The monsoon has failed in large parts of India. But so has Parliament, in its monsoon session. With the political gridlock between the government and the opposition, all work has come to a standstill.
Yesterday Loujaya Toni MP - gardener, teacher, poet, singer, journalist, mother, wife and (judging by a lively phone interview) political firebrand - was in the Cook Islands, where she was to be welcomed into the fold by some rather more experienced female political operators: US Secretary of Sta
WOMEN should make up 40 per cent of the new parliament and this should be enshrined in the new constitution.
Ba resident Merewai Dolewale told the Constitution Commission earlier this week that the size of the parliament should also be reduced.
Women voters are particularly affected. The latest electoral rolls count 47.77 million men, compared with 36.59 million women — a significant discrepancy given that Pakistan’s male-to-female ratio is 1.06.
The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth wing said it would welcome a woman candidate from the party’s Women’s wing in the 13th general election.
Across Asia, women are climbing the ranks, whether it be through business or politics. Asia’s high-powered business women have been on FORBES’s radar, with the list of Asia’s 50 Power Business Women in February.
The entrance marked the official opening of the Pacific Islands Forum, Ms Gillard the last of the 14 Pacific leaders to parade amid the dancers spinning an island-style greeting.
THE women of Vitogo Village and surrounding settlements have called on the Constitution Commission to ensure there is equal representation of women and men in a new parliament.
The arrival of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton at the post-forum meetings of this week's Pacific Islands Forum will put a focus on what's seen as a competitive diplomatic tussle by the United States and China for influence in the Asia-Pacific region.