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.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) became independent in 1976 as a constitutional parliamentary democracy.
The present report contains the findings of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, following her visit to Papua New Guinea. The
Khadija Ghaznawi says she knows exactly how to end the long-simmering conflict in Afghanistan: build more factories.
This article prepared by Yamini Mishra, Gender Responsive Budgeting Specialist, South, East and South East Asia, UN Women challenges us to think about what GRB has meant for the reality of women's lives?
Despite the steps towards gender responsive budgeting, the budgetary allocations for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment show a decline.
The designation of Oct. 11 as Taiwan Girls’ Day in the ROC represents another step forward for the country in its goal of promoting the rights of women across the economic, educational, political and social spectrums.