to be appointed police chief in Afghanistan.
January 13, 2014
Women voters outnumber men in 22 LS constituencies, India
Women voters outnumber men in 22 of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
In the previous Lok Sabha elections in May 2009, women outnumbered men in 15 constituencies.
Maximum in southern districts
January 13, 2014
Bangladesh's warring against women politicians
As a young girl in Bangladesh, you could say I grew up parallel to the legendary rivalry between the country’s main political foes, Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia: two very powerful women with some serious political capital.
January 9, 2014
More women in Bangladesh rising above past perceived roles
The two most powerful women in Bangladesh — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader, Bangladesh National Party chairperson Khaleda Zia — have made international headlines this month as elections in the troubled nation resulted in violence.
January 3, 2014
Before Malala there was Asma Jahangir
She’s just 16, yet known worldwide — as the ultra-famous are — by a single name. She is Malala.