There would have been fewer fights in the Ukrainian parliament if more women were among the deputies. At least female parliamentarians were not seen taking part in the multiple brawls that marked the first working days of Ukraine’s newly elected legislature this week.
France still lags behind other European countries when it comes to the number of women in political power. Just 27 percent of French MPs are female, and only 14 percent of France's 36 thousand mayors are women.
Eighty-five women from across the country attended a special conference hosted by the Longford Women’s Manifesto and Longford Women’s Link in Backstage Theatre last week.
Aygul Ozkan, the daughter of a Turkish tailor, is the new face of Germany's ruling conservatives.
KA-DER (Female Electoral Candidates Support Association) released a statement today--on the 78th anniversary of Turkish women's acquisition of suffrage rights--urging the political parties to revise their quota system in their decision-making mechanisms.
The European elections will be held in all 28 member states from the 22 to 25 May.
Hungary occupies the penultimate place within the European Union in terms of the proportion of women among lawmakers, far behind other nations in the CEE region, national daily Nepszabadsag said on Saturday.