The percentage of women in Singapore's Parliament is better compared to a decade ago and it is more important to anchor political representation on meritocracy rather than impose gender quotas, Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Social and Family Development Low Yen Ling said on Tuesday.
Do not be misled by the depiction of Pakistani women in popular media. While the thought of Pakistani women may conjure a stereotypical oppressed and burqa-clad image, times are changing fast.
In Nepal, only twenty percent of women have some form of land ownership. Deprivation of land rights is synonymous with poverty and denial of rights. But over time a number of women-led land rights campaigns have brought about important changes at the national policy level.
On the eve of Diwali, I was walking around the inner circle of Connaught Place, a well-known shopping center in Delhi, with a journalist friend. The business arcade teemed with people. Suddenly loud, belligerent voices tore through the festive air. We stopped.
While women remain under-represented in elections, an interesting new dimension has emerged from the first analysis of 50 years of Assembly election data. India’s backward States systematically put up more female candidates than the developed southern States.
The women of Afghanistan today aren’t the same women of 2001. They’ve expanded their access to health care, education, justice, and political power.
The women of Afghanistan today aren’t the same women of 2001. They’ve expanded their access to health care, education, justice, and political power.
The women of Afghanistan today aren’t the same women of 2001. They’ve expanded their access to health care, education, justice, and political power.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) became independent in 1976 as a constitutional parliamentary democracy.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) became independent in 1976 as a constitutional parliamentary democracy.